“The History of Byzantium” is a podcast dedicated to the story of the Roman Empire from the collapse of the West in 476 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Byzantine history is fascinating, world changing and largely forgotten. Listen and discover who they were. Find out more at www.thehistoryofbyzantium.com
In 2018 the listeners of the podcast funded a Kickstarter to send me to Istanbul. I documented many of the surviving Byzantine sites and have made videos about them. I am slowly posting them all on this channel along with some of the podcasts.
Although I like the Pod and I enjoy learning about the Byzantines I must say What an utter nonsense! No Historian agrees with this wild take! on Islamic history and certainly most Muslims would laugh at this silly western take especially when these claims are made by someone who can't even speak or write Arabic. This inability to understand Arabic is crucial to understand Islamic history and its resources which would be all in Arabic!.
This sounds like a lot of conjecture. It feels more like Professor Neville has has a different interpretation rather than a "refutation" of the conventional viewpoint. Not to say that she's wrong, but I don't see how she's proved anything conclusively. Admittedly I have only listened to her interview here on the podcast and I have not read the book. I *love* this podcast but it seems like to me that any new revisionist history is taken at face value with little pushback from Robin. I am currently reading Anthony Kalldellis' books and enjoy them, but he's received pushback on his more "controversial" views from others in the field.
Roman Emperors that were canonized after Saint Constantine the Great but before Saint John the Merciful are Saint Justinian and Saint Theodosius the Great (Theodosius I).
Hey, as usual when it comes to Orthodoxy I should have been more precise with my wording. No other Emperor since Constantine I had an active Saintly cult. You may be from an Orthodox background yourself and so know that there is no official process of canonisation in the Orthodox church. So the Emperors you list are commemorated or have vita written about them. But none were actively remembered as Saints by the Byzantines at the time.
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast Thank you for the response. Yes, I am Orthodox and I greatly appreciate your podcast. Have you considered an episode arch on the Liturgy/Orthodox Church and how the Orthodox theology shaped Roman society? Like interviewing an Orthodox Priest, etc? Saint John the Merciful (Vatatzes) has a following even today among many laity and monastic, most famously the Holy Elder Ephraim of Arizona.
That city probably the most fascinating city. The under ground caves where you can see lotr mines of moria inspiration from... the wealth n knowledge launched europe into renaissance period rebirth economics n philosophy...the Islamic Golden age is from the lay out of their establishment.
to my under standing Constantinople church was the capital for eastern orthodox faith..they where far more advanced in literature an cultural ..i believe in that area where the first bible was made that made years later sparked the rise of islam
It's interesting how much Constantine The Great was...well...envisioned in Constantinople. I imagined that it'd pay deference to him, but I never got quite this image of Constantine just being everywhere in the city from Mike's podcast.
Dan Carlin, yeeeeeeeesssssssssss. He's good, I don't think I've ever found a guy more personally captivating at every second. Mike Duncan's a good ride, and I'd say he ties it for being someone who skirts the line between academic dissection and your friend talking about the annoying nextdoor neighbors, but Dan Carlin just does not come close in my book.
In the part of Istanbul where I live there’s also a piece of that wall (Yesilkoy). In later times people built house against the wall (inner side), saves building one wall. It also has those bands of 3 layers of red bricks, I walked by it many times, never realizing it is part of that Roman sea wall.
I cant believe they lost to the goddamn Bulgarians after all that success. What an anticlimax. I can imagine the frustration the survivors must have felt.
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast For me it's Anna Komnene and what a great day to upload with anniversary of Mohammed Al Fatih aka mehmed II to conquer constantinople 😁👍
Fascinating. And yet the church represents a completely dead culture as Turkey itself is now overwhelmingly Muslim with a tiny remnant Christian population. Kudos to the Turks for respecting the monuments of a foreign religion and working them as best they can into the ongoing culture. They deserve it.
I will likely never be able to afford to travel to Istanbul, thank you so much for creating such well thought out and descriptive documentaries of the sites available to visit in the city. This almost makes up for not being able to visit in person.
Wow interesting. Definitely not Manuel or John. I like C5 but not my favourite. Hmm. I don't know. I'm interested in Anastasius, Maurice, Constans II, Theophilus, Basil II and Alexios Komnenos
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast guys in the comments do you agree with me the era of Manuel I life is based off house of the dragon TV series and Visery I is based off Manuel I
As Orthodox st. John Damascene used the term dispassionate conception of the Theotokos. Not immaculate because it leads to heresy and schism! Even Jesus took our sins to save us but he is alone without sin...☦️☘️
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why deception and violence are everywhere. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our beloved ones again! :-)
You mean jeheveh, johovoh, jihivih? Tetragrammaton has no vowels. JW’s are a polytheist cult that when commenting on intellectual rigors leave signature marks of their ignorance. Stay away from Jehovah!
Great vid and amazing summary as always but l am curious as to how you will cover the story of the Romans going forward, are you going to cover all three states in a parallel manner or focus on Nicea and simpy comment on the other two when they do something relevant to the story. Are you going to cover them seperatly once 1453 arrives and if yes, from their inception or from the Ottoman conquest of the city?
While I’m sure he’ll comment on the ends of the other successor realms I think the city/state is the main character so to say. I hope we get some comment on morea which I’m sure we will and theodoro up in crimea but he has found ways to re narrow the focus in very interesting ways.
The podcast is about THE Roman state. And so I will follow convention and tell the story of the government of Constantinople from 1261 to 1453. I can cover other states in separate episodes at some point.
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also I have a question as Muslim how many byzantine Princess got married to Muslim rulers thought history??
I'm only up to 1204. But that was a difficult thing for a Christian ruler to authorise. Because it meant she would have to give up her religion. So up to 1204 that has never happened. They have always married Christian rulers. That is about to change slightly because a bride is about to be sent to the Mongols but I think on the understanding that she can keep her faith. Also many Seljuk rulers in Anatolia had Byzantine Christian wives who were not expected to abandon their faith entirely.
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast thanks for the information I appreciate it and few ottoman rulers got married to byzantine Princess like Orhan Gazi and Mara Branković isn't byzantine Princess but she never becomes a Muslim as she was Murad II wife Mara when becomes mehmed II adopted son even Mohammed Al Fatih aka mehmed II biology mum passed away in 1449 two years before mehmed II become sultan for the second time. 😁👍
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast if I'm not wrong did Alp Arslan son get married to byzantine after Battle of Manzikert in 1071 also my fact of the day lion from Narnia is named after Alp Arslan.
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast makes sense in Islam it's sin to focus people to become Muslim and if we Muslim men marry non Muslim we shouldn't focus Islam like what is said in Qur'an if I can remember I think they can drink alcohol or do things which is against rules of Islam privately I'm no Islamic scholar if you are interested yourself probably has videos talking about this topic may Allah protect me from saying anything wrong and may Allah make me only speak the truth ameen 🙏
This series of podcasts is so well done. Thank you for uploading it. I must, however, admit I'm exhausted... there's so much treachery and changes of allegiances among such closed circles, that it feels like a Latinamerican telenovela. I'm only at minute 11 and I already need a walk in the park and a yoga session 😅
