2024 History of Byzantium Podcast Tours

Hey everyone,

I’m very excited to announce that we have dates for the 2024 History of Byzantium tours to Turkey!

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The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul (above)

We will be running our classic podcast tour in May and September. This includes five days in Istanbul followed by visits to Cappadocia and Ephesus. Cappadocia offers a stunning landscape where we visit the cave towns where the Romans lived in hard times. Ephesus is the best preserved Roman city after Pompeii.

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The Golden Gate in Istanbul (above) 

We wanted to give you a choice of dates and so are running two tours. But I’ve found it hard to be away from my family for such a long period. So I will be on the May tour for the first six days and then leave you to explore Cappadocia (2 days) and Ephesus (1 day) with Serif Yenen (our brilliant tour leader). By then you will have made friends with other listeners and you can ask Serif about the time he gave Oprah Winfrey a guided tour!

On the September trip I am going to stay at home. Guests will be in the capable hands of Serif and David Hendrix. David is the man behind the fabulous Byzantine Legacy website (www.thebyzantinelegacy.com) and social media channels. David is American but now lives in Istanbul and is cataloguing all the Byzantine sites that have survived. They are both brilliant guides and will bring Byzantium to life for you.

Here are the dates and details:

May 17-26, 2024 (6 days in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus – Robin with you for 6 days) NOW SOLD OUT

https://serifyenen.com/tours/history-of-byzantium-tour-1

August 30-September 8, 2024 (6 days in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus – David Hendrix steps in for Robin) PLACES STILL AVAILABLE

https://serifyenen.com/tours/history-of-byzantium-tour-with-david-hendrix-serif-yenen-2

Email me if you have any questions (thehistoryofbyzantium at gmail.com),
Robin
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Episode 291 – Michael Doukas of Epirus

Posted on April 24, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Michael Komnenos Doukas would have had a forgettable career if it wasn’t for the chaos which followed Manuel Komnenos’ death.

But the twists of fate allowed him to found a new state in Epirus (Western Greece) which would eventually seize huge parts of the Roman world.

Period: 1204-15

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Episode 290 – The Despot, Theodore Laskaris

Posted on April 17, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

We follow Theodore Laskaris as he escapes from Constantinople and establishes a new state at Nicaea. Crowned as the new Roman Emperor he must face down rivals on every side including the Turks.

Map: The Empire of Nicaea

Period: 1204-12

Picture: Laskaris’ forked beard on his coins (Dumbarton Oaks)

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Episode 289 – Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria

Posted on April 10, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

With Baldwin and Boniface dead the Bulgarians run riot across Thrace. Their Tsar Kaloyan attempts to capture Thessalonica and ponders whether he could become the new Roman Emperor.

Picture: St. Demetrius Killing Kaloyan. Mosaic from Visoki Dečani Monastery in Kosovo

Period: 1204-07

Above: Statue of Kaloyan in Varna, Bulgaria

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Episode 288 – Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat

Posted on March 31, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

After throwing a huge strop Boniface, the Marquis of Montferrat, is made King of Thessalonica.

He sent his men to conquer most of Greece but the Bulgarians were on his tail.

Picture: The Acrocorinth where Leo Sgouros took refuge from Boniface

Period: 1204-07

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Episode 287 – Count Baldwin of Flanders and Hainaut

Posted on March 27, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

The Latins agree to stay for another year and to conquer the whole of the Roman Empire. They elect Count Baldwin of Flanders and Hainaut to be their Emperor and all seems well. It only takes a year for everything to fall apart.

Picture: Statue of Baldwin I in Mons (capital of Hainault), Belgium

Period: 1204-05

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Episode 286 – Vantage Point

Posted on March 20, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

The narrative returns as we head back to 1204 and the sack of Constantinople. The arrival of the Latins had actually splintered the Roman world into at least 13 different states.

With a little help from the 2008 film ‘Vantage Point’ we will be following the different perspectives of these actors as they deal with the fallout from the sack.

We begin with the story of Alexios V Doukas who fled the city just before it fell.

Period: 1204

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Episode 285 – Totalus Rankium

Posted on March 11, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

I speak to Rob and Jamie from the podcast Totalus Rankium. Their show is a light hearted ranking of every Roman Emperor from Augustus to Constantine XI. It’s a really fun listen and they include all the amusing stories which I edited out of Byzantine history.

They have a sister show where they rank American Presidents. Find both shows here.

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Episode 284 – To The City with Alexander Christie-Miller

Posted on February 27, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Alexander Christie-Miller was the Turkish correspondent for the Times Newspaper between 2010 and 2017. He has written a book called ‘To the City’ about the people who live along the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul today. He tells the story and charts the sweeping changes they’ve experienced in Turkey over the past 50 years. It’s a brilliant read, ideal for those of you who have visited Istanbul or plan to.

Alexander Christie-Miller is from Wiltshire in the UK, studied in Dublin and was then in Istanbul for 7 years. He was the Times Turkish correspondent during that period and his writing has also appeared in Newsweek, The Atlantic, Der Spiegel and the White Review amongst other publications.

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Episode 283 – The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 5 – More Questions

Posted on February 22, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Professor Kaldellis’ new history of Byzantium is out now in the USA and on Kindle everywhere.

In the final episode in this series he answers more of your questions. Amongst the topics we cover are citizenship, class, counter-factuals, academia and AI.

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Episode 282 – The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 4 – Your Questions

Posted on February 14, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Professor Kaldellis’ new history of Byzantium is out now in the USA and on Kindle everywhere.

In this episode he answers your questions. Including succession mechanisms, taxation, the Senate, usurpers, Belisarius, Maurice and many more topics.

Byzantine collage by Amy Reilly

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