BYZANTIUM was formed in 2017 around a new research idea on the Late Antique receptions of Achilles. The topic turned into a project which received funding from FCT and resulted in a series of publications in highly ranked journals (e.g., Classical Quarterly, Cambridge Classical Journal) and publishers (OUP; Brill; De Gruyter) as well as several initiatives aimed at the wider public, among which are two bilingual exhibitions hosted on Google Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the National Museum of Archaeology. The group’s research scope is, thus, expanding, not only keeping apace with, but also pioneering in, recent trends in Late Antique studies, such as the turn towards the longue durée and the dialogue with medieval studies, in particular within the so-called Global Middle Ages; the explosion of interest in Byzantine texts; and the focus on previously marginalized themes within Late Antique studies.