Near East - Byzantine

The Byzantine Empire, founded when the capital of the Roman Empire was transferred from Rome to Constantinople in 324, existed in the eastern Mediterranean area until the 15th century. Just as the Byzantine Empire represented the political continuation of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Art developed out of the art of the Roman empire, which was itself influenced by ancient Greek art.

Early Byzantine Oil Lamp SPECIAL PURCHASE! Ancient Terracotta Oil Lamp, made/used in what is now modern Israel in the late Roman - early Byzantine period, ca. 400-600 A.D. 3-3/4"L x 2-1/8"W x 1-1/4"H, intact with softened detailing. $62.50

Early Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp SPECIAL PURCHASE! Ancient Terracotta Oil Lamp, made/used in what is now modern Israel in the late Roman - early Byzantine period, ca. 400-600 A.D. $49.50

Of note...

In the early 4th century, the emperor Constantine established a new capital for the Roman Empire. This capital was situated on the site of a Greek colony called Byzantium which laid the foundations for the Byzantine / Eastern Roman empire which stretched from southern Spain in the West to the borders of Sassanian Iran in the East. This diversity of ethnic groups, languages, cults, and creeds was bound together by a Greco-Roman economic, political and cultural matrix.