Hello everyone, I am back from the first ever history of Byzantium tour to Istanbul and it was amazing

It was so much fun showing listeners around all the Byzantine sites that remain I met some wonderful people and a guy named Laurent

There you go. I said it

Seriously though if you've ever thought about visiting Istanbul

I think you will love the tour send me an email if you want to be first in line when dates for

2020 come through the history of Byzantium at gmail.com

Today we have another backer rewards episode

listener abc asked what happened in the city of Rome during late antiquity

How did things develop as the empire slowly receded in importance in the city's mind?

To answer that question I turned to a man who talks about Rome every week

Steve Gwera from the history of the papacy podcast

Steve will take you through developments in the city from the height of Antonin Rome to the post Justinian world of Gregory the Great

Huge thanks to Steve for generously helping me out and needless to say if you would like to learn more about the papacy and the city of Rome

Then check out the history of the papacy podcast

I will be back soon with more narrative episodes

enjoy

Hi, I'm Steve Gwera and I host a podcast called the history of the papacy podcast

I talk about the background history and context of the popes of Rome and Christian church

Today I have a little episode on what happened to the city of Rome during the period of late antiquity leading into the middle ages

These terms like late antiquity middle ages dark ages and the like get thrown around and each has varying degrees of accuracy and usefulness

The story of the fall in the rise of the city of Rome falls across these different ages of history

The city of Rome reached its height of power and population during the second and third centuries of the common era

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