- ... that the Acritic songs celebrate the exploits of the Akritai, the frontier guards in the wars with the Arabs, and mark the beginnings of modern Greek literature?
- ... that the brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos overthrew their father, the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, only to be themselves removed from power by Constantine VII after a few weeks?
- ... that the Chrysotriklinos, the main audience hall of the Great Palace of Constantinople, provided the model for Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel in Aachen?
