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The 42 Martyrs of Amorium

Tuesday, Jul 21st, 2009 by lars | 2 Comments
Filed under: Byzantine, history, Milestones, This day in history

The little village of Hisarköy in Turkey isn’t much to look at today, but then again, the centuries haven’t exactly been kind to it.  Just over a thousand years ago it was much more impressive.  Back then it was a thriving metropolis known as Amorium, the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire and arguably [...]