[First posted in AWOL 15 August 2022, updated 23 November 2024]

After Constantine: Stories from the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Era

ISSN: 2732-8260

"After Constantine" is a peer-reviewed and open-access academic journal and it is published online once a year. Its purpose is to bring Late Antiquity to the spotlight by hosting papers that underline its importance to classic and byzantine studies and contribute to a better piece of knowledge in the academic community. Our journal encourages the ecumenical dialogue between historical, archaeological, and theological subjects around the Late Antique and Early Byzantine period, especially in the East. The academic team of the journal consists of scholars of different academic backgrounds (philology, archaeology, history, palaeography), constructing in that way its interdisciplinary profile and supporting the submission of relevant papers. With the combination of the interdisciplinary character and the online and open-access feature of the journal, we attempt to re-introduce Late Antiquity to the contemporary world and enrich the academic bibliography. "After Constantine" is hosted and published by the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), an entity which operates under the spiritual auspices of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Issue: After Constantine Issue 5 (2025)

Synthronon Typology in Byzantine ArchitectureSynthronon Typology in Byzantine Architecture

Author: Erkan KayaDOI number: 10.0912/AC.2024827625 Cite this articleKaya, Erkan. 2025. “Synthronon Typology in Byzantine Architecture.” After Constantine: Stories From the Late ...

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Boxing Helena: Thoughts on a Late Roman Sarcophagus in St Peter’s Basilica (Rome)Boxing Helena: Thoughts on a Late Roman Sarcophagus in St Peter’s Basilica (Rome)

Author: Andrew Paul WoodDOI number: 10.0912/AFTER CONSTANTINE JOURNAL.2024148308 Cite this articleWood, Andrew Paul. 2025. “Boxing Helena: Thoughts on a Late ...

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“Divine” Diseases and Illnesses in Constantinople During the 14th-15th centuries: A case study of three contemporary works“Divine” Diseases and Illnesses in Constantinople During the 14th-15th centuries: A case study of three contemporary works

Author: Elias PetrouDOI number: 10.0712/AC.2024312672 Cite this articlePetrou, Elias. 2025. ““Divine” Diseases and Illnesses in Constantinople During the 14th-15th centuries: ...

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Et magi antecedentsThe Adoration of the Magi in Ravenna art between Late Antiquity to Early Middle AgesEt magi antecedentsThe Adoration of the Magi in Ravenna art between Late Antiquity to Early Middle Ages

Author: Elisa EmaldiDOI number: 10.0619/AC.2024235579 Cite this articleEmaldi, Elisa. 2025. “Et magi antecedents: The Adoration of the Magi in Ravenna ...
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ISSUE 4 (2024)

Articles

Unpublished Coptic Ostraca from Cairo Museum (S. Ahmed)

Christian Appropriation of the Sinai From Paul to Late Antiquity (W. D. Ward)

The Via Egnatia in Late Antiquity and Beyond: an Analysis of Scholarship on the Route, and Some Suggestions for Future Historical Enquiry (H. Butcher)

Popular Traditions on the Feast of Baptism of the Lord in Romania: How They Were Assimilated and Shaped in the Church (Rev. G. Pistea)

Book Review

Between Statues and Icons: Iconic Persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (R. Praet)