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Episode 117 – Questions IV

Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks coin collection)

Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks coin collection)

Its time for some of your questions. We cover queries about the Bulgars, Slavs, Greece, Coins and modern Romania.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 116 – North of the Danube

The Major Varangian trade routes. The Volga route is in red. The Dneiper (and one other) in purple. Existing trade routes in orange

The Major Varangian trade routes. The Volga route is in red. The Dneiper (and one other) in purple. Existing trade routes in orange

We place the Khazars, Magyars, Pechenegs and Rus on the map and explore their relationships with Constantinople.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 115 – The Rise of Bulgaria

Bulgarian Empire c900 AD (from Runciman - First Bulgarian Empire)

Bulgarian Empire c900 AD (from Runciman – First Bulgarian Empire)

The 9th century was a period of amazing social and political change in the Balkans. We follow the Khans as they plot a path toward recognition of their right to exist.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 114 – International Relations

St Mark's Body Brought to Venice by Jacopo Tintoretto

St Mark’s Body Brought to Venice by Jacopo Tintoretto

We explore the diplomatic and trade exchanges between Byzantium, the Caliphate and the Franks.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 113 – Carolingian Decline

The Division of the Carolingian Empire in 843 AD

The Division of the Carolingian Empire in 843 AD

Charlemagne’s empire could not last. Frankish customs saw the realm divided and it would never be put back together.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 112 – The Frontier

The Empire 900 AD

The Empire 900 AD

With the Caliphate in decline the Romans take a greater interest in the Armenian lands on their eastern border. We explore the fragmented landscape and politics of Armenia and take a quick glance at Cilicia and the forts beyond.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 111 – Abbasid Decline

Europe and the Near East 900AD (worldhistorymaps.info)

Europe and the Near East 900AD (worldhistorymaps.info)

Political division of Europe and Middle East from Colin McEvedy's Atlas of Medieval Europe

Political division of Europe and Middle East from Colin McEvedy’s Atlas of Medieval Europe

Samarra today (from bestourism.com)

Samarra today (from bestourism.com)

We begin our end of the century episodes in the East. Since 838 the great Caliphal armies have not been seen in Anatolia. We explore why as the Caliphate slowly pulls itself apart across the 9th century.

Period: 802-912

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Episode 110 – The Four Wives of Leo VI

Leo (kneeling) venerating Christ from a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia

Leo (kneeling) venerating Christ from a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia

Leo enters the second half of his reign desperate to leave the Empire to a healthy son. Meanwhile his military are successful on land but suffer at sea.

Period: 900-912

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Episode 109 – Leo the Wise?

Leo VI (from 'Rulers of the Byzantine Empire' published by KIBEA)

Leo VI (from ‘Rulers of the Byzantine Empire’ published by KIBEA)

Basil’s son Leo was known as “the Wise” during his lifetime. We get to know the new Emperor and explore if this reputation was justified.

Period: 886-900

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Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks coin collection)

Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks coin collection)

The Romans flee from the Bulgars at Boulgarofygon (from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes)

The Romans flee from the Bulgars at Boulgarofygon (from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes)

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Episode 108 – Known Unknowns

Basil I (from 'Rulers of the Byzantine Empire' published by KIBEA)

Basil I (from ‘Rulers of the Byzantine Empire’ published by KIBEA)

We follow Basil’s time in office as tries to wash away the sin of murder and secure legitimacy for his new dynasty. He also tests the limits of Byzantium’s growing power in East and West.

Period: 867-886

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Basil on ship (from 'Rulers of the Byzantine Empire' published by KIBEA)

Basil on ship (from ‘Rulers of the Byzantine Empire’ published by KIBEA)

Scanned poorly from Treadgold's Byzantine State and Society

Scanned poorly from Treadgold’s Byzantine State and Society

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