Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that ... maintaining Greek and Roman languages, producing fine art with distinctive style, ...

A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was discovered at ... depictions common in Byzantine art. The figure is described as an "earthly figure ...

The empire lacked a written constitution with ... denying the accusation of caesaropapism and celebrating Byzantine art and culture, but no one has gone as far as Kaldellis in asserting the ...

The empire was halved, with its richest territories ... it did succeed in opening up Byzantine art and culture to different influences and traditions. “Iconoclasm had also challenged the ...