Podcast Episodes

Episode 44 - Unceasing Lamentations

Heraclius fails to push the Persians back and has to watch in horror as they capture Jerusalem.

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Published on 11 years, 11 months ago

Episode 43 - Heraclius to the rescue

Phocas is overthrown by Heraclius but the Empire's problems are only deepening.

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Published on 11 years, 11 months ago

Episode 42 - In Fairness to Phocas

The narrative resumes with the new Emperor Phocas having to deal with yet another Persian invasion.

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Published on 11 years, 11 months ago

Episode 41 - Who is a Byzantine?

We explore who the Byzantines thought they were and whether they were right.

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Published on 12 years ago

Episode 40 - Questions

I answer your 6th century questions from education to eunuchs and food to fleets.

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Published on 12 years ago

Episode 39 - Neighbours and Provinces

We travel through Spain, Gaul, Italy, the Balkans, Anatolia, the East and Persia to uncover the geo-political situation in 600AD.

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Published on 12 years ago

Episode 38 - Christianising

We look at how Christianity spread more deeply into Roman culture across the 6th century and see how this affected the Empire's cities and Jews.

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Published on 12 years, 1 month ago

Episode 37 - The Army of the Strategikon

We look at how the Roman army has changed up to the end of the 6th century. To guide us we are using the Byzantine army manual the Strategikon. We learn how the army fought, who fought, what they loo…

Published on 12 years, 2 months ago

Episode 36 - The End of Legitimacy

Maurice has a tough decision to make about his role in the Persian civil war. Once that is over he turns his attention to the Balkans. Success in the field is ruined by the cost of paying the army.

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Published on 12 years, 3 months ago

Episode 35 - The Lucky Break

The new Emperor Maurice continues fighting on the Eastern front trying to convince the Persians to sign a peace treaty. But they won't.

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Published on 12 years, 4 months ago