Portal:Byzantine Empire/DYK/6


 * ... that the designation Porphyrogennetos, feminine form Porphyrogennete, literally meaning "born in the purple", was given to the children born to a reigning Byzantine emperor?
 * ... that the Hexamilion wall was built under the rule of Theodosius II to protect the Peloponnese peninsula against attacks from the north, and was used as late as the 15th century against the Ottoman Turks?