Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood by Anthony Kaldellis

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/26137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood Author: Anthony Kaldellis Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: mp3 Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins Release date: 01-16-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 71 ratings Genres: Ancient Publisher's Summary: In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks and the Normans brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, Byzantium's very existence was threatened.