The Empire That Never Existed

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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You may have heard of many of the largest empires in world history. The Romans, the Mongols, the British, the Persians, the Ottomans, the Incas, and the Byzantines. That last empire, however, the Byzantines, never actually existed. How can one of the world’s greatest empires not have existed? Learn more about the Byzantine Empire and why no one ever called it that during its existence on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Chubbies Get 20% off your purchase at Chubbies with the promo code DAILY at checkout! Aura Frames Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/DAILY. Promo Code DAILY DripDrop Go to dripdrop.com and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order. Uncommon Goods Go to uncommongoods.com/DAILY for 15% off! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a remake of the very first episode of Everything Everywhere Daily, released on July 1st
0:05.5	2020. The script has been updated and expanded with greatly improved audio.
0:14.3	You may have heard of many of the largest empires in world history, the Romans, the Mongols,
0:19.3	the British, the Persians, the Ottomans, the Incas,
0:21.7	and the Byzantines. But that last empire, however, the Byzantines, never actually existed.
0:28.9	How is it that one of the world's greatest empires may never have existed?
0:32.8	Learn more about the Byzantine Empire and why no one ever called it that during its existence
0:37.7	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:53.5	Do you want to know what it's like to hang out with MS-13, El Salvador,
0:56.9	or how the Russian mafia fought battles all over Brooklyn in the 1990s?
1:00.5	What about that time I got lost in the Burmese jungle hunting the world's biggest meth lab?
1:04.4	I'm Sean Williams.
1:05.5	And I'm Danny Gold.
1:06.7	And we're the host of the Underworld podcast.
1:08.8	We're journalists that have traveled all over,
1:12.5	reporting on dangerous people and places.
1:16.9	And every week will be bringing you a new story about organized crime from all over the world.
1:18.6	Available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:27.4	The Byzantine Empire had its capital in Constantinople, now modern-day Istanbul.
1:31.5	History books will tell you that the empire lasted a little over a thousand years.
1:37.2	Under Emperor Justinian in the year 55, the empire reached its greatest extent,
1:42.1	encompassing territory around the Mediterranean, Egypt, North Africa, the Balkans, and the Levant.
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