Carving from the Byzantine Empire: The Rune in Memory of the Mercenaries of Navia
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The large rune from Sweden is a classic example of how to preserve past stories. This rune monument was carved around 1050-1100 AD to commemorate a father and son who were Scandinavian mercenaries serving the Greek Byzantine Emperor. It is currently housed in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The Eastern Roman Empire was originally the eastern half of the Roman Empire, with a greater emphasis on Greek culture. After splitting from the Western Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a country based on Greek culture, Greek language, and later Eastern Orthodoxy. Greece was a core component of the Byzantine Empire, shaping the cultural identity of modern Greece.
