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Episode 317 – The Byzantine Legacy with David Hendrix

Posted on January 30, 2025 by thehistoryofbyzantium

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I interview David Hendrix the man behind the incredible website ‘The Byzantine Legacy.’ It was David who showed me around Istanbul when I first visited in 2018. His website is an amazing resource for anyone who wants to know what survives from Byzantium today.

David is leading a tour of Byzantine Macedonia in September 2025.

Check out the Byzantine Legacy website and Youtube channel. Follow David on Instagram, Facebook and X. And support him at Patreon.

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Episode 316 – Questions XVI

Posted on December 16, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

We look at listener questions about feudalism, the Catalans, the Armenians and many other topics.

Pic: Roger de Flor Street in Valencia

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Episode 315 – Questions XV

Posted on December 9, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

We look at listener questions about Andronikos II. Why was he so useless? Why did no one overthrow him? How poor was the Empire? And many more.

Pic: Chrysobull (Imperial decree) depicting Andronikos II alongside Christ, AD 1301.

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Episode 314 – The Divine Liturgy with Father John Strickland

Posted on November 24, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

It’s time we talked about Orthodoxy in more detail. I ask Father John Strickland to explain the Divine Liturgy, and it’s Byzantine origins, to me.

John is the pastor of an Orthodox Church in Poulsbo in Washington State. He has also written a four-volume series about the history of Christian civilization called Paradise and Utopia. And he’s recorded a podcast of the same name as an accompaniment to the books. He also wrote the Making of Holy Russia: The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism before the Revolution.

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Episode 313 – A Roman Comic Book with Marco Cappelli

Posted on November 15, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Marco Cappelli, the man behind the Storia D’Italia podcast, has created a Roman history comic book. Ammianus – the Twilight of an Era tells the story of the incredible change that took place across Italy during the 6th century.

The comic is so good it made me cry. I interview Marco about why he decided to make this and where the inspiration came from.

Get your own copy in Italian, English or Latin! And in physical or digital form here.

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Episode 312 – The Mediterranean in the Crusading era with Nicholas Morton

Posted on November 6, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Pic: The Capture of Constantinople in 1204, oil painting by Tintoretto (1580).

Professor Nicholas Morton returns to tell us about developments on the sea during the Crusading era. We discuss why Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi were able to dominate the waves. And talk about the ships they used and how they fought.

Dr Morton is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. His new book The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East is available now.

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3 Things You May Like

Posted on September 24, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Hello everyone,

Here are 3 podcast-related things you may be interested in.

Roman Graphic Novel

Friend of the show Marco Capelli has made a comic book set in 6th century Italy. It follows two figures that we know about from an Ostrogothic jewellery collection that was discovered in 1938. A Roman Patrician Stephanus who marries a Gothic noblewoman Valatrud. They are subjects of King Theodoric who is trying to create a functioning Gothic-Roman kingdom in Italy. But their union comes shortly before Italy submerges into chaos. And Justinian sends Belisarius out to retake the home peninsula.

You can get your hands on a copy in English or Italian. In paper or in a digital format. Plus loads of other goodies are available from Marco’s Kickstarter campaign.

The Kickstarter ends on October 11th so act now.

Tour of Greece

Lantern Jack, the host of the podcast Ancient Greece Declassified, is leading a tour to Greece.

It’s taking place from January 3rd to the 11th 2025. And it visits every site connected with the famous war between the Persians and the Athenians and Spartans. If you want to go you will visit the Acropolis, the Straits of Salamis, Marathon, Eubeoa, Thermopylae, Delphi, Plataea and you’ll get to try on Hoplite Armour!

Click here to find out more

The History of Byzantium T-Shirts

Finally my new friend Magnus who creates Roman themed merchandise on Etsy has created an actual History of Byzantium podcast t-shirt. Or I should say t-shirts. Branded with the podcast logo you have several to choose from. I’m sure they will light up any occasion you go to with looks of confusion and bewilderment. But I think they look beautiful.

Check them out here. He also has t-shirts and mugs celebrating lesser figures than me – such as Constantine, Justinian, Basil II, Marcus Aurelius and others.

Enjoy,
Robin

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Episode 311 – The Next Generation

Posted on September 17, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Pic: Silver basilikon coin of Andronikos II and Andronikos III

When Andronikos’ son dies he ponders whether to disinherit his Grandson Andronikos III. This prompts two bouts of civil war as the younger generation try to force change on their elders.

Period: 1310-1328

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Episode 310 – The Catalan Company

Posted on September 11, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

Andronikos roles the dice and hires the Catalan Grand Company to fight the Turks. Those who advised the Emperor not to hire them could never have imagined just how badly things would go. Meanwhile Latin forces continue to take Aegean islands for themselves.

Period: 1303-1310

Pic: Roger de Flor parades the Catalan Company before Andronikos and the court (Painting by José Moreno Carbonero)

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Episode 309 – Cautious and Weak

Posted on September 4, 2024 by thehistoryofbyzantium

We look at Andronikos II Palailogos’ domestic arrangements and European wars. After disbanding his fleet to save money the Emperor was repeatedly humiliated by the Venetians. We also look at the Emperor’s personality to understand why he was not best suited to the difficult times he lived in.

Period: 1281-1303

Pic: Andronicus II Palailogos. From a fresco in the Moni Agiou Ioannou Prodromou monastery, Greece.

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