magnaura

Updated: May 25, 2025

These were costly playthings wrought in gold, such as the Byzantine emperors of the ninth century accumulated in their palace of Magnaura, and which they exhibited on state occasions in order to impress foreigners with a profound sense of their riches and power.

G. (Gaston) Maspero - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

The Cæsar Bardas, the uncle of Michael the Third, was the generous protector of letters, a title which alone has preserved his memory and excused his ambition. A particle of the treasures of his nephew was sometimes diverted from the indulgence of vice and folly; a school was opened in the palace of Magnaura; and the presence of Bardas excited the emulation of the masters and students.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5