Episode 141 - How To Get Away With Murder

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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John Tzimiskes pacifies his domestic and foreign enemies as he consolidates his rule. However the Rus leader Sviatoslav makes the decision to move his capital to the Danube forcing the Romans to respond.

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0:30.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium.
0:44.1	Episode 141 How to get away with murder.
0:52.9	Last time John Zimiskees murdered Nicevara's focus and was hailed as emperor in his place.
1:02.5	The way the general had gained access to the corridors of power was ingenious.
1:08.4	But the success of the coup depended on the actions which John and his partner in crime
1:14.6	Basil Le Capinos took next.
1:18.4	As you already know, the unix influence in Constantinople was key.
1:26.1	He was able to gather the palace staff and instruct them to accept the regime change.
1:32.7	He had heralds, spread the news around the city, and he outlawed looting, which often accompanied
1:39.3	political disturbances.
1:41.4	These moves meant that the city was calm, bathing the news in a sense of inevitability.
1:49.9	We should also remember that Nicevara was just a caretaker emperor in the eyes of many people.
1:56.6	He was there to rule until the Macedonian princes came of age.
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