As we look back at Byzantium I turned once more to Professor Anthony Kaldellis. I asked him to present a list of ten influential East Romans who were not featured heavily in the political narrative.
Anthony Kaldellis is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of over a dozen books on Byzantium including the definitive history (The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium). Find out more here.
Pic: Saint Photios
Timestamps:
Photios: 0.47 secs – 15m 08s
Michael Psellos: 15m 09s – 31m 25s
Anna Komnene: 31m 26s – 39m 25s
Eustathios of Thessaloniki: 39m 26s – 47m 27s
George Gemistos Plethon: 47m 28s – 1h 07m 22s
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I love listening to both Robin and Anthony Kaldellis!
Kaldellis made an off-hand mention about Photius (I think?) advising a bishop about a grave-robbing case. That seems so unusual to me that I’d like to find out more: any primary source I can look up for more information?
I suspect that may be less unusual than we think. Lots of church laws are about activity like that and what to do to stop it 🙂
You can email Kaldellis if you like but I believe he did recommend a book about Photius on the podcast,
Robin