Episode 274 - The 10 Worst Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Professor Kaldellis returns to give us his 10 Worst Emperors.

He is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago and the author of dozens of books and articles on key aspects of Byzantine history.

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0:00.0	History isn't black and white, yet too often it's presented as such.
0:05.5	Grey History, the French Revolution, is a history podcast dedicated to exploring the
0:10.6	ambiguities and nuances of the past.
0:13.8	The current season is focused on the French Revolution, and despite being some 60 episodes
0:19.0	in, we're only just starting the infamous reign of terror.
0:24.1	So if you're looking for your next long-form, binge-worthy history podcast, presented in
0:29.2	a similar style to the history of Byzantium, check out Grey History, the French Revolution
0:34.9	today.
0:35.9	That's G-R-E-Y.
0:47.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium, episode 274, the 10 worst emperors
0:55.9	without an E-Cold Ellis.
0:59.6	Back by popular demand, Professor Cold Ellis is here to give us his 10 worst emperors.
1:05.1	Can you believe the generosity of this man to come back and indulge us in more subjective
1:10.2	frivolity?
1:12.0	We will also talk about the nature of bad emperors and why there was no Byzantine
1:16.6	Caligula.
1:17.6	So there is very serious analysis behind the fun.
1:22.1	Just in case you're randomly sampling this podcast for the first time, Professor Cold
1:26.0	Ellis works at the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago.
1:30.2	He's written several books on vital topics for understanding Byzantine history and has
1:34.7	a forthcoming complete history of Byzantium coming out later this year, which we will be
1:40.2	talking to him about near the time.
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