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Back to SearchWhy Were The Crusades So Popular?
Season 1 Episode 137
The Crusade present us with one of the greatest paradoxes in history. Why would Christianity, a peace-loving religion, condone such aggressive milita…
1 week, 6 days ago
The Secrets of Ancient Nicaea
Season 1 Episode 136
In this episode, I tell you about my travels to Ancient Nicaea, a city that changed history from the famous First Council of Nicaea in AD 325, founda…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Alexius Comnenus: The True Story
Season 1 Episode 135
Alexius Comnenus is a well-known Byzantine Emperor not least because his daughter, Anna, wrote one of the greatest works of medieval literature about…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Battle of Manzikert
Season 1 Episode 134
The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 changed history. Not only was it the first step towards the end of the Byzantine Empire but it also established the f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Rise of the Seljuk Turks
Season 1 Episode 133
In this episode, we’ll look at why the Seljuk Turks suddenly appeared in the Middle East in the eleventh century.
The name Seljuk and the origins of …
2 months, 1 week ago
The Road to Manzikert
Season 1 Episode 132
In the years from 1068 to 1071, the Byzantine emperor Romanus Diogenes tried but failed to stem the Turkish raids into Anatolia. Finally, he decided …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
New Name, Same Show!
The Fall of the Roman Empire podcast is now called Echoes of Empires.
Why change the name? Well, as you know, this podcast has already moved beyond th…
3 months ago
The Origins of the First Crusade
Season 1 Episode 131
Welcome to Echoes of Empires, my new podcast which is the successor to the Fall of the Roman Empire.
In this episode, I want to look at the First Cru…
3 months ago
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: The Inheritors of Rome
I wanted to let you know that my latest book, The Inheritors of Rome, is now available in both paperback and ebook on Amazon and will be available th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Byzantium's Golden Age
Season 1 Episode 130
In the century from 860 to 960 Byzantium was reborn as the greatest power in western Eurasia. Its armies were invincible, spearheaded by regiments of…
7 months, 3 weeks ago