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5 yrs to build….. yeah sure! The official narrative is comical

This channel is way underrated. What you have done with this continuation could not be done better.

I am 17 minutes into this and ALREADY sick of the typical protestant trope of the explanation of icons as pagan idolatry. THIS NARRATIVE IS A LIE. Icons are Christian.

Love the Beginning of this episode and comparison of the world in our time and there's

Your thoughts on Justinian ii reign I couldn't agree more

The "Twenty years anarchy" era of Eastern Roman history has interested me. As does the crisis of the 3rd century. Each time could have ended the empire easily. Thanks again for all your work of these vids.

The audio quality is barely intelligible

How do these episodes not have thousands of views yet? Thanks for all your work

Both of your work's will always be remembered. Ty again

Being an Armenian, I can't help but notice that Armenia is still around, but Rhomania is not...

Maybe one has to pronounce Krum as Kroom?

The Byzantinist Warren Treadgold, judging from the name Bardanes and epithet Tourkos, speculates that he may have been of mixed Armenian and Khazar blood, an opinion shared by the historian Jean-Claude Cheynet. Cheynet suggests that the Khazar parentage belonged to a member of the entourage of Empress Irene of Khazaria, the wife of Emperor Constantine V (r. 741-775), and hence a certain proximity of Bardanes to the imperial court.

I remember Runciman saying something along the lines of "Charles had his army and fleet ready to be set on Constantinople, but Michael had his friends"

I absolutely love both this podcast and History of Rome (also revolutions by the way). Listened to the original during med school 12 years ago. Does anyone know what Mike is up to now? He recently posted several books on Aurelian on his X account. Aurelian is my favorite emperor I think.

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also who is your favourite Muslim leader or rival to the Byzantine empire? For me it's probably Mohammed Al Fatih aka mehmed II as he completed the prophecy of prophet Muhammad and conquered Constantinople

As a history of England enthusiast, seeing the Angevins crop up in a conflict with the East Romans is kind of wild.

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Your stuff is great Thank you

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excited going to this podcast. always a big fan of mike duncan, cant wait to hear the history of byzantium

Didn't know that this podcast had a RUclips, i have been listening for many years. Keep up the amazing work as always.

I explored the walls in 1978 when I was eighteen years old. Your video makes me want to return and do it again.

Charles of Anjou vs Manfred/Conradin, into the plot twist of the Sicilian Vespers

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Thank you sooooooo much for all of these videos! I went back to Istanbul for a second time two months ago, this time taking my mother with me. Your videos were delightful as a guide. I still can't believe I got to go. These videos still make me smile 😁

Starting in 2024. 2015 start eh? 9 years. Wow.

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Great work as always.

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also what is your favourite riot in byzantine history?

Awesome!❤

What are the churches that show Kaloyan being killed by Saint Demetrius? Inquiring minds want to know!

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I thank you both endlessly.

Man this is good stuff. The Byzantine holdings in Italy always interested me. People forget how close the "eastern" Emperor's were to the old heart of the empire. I love that we have Mike Duncan's and your channel. The saga continues

Can’t believe I just found this. Thank you in advance. I’m about to binge listen to this every night before bed 💯

No wonder Mike didn’t want to go all the way to the fall of Constantinople.

As a Turk, i hate what our modern governments did with İstanbul, we dont deserve this city

This is great work! I had been looking for the continuation of the legendary mike duncan podcast and I'm glad you picked up the mantle! I can see this blowing up as the algorithm begins to pick it up. Keep up the good work 👏👏👏

Follow up on Mr Pierson's note: If you start the walk at Hippodrome, make sure to pass by (and if you like, visit) the Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Mosque, elaborately built into the slope by master architect Sinan in mid-16th century. Küçük Ayasofya (Little Hagia Sophia _aka_ Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus) is about 200 m further and from there, under the disused railway line and through the car park of a public office building, you'll arrive at the starting point of the route introduced in this video. Trivial hint: On the sea walls route, there are not many points for crossing between the pavement next to the walls and the wider pedestrian zone along the shore. I would recommend the shore side on the basis of a) spaciousness, b) continuous walk, as opposed to frequent interruptions by streets, vehicles on the other side, c) wider viewing angle. Coming closer to Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point), you might chance upon adventurous locals taking a dip at any season.

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Kaldellis is an eloquent writer and speaker but his overarching thesis that eastern Romans were a Roman "ethnic" group is bonkers. His definition of "ethnic" is leftist woke pseudo-scientific misuse of the term ethnic which has unfortunablely been co-opted by many modernists in the humanities. It's devoid of actual heritage connotation. It's similar to how woke sorts are redefining gender to be free of biology. The eastern Roman empire if anything decidedly discouraged ethnic identities in lew of Christian identity. An eastern Roman could be of different ethnic backgrounds albeit they claimed to be Romans. It was somewhat like British identity; Although not a perfect analogy It was case by case basis determining what the actual ethnic background of a particular Roman.

Love this channel

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also have you heard of the hadith/story about byzantine emperor Heraclius believing that prophet Muhammad was a prophet

Q: what do empires do best. A: fall

Last question related to when the Empire of Nicea conquered Containtinople; if it meant that the Eastern Roman Empire was restored around 1265, instead of falling during the Fourth Crusade, during the sack and dismemberment of the Empire by the Latins (aka Catholic side of Christianity as opposed to Orthodox Greek side). This complex and potentially charged question can be argued either way with many different arguments that reflect differing perspectives and focusing on particular events. I think the Roman Empire (eastern remnant) fell in 1204. Related to competition for influence, dominance and power between the Latin (Catholic) west and the Romans (Orthodox), among other reasons. The Empire lost; the Latins dismembered it politically; ensured permanence of other pre Sack events such as break away by Serbia and Bulgaria; decentralized power; emasculated the wealth of Containtinople; dismantled Roman institutions and destroyed its records. The so-called restored “Empire” was Nicea, which moved west across the Bosporus and hollowed out & eventually started losing Western tip of Anatolia. It was not what has always historically been considered an Empire. It was a small country, at the mercy of its neighbors ; it managed to perpetuate Roman culture to the Latin’s benefit for a miraculous 200 years. However, the Roman Empire fell in 1204. Conquered and decimated by the Catholics, with the backing of Venice, French aristocracy and at a minimum, complacency of the ultimate Western moral authority, Pope Innocence. History was largely written by western historians. Surely they had no incentive to acknowledge this inconvenient truth. So they blamed the fall of Nicea on the Muslims, and said Nicea was the Roman Empire. The Catholics do not want to admit; it is too embarrassing; that they destroyed the Roman Empire in 1204. This Empire was like a wall against Muslim expansion into Europe since the year 640 AD. To admit betrayal against fellow Christian’s, which indirectly spurred the rise of a Muslim empire, the Ottomans; would be unthinkable. I believe the western historians felt it was better to make things up (like the derisive Byzantine) and cover up their guilt.

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

Leaving a comment for the algorithm. RUclips channel is criminally underrated

So sad. The most beautiful and holiest city!! Out beautiful most wonderful city Constantinople...the most wonderful empire!

Visited it, I agree, this is like the Mines of Moria! 😮