Overview The Imperium Romannum differed fundamentally from Alexanders [the Great] empire in its social system, in its government, and as a geopolitical structure. The main territory and the centre of the power now lay in the west, while the control over part of the Near East (which Seleucid empire had… Read More »Cypriot History – Roman Cyprus
Prominent Cypriots – Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Career and influence Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios came from Kritou Terra in Paphos in western Cyprus. Early on he served as interpreter or dragoman. The dragoman was usually a Christian from the local community appointed by the Ottomans, and it was a significant office awarded to highly educated… Read More »Cypriot History – Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios
Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Isaakios Komnēnos; c. 1155 – 1195/1196), ruled Cyprus from 1184 to 1191, before Richard the Lionheart, King of England conquered the island during the Third Crusade. Family At the death of Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos in… Read More »Cypriot History – Isaac Komnenos
