Hello everyone, this is Robin talking to you from early 2021. It was at this point in

the podcast that we came to our second fundraising episode and I produced a four-part series

on John Chrysostom, one of the most influential bishops of the early Byzantine period.

I will let 2015 Robin pitch you on buying them. I'm just here to say that these episodes

are no longer available at the history of Byzantium.com. They are only available over at

patreon.com forward slash history of Byzantium. Over at Patreon you can get an advert free feed

with all these episodes in order for six dollars a month and you won't have to listen to

me explaining what they are or how to get them anymore. That address again is patreon.com forward

slash history of Byzantium. Now back to 2015. Hello everyone, the day has finally arrived

to announce details of the fundraising sale episode. Please do not switch off. I know

a lot of you are not interested in paying for podcasts, but please just give it another

minute or so because I'm going to explain how you can get four. Yes, I said four new episodes

of the history of Byzantium and your own special feed with all of the sale episodes on it,

including episode 28 and the origins of Islam. So I'd stay tuned at least so you know what's

going on and what's available. And if you are one of the very kind and lovely people who

do buy the episodes, please don't switch off either. Just let me explain what is new as

it may affect your decision making. Okay, so first things first, in the narrative we have

now reached the death of Constantine V in 775 AD. The next episode for the podcast is not free.

It is for sale. That episode will cover the entire reign of Constantine's son Leo IV.

He ruled for five years. It will also introduce Irene, Leo's wife and the woman who will

dominate Byzantine politics for the next 20 years. I go into the rituals and ceremonies

of the palace that this teenage Athenian girl would have been subjected to and how it may

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