The murder of Romanos III Argyros from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes.
Romanos III is faced with the same problems which troubled his predecessor. He decides that a campaign against Aleppo will solve some of his problems. Meanwhile Zoe is left alone and frustrated in the Palace.
Period: 1028-34
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Longtime listener, love the show. However, there are 2 problems I’d like to see fixed, which would probably help OP:
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I recommend one 11th century episode entirely devoted to Strategicon of Kekaumenos. I think your listeners will enjoy the military and social nuggets in the manual of Katakalon Kekaumenos.
I was on Wikipedia reading “The Dead Brothers song”. It is supposed to be a folk song from the 9th century. It would be interesting to hear more folk poetry of stories like it. It really gives you a feeling for the Byzantines as a people. There are allusions to Pagan gods, missing family members from far away, and sadness and death. You could probably spend an hour just analyzing it in terms of how it fits with the historical narrative. It was interesting to read because sometimes the political history is so engaging that I sometimes forget that there were millions of people in the empire that had to have contributed to the culture in ways we don’t get to see that often.
Thank you for this idea, very interesting