I answer your questions about the Secret History, eunuchs, the Doukas name, the Byzantine crown, the Crown of Thorns and more.
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We explore the history of Trebizond under the Grand Komnenoi. Today I cover the period from 1297-1453.
Pic: Emperor Alexios III, from the chrysobull he granted to the Dionysiou monastery on Mount Athos.
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 Two
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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.
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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
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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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We look at the fate of the Roman people after 1453. Many were enslaved while others searched desperately for loved ones. Those who adapted quickly to Ottoman rule could gain great wealth. While some fled to the West.
Pic: Thomas Palaiologos from the Pintoricchio fresco of Pius II’s arrival at Ancona, in the Siena Cathedral
Stream: The Roman Diaspora
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Mehmed did not make Constantinople his capital straight away. There were political, practical and psychological arguments against it. We talk about these and how the Sultan overcame them.
Pic: Mehmed II investing Gennadios II as the new Patriarch. Housed in the Patriarchal buildings in Istanbul.
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We look at all your questions about the siege of 1453. As well as the Palaiologan era in general.
Pic: This painting of the siege is from the Panorama 1453 History Museum in Istanbul. It was a collaborative project led by Hashim Vatandaş
If you want to hear more about Trebizond then check out Byzansimp’s Youtube series
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