Episode 66 - The Emperor Strikes Back

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

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🗓️ 24 February 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Justinian II heads off into exile but dreams of returning to Constantinople. He makes friends in Cherson and talks openly of rebellion. The city's authorities report this to Apsimar and Justinian flees Cherson looking for an ally who can return him to the throne.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, and welcome to the history of Byzantium.
0:12.9	Episode 66.
0:14.9	The Emperor strikes back.
0:20.4	Justanian II was only 26 when he lost his throne.
0:25.1	Like his father and grandfather before him, he had begun to rule while a very young
0:29.6	man and had been determined to earn his place in history through vigorous action.
0:36.0	So while the shock of usurpation and the figurative and literal scars of mutilation might have
0:42.6	broken an older man or at least convinced him to keep quiet, justanian was having none
0:48.7	of it.
0:50.2	His birthright had been stolen, but perhaps time was on his side.
0:56.4	As the ship carrying him away to his place of exile pulled out of the harbor of Constantinople,
1:02.2	it's tempting to guess that the young X Emperor was already plotting his return.
1:12.3	The city of Cherson, on the southern tip of the Crimean Peninsula, grew from a Greek colony
1:18.0	established in the 6th century BC.
1:21.8	It had long been in the Roman orbit, and by Byzantine times was seen as one of the last
1:26.4	civilized places one could comfortably banish someone too.
1:31.7	Surrounded by the black sea on one side and some gothic tribes on the other, there
1:37.0	wasn't much trouble for an exile to cause.
1:41.5	The inhabitants of the city were loyal supporters of the government in Constantinople, but
1:46.6	proud of their practical independence.
1:50.2	They had acted as jailers before and been proud to welcome Pope Martin when Constance
1:55.4	the Second had sent him there.
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