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Download the app today. Hi everybody from Wundere welcome to another episode of Tides of History. I'm Patrick

Weymn. Thanks so much for being here with me today. There are few figures in history more fascinating, more impactful, and less understood by the general public than the Emperor Justinian. He stands a stride to distinct ages, the late Roman Empire as a united space

still bound together by shared ideas and a shared past, and the coming era of

final separation between the eastern and western halves of the Roman world in which

barbarian kings and Roman Evers would increasingly diverge. Justinian was both

a product of his time, a reflection of a particular place on its many processes

and currents, and the rare historical personage who can truly be said to have influenced the world around it.

Professor Peter Cyrus has written what is sure to become the definitive account of Justinian's life

for the next generation of readers.

He is professor of late antique, medieval, and Byzantine studies at the University of Cambridge

and fellow of Trinity College. He's the author of numerous books including Economy and

Society in the Age of Justinian and

empires of faith the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam and has edited several more.

His research interests are exceptionally varied and I can say that I've borrowed from and

cited his work in a bunch of different

thematic directions for more than a decade. The current book is entitled Justinian,

Emperor, Soldier, Saint, and I could not be more excited to talk about it with him.

Professor Cyrus, thank you so much for joining me.

Thank you for the invitation.

It's great to be here.

Okay, so why write a book on Justinian?

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