Byzantine Talks

Basil II left the Byzantine Empire at its absolute territorial and financial zenith in 1025. However, he unintentionally laid the groundwork for its collapse by failing to secure a clear successor, actively dismantling vital provincial defense systems, and directly absorbing buffer states that had previously shielded the empire from devastating invasions.

Who was behind the Byzantines conquering Bulgaria? In this podcast extra you'll find out.

In this episode we wiil talk about how Basil the second conquered Bulgaria and made it part of the Byzantine Empire.

Have you ever wondered how you can turn a small, coastal town to the capital of a massive empire in six years? Today we will find out how Constantine did it with the ancient tools available.

Today we'll talk about the socioeconomic conditions throughout the existence of Byzantium.

In this episode we'll about the weapon that shattered the byzantine defenses.

In this episode we will talk about how the byzantine empire saved European civilization from Arab conquest.

In this episode we will talk about the history of Thessaloniki

In this episode we will talk about the fourth crusade that originally headed to Egypt and Syria but diverted off-course and captured Constantinopole in 1402.

In this episode we will introduce you to one of the most important parts of the Byzantine Empire: Italy.

In this episode we will talk about how easter was celebrated in the Byzantine Empire

In this episode we'll discuss how the byzantine empire formed from the ruins of the Roman Empire

Today we'll talk about how one of the biggest militaries in that world collapsed within a few generations because of the Turks.

Today we will be analyzing Justinian's catastrophic and not-that-successful campaign to reclaim Italy

Learn how the Byzantzines made the first hospital in the world

In this episode we talk about the doctors, the science and the medicine in the byzantine empire.

This podcast is part of a Cyrillus and Methodius subseries in this series and talks about the expulsion of the Glagolitic script