Monthly Archives: June 2018

Backer Rewards Episode 4 – Lucky Romans and Being a Celebrity

Is the above what Diocletian would really have said to Constantine?

Our fourth Kickstarter backers reward episode features questions about Constantinople and some personal ones for me.

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Backer Rewards Episode 3 – What was Istanbul like?

Zeyrek Mosque (former Church of the Pantocrator Monastery)

Zeyrek Mosque (former Church of the Pantocrator Monastery)

Our third Kickstarter backers reward episode features a lot of chat about my trip to Istanbul. I talk about the experience of visiting for the first time and answer listener questions.

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Backer Rewards Episode 2 – A Day in the Life of a Podcaster

Our second Kickstarter backers reward episode featuring some book recommendations and me describing a day in the life of a podcaster.

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Episode 168a – Travellers to Constantinople

Equestrian statue of Justinian with Theodosius marking (Antoine-Helbert.com)

Equestrian statue of Justinian with Theodosius marking (Antoine-Helbert.com)

The Cross-reliquary of Limburg

The Cross-reliquary of Limburg

We go through the sources used to construct episode 168. We survey foreign visitors to Constantinople and the thoughts of local Byzantines on their monuments. Through this survey we begin to discover the Byzantine sense of their past.

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Episode 168 – A Guided Tour

The weeping column in Hagia Sophia (livingtuscany.wordpress.com)

The weeping column in Hagia Sophia, one of the spots that pilgrims sought cures (livingtuscany.wordpress.com)

What would a foreign visitor to Constantinople expect to see and hear?

Period: 913-1025

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