byzantine

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In antiquity, the city of Tyre was at various times Phoenician, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

My dad just died, and while we knew about the trust and that it was generation-skipping, we didn’t know the Byzantine details involved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

In the early 1000s Maria Argyropoulina, a Byzantine emperor’s niece, brought gold forks to Venice for her wedding to the Doge’s son.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

The most serious was the fire stared next to the ruins of the Byzantine Church of St George.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

It was clearly implemented to prevent Byzantine grabs at power; but where power is concerned there are always those who find ways to grasp for it.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman