Episode 144 - Setting the Table

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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We begin our mini end-of-the-century series by talking about our sources. Huge thanks to Professor Anthony Kaldellis for talking to me about his new book "Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood." It's a narrative history covering the period from when Nicephorus Phokas took over the military until the First Crusade. This is only part of our interview focusing on the task of sifting sources to create a more realistic narrative.

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0:40.6	Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium.
0:44.7	Episode 144.
0:47.5	Setting the table.
0:49.1	The last time we were all together we heard about the death of John Zemiskees.
0:56.5	The emperor was in Syria marching around to show the newly formed Fatimid Caliphate
1:02.4	that the Romans intended to protect their new conquests.
1:07.0	But on his way home he became ill and passed away just after reaching the vicinity of Constantinople.
1:14.4	The emperor is dead.
1:17.4	Long live the emperor.
1:19.5	Who is the new Vassileths?
1:22.4	A why it's Basil II.
1:25.1	Son of Romanus II.
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