Byzantine technology

This is a list of Byzantine inventions. The Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire represented the continuation of the Roman Empire after a part of it collapsed. Its main characteristics were Roman state traditions, Greek culture and Christian faith.

Panagia Chalkeion, an 11th-century cross-in-square church

Pendentive dome of Hagia Sophia (563), interior view

Karamagara Bridge, 5th–6th century pointed arch bridge

Modern drawing of a counterweight trebuchet being prepared for shooting

Byzantine ship employing Greek fire in the late 11th century

Clay grenades that were filled with Greek fire (10th–12th centuries)

Hand-siphon, a portable flamethrower

Our Lady of Vladimir, a 12th-century icon

Medieval ship mills on the Rhine