Monthly Archives: March 2026

Pic: Trabzon today, Citadel of Trebizond in the foreground

Pic: View of Trabzon in 1882 by Charles Texier

We explore the history of Trebizond under the Grand Komnenoi. Today I cover the period from 1204-1297.

The music for these episodes comes from the brilliant Youtube channel of Farya Faraji. Farya is a musicologist who collaborates with traditional musicians around the world to present music from different cultures on his channel, with an emphasis on authenticity and accurate cultural representation. This track is called Trapezuntine – Epic Byzantine Music. You can buy his music here.

Stream: Trebizond! Part One

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I tackle your counter factual questions.

Pic: What if Alexios and Bohemond could have worked together? FYI: Two real pictures photoshopped together.

Stream: What If?

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Did you hear that Constantine XI didn’t die? That he was taken below ground by an angel and will one day return. We explore all the myths which attached themselves to the final Roman Emperor.

Pic: Statue of Constantine XI in Athens

Stream: The Immortal Emperor

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I investigate the death of the Emperor Constantine XI. What happened to him on the last day of his life?

Pic: Constantine XI Palaiologos, fresco from the Holy Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarchon in Aigialeia

Stream: Cold Case: Constantine XI

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We look at the reaction to the fall of Constantinople in Venice, Rome and Russia. And briefly discuss those who claimed descent from Constantine XI.

Pic: The gravestone of Fernando Paleologus (c. 1619–1670), also known as Ferdinando or Fernando Palaiologos. He was an Anglo-Greek settler in Barbados who worked as a planter of cotton, sugar, and pineapples, served as a churchwarden at St. John’s Parish Church, and claimed descent from the Palaiologos dynasty

Stream: The End of Crusading and the Third Rome

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