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

As Elie astutely points out, even an artist as outwardly estranged from religious life as Warhol carried with him the lessons of the Polish Byzantine Order of his youth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

A 6th Century Byzantine bucket that has been pieced back together is believed to have been a cremation vessel, according to archaeologists.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

“You mortals and your short lives. Eight months is nothing, my dear. I lost eight centuries once, missed most of the Byzantine Empire.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan