A Podcast telling the story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453
This is an episode index for Robin Pierson's fabulous The History of Byzantium podcast.
Byzantine Stories
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | John Chrysostom. Part 1 – Welcome to Antioch | 349-350 |
| 1.2 | John Chrysostom. Part 2 – Building Orthodoxy | 349-397 |
| 1.3 | John Chrysostom. Part 3 – The Snake Pit | 397-400 |
| 1.4 | John Chrysostom. Part 4 – A Byzantine Story | 400-407 |
| 2 | Symeon the Stylite | |
| 3.1 | Porphyrius the Charioteer. Part 1 – The Spectacles | |
| 3.2 | Porphyrius the Charioteer. Part 2 – Joining the Sun | |
| 4.1 | Procopius of Caesarea. Part 1 – A Full Life | |
| 4.2 | Procopius of Caesarea. Part 2 – The Allusions | |
| 5.1 | Roman Healthcare. Part 1 – Choosing Your Provider | |
| 5.2 | Roman Healthcare. Part 2 – Calcified Caring | |
| 5.3 | Roman Healthcare. Part 3 – Byzantine Compromise | |
| 6.1 | Demetrios of Thessalonica. Part 1 – Becoming the Frontier | |
| 6.2 | Demetrios of Thessalonica. Part 2 – The Saint We Needed | |
| 7.1 | Women in the Roman World. Part 1 – The Lesser Sex | |
| 7.2 | Women in the Roman World. Part 2 – Daily Realities | |
| 7.3 | Women in the Roman World. Part 3 – Exceptions to the Rule | |
| 8 | Cyprus: 565 – 965 AD | 565-965 |
| 9.1 | Women in the Byzantine World. Part 1 – Immense and Immeasurable | |
| 9.2 | Women in the Byzantine World. Part 2 – The Convent | |
| 9.3 | Women in the Byzantine World. Part 3 – The Empress | |
| 10 | Kekaumenos: A Provincial Magnate |
Backer Rewards
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Games | |
| 2 | A Day in the Life of a Podcaster | |
| 3 | What was Istanbul like? | |
| 4 | Lucky Romans and Being a Celebrity | |
| 5 | Imperial Qualities and More Feelings | |
| 6 | Respect, Institutions, Justice | |
| 7 | Georgia and the Black Sea | |
| 8 | Greek Fire on Land | |
| 9 | The Sweep of History | |
| 10 | Economy and Population Questions | |
| 11 | The Jewish Communities of Byzantium | |
| 12 | Harald Hardrada with Noah Tetzner | |
| 13 | The Byzantine Legacy | |
| 14 | The City of Rome with Steve Guerra | |
| 15 | The Hagia Sophia and Imperial Coronations | |
| 16 | Russia and Byzantium with Professor Sergey Ivanov |
5th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the History of Byzantium | ||
| 1 | An Introduction | |
| 1a | An Introduction to Byzantine History | |
| 2 | Two Steps Back | 457-477 |
| 3 | The Isaurian Emperor | 477-488 |
| 4 | Give us a Roman Emperor | 482-498 |
| 5 | The Gamble | 498-513 |
| 6 | The Prosperous Exuberance | 513-518 |
| 7 | Gaul and Spain | 406-511 |
| 8 | Italy and Africa | 406-518 |
| 9 | The Balkan Provinces | 376-518 |
| 10 | Constantinople | 320-518 |
| 11 | The Eastern Provinces | 318-518 |
| 12 | The State (part 1): The Government | 518 |
| 13 | The State (part 2): The Church and the Army | 518 |
6th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | The Emperor Justin | 518-520 |
| 15 | Justinian | 518-525 |
| 16 | Theodora | 526-528 |
| 17 | 527-532, Part 1: The Battle of Dara | 527-530 |
| 18 | 527-532, Part 2: The Eternal Peace, the Danube frontier and Diplomacy | 527-533 |
| 19 | 527-532, Part 3: The Kindling | 527-532 |
| Interview at PodcastSquared.com | ||
| 20 | The Nika Revolt | 532 |
| 21 | The Vandal War | 533-534 |
| 22 | Justinian’s Legacy | 533-537 |
| Cage Match Podcast | ||
| 23 | The Siege of Rome | 534-538 |
| 24 | The Western Emperor | 538-540 |
| 25 | The “Roaring” Thirties | 532-540 |
| 26 | The Sack of Antioch | 540-542 |
| 27 | The Walking Dead | 541-543 |
| 28 | After the Apocalypse (Fundraising Episode) | 541-545 |
| 29 | The Nightmare Decade | 545-550 |
| 30 | Age before Beauty | 550-555 |
| 31 | Getting the Band Back Together | 550-565 |
| 32 | The True Believer | 565 |
| 33 | The Madness of Justin II | 565-574 |
| 34 | Overbalancing | 574-582 |
| 35 | The Lucky Break | 582-589 |
| 36 | The End of Legitimacy | 589-602 |
| 37 | The Army of the Strategikon | 500-602 |
| 38 | Christianising | 500-602 |
| 39 | Neighbours and Provinces | 500-602 |
| 40 | Questions (6th Century) | 500-602 |
| 41 | Who is a Byzantine? | 500-602 |
7th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | In Fairness to Phocas | 602-608 |
| 43 | Heraclius to the Rescue | 608-612 |
| 44 | Unceasing Lamentations | 612-617 |
| 45 | The Empty Fleet | 617-620 |
| A Listener’s Bibliography | ||
| Another Listener Bibliography | ||
| 46 | The Last War | 620-628 |
| 47 | A Brief Respite | 628-633 |
| 48 | The Battle of Hieromyax | 633-638 |
| 49 | The Man Who Lived Too Long | 638-641 |
| 50 | The Teenage Emperor | 641-656 |
| 51 | The Themes | 656-668 |
| 52 | The Non-Siege of Constantinople | 669-679 |
| 53 | The Bulgars are Coming | 679-685 |
| 54 | Justinian II | 685-695 |
| 55 | Why did the Romans lose? | 602-695 |
| 56 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 1: The Sources | 602-695 |
| 57 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword | 602-695 |
| 58 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 3: They Wanted it More | 602-695 |
| Sale Episode on The Origins of Islam | ||
| 59 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 4: The Conquest Society | 602-695 |
| 60 | Looking West | 602-695 |
| 61 | Why did the Romans Survive? | 602-695 |
| 62 | God’s Punishment | 602-695 |
| 63 | Byzantine Theodicy with David Gyllenhaal | 602-695 |
| 64 | Questions II | 602-695 |
8th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | Seven Emperors | 695-705 |
| 66 | The Emperor Strikes Back | 695-705 |
| 67 | The Tightening Noose | 705-715 |
| 68 | Leo III | 705-716 |
| 69 | Lost to the West | 717-718 |
| 70 | Zombies of Byzantium | |
| 71 | Iconoclasm | 718-843 |
| 72 | Leo’s Reign in the 720s | 718-729 |
| 73 | Leo’s Reign in the 730s | 730-741 |
| An interview with Robert Horvat | ||
| 74 | The Quest for Legitimacy | 741-755 |
| 75 | The Headless Council | 755-765 |
| 76 | The Dung Named | 765-775 |
| 77 | Leo and Irene (Fundraising Episode) | 775-780 |
| 78 | A New Helena | 780-787 |
| 79 | A Mother’s Love | 787-797 |
| 80 | The Isaurian Dynasty | 797-802 |
| 81 | Charlemagne and Leo (part 1) | 695-802 |
| 82 | Charlemagne and Leo (part 2) | 695-802 |
| 83 | The Decline and Fall of the Arab Empire | 695-802 |
| 84 | The Leftovers | 695-802 |
| 85 | Imperial Territory | 695-802 |
| 86 | The People | 695-802 |
| 87 | The Byzantine Republic with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 88 | More Thoughts on the Byzantine Republic | |
| 89 | The House of War | 695-802 |
| 90 | The Roman Army in 800AD | 695-802 |
| 91 | An Interview with Author Vincent O’Reilly | |
| The Eleven Constantines | ||
| The Syrian Refugee who changed Western Civilization | ||
| 92 | Questions III | 695-802 |
| 93 | Recap and Precap | 717-900 |
9th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 94 | Woulda | 802-811 |
| 95 | Coulda | 802-811 |
| 96 | Shoulda | 811 |
| 97 | Michael Rhangabe, Emperor of the Romans | 811-813 |
| 98 | Leo the Armenian | 813-815 |
| 99 | Michael of Amorium | 815-820 |
| 100 | An Interview with Mike Duncan | |
| 101 | Thomas the Slav | 820-824 |
| 102 | The Islands | 824-829 |
| 103 | God-Loving | 829-842 |
| 104 | God-Fearing | 829-838 |
| 105 | The Triumph of Orthodoxy | 838-842 |
| 106 | Mother and Uncle | 842-867 |
| 107 | Keeping up with the Macedonians | 866-867 |
| 108 | Known Unknowns | 867-886 |
| 109 | Leo the Wise? | 886-900 |
| 110 | The Four Wives of Leo VI | 900-912 |
| 111 | Abbasid Decline | 802-912 |
| 112 | The Frontier | 802-912 |
| 113 | Carolingian Decline | 802-912 |
| 114 | International Relations | 802-912 |
| 115 | The Rise of Bulgaria | 802-912 |
| 116 | North of the Danube | 802-912 |
| 117 | Questions IV | 802-912 |
| 118 | Revival | 802-912 |
| 119 | Follow the Money | 802-912 |
| 120 | The Magnates | 802-912 |
| 121 | The Roman Army in 900AD | 802-912 |
| 122 | Questions V | 802-912 |
| All the Emperors in Rhyme | ||
| 123 | Dramatis Personae | 802-912 |
10th century, part 1
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 124 | A Roman Story | 912-919 |
| 125 | A Tsar is Born | 913-927 |
| 126 | Attract and Repel | 927-931 |
| 127 | Melitene | 931-940 |
| 128 | The Prudent Course | 941-945 |
| 129 | Born in the Purple (Fundraising Episode) | 905-946 |
| 130 | The Empire That Would Not Die with John Haldon | 640-945 |
| 131 | False Economy | 945-949 |
| 132 | Escalating Violence | 948-954 |
| 133 | Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth with Eric McGeer | 10th c. |
| 134 | Third Time’s the Charm | 954-960 |
| 135 | Triumphal Procession | 959-963 |
| 136 | The White Death of the Saracens | 963-964 |
| 137 | Cilicia | 964-966 |
| 138 | Abhorring the Palace | 967-968 |
| 139 | All In A Day’s Work | 968-969 |
| 140 | Magnificent and Insufferable | 969 |
| 141 | How To Get Away With Murder | 969-970 |
| 142 | Brave in Danger | 970-971 |
| 143 | Strange Trajectories | 972-976 |
| 144 | Setting the Table | 913-976 |
| 145 | The Eastern Conquests | 913-976 |
| 146 | What’s the Plan? | 913-976 |
| 147 | Bulgarian Solidarity | 913-976 |
| Constantine Snow | ||
| 148 | Sources and Magnates | 913-976 |
| 149 | Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood | 955-1099 |
10th century, part 2
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 150 | Basil Lekapenos | 976-977 |
| Podcasting in Istanbul? | ||
| 151 | Bardas Sclerus | 977-983 |
| 152 | Bardas Phokas | 983-989 |
| 153 | Basil II | 976-996 |
| 154 | A Cat Among Mice | 990-997 |
| 155 | The Year 1000 | 997-1004 |
| 156 | The Half Blind Leading the Blind | 1004-1019 |
| 157 | The Culmination | 1019-1025 |
| 158 | The Legend Slayer | 913-1025 |
| 159 | Rest in Peace | 913-1025 |
| 160 | Why Italy Matters | 913-1025 |
| 161 | Not Yet Holy Roman Emperors | 913-1025 |
| 162 | Venetians and Normans | 913-1025 |
| 163 | The Settled and the Nomads | 913-1025 |
| 164 | Don’t Believe Your Map | 913-1025 |
| 165 | The Eagle and the Frogs | 913-1025 |
| 166 | To The City | 913-1025 |
| Post Script to episode 166 | ||
| 167 | Five Centuries On | 913-1025 |
| 168 | A Guided Tour | 913-1025 |
| 168a | Travellers to Constantinople | |
| 169 | Constantinople in 1025 | 913-1025 |
| 170 | The “Conquest” of Armenia | 913-1025 |
| The Fall of Constantinople (a poem) | ||
| 171 | The Eastern Frontier | 913-1025 |
| 172 | The Roman Army in 1025 AD | 913-1025 |
| 173 | Dead Ideas Podcast interview: The Varangian Guard | 913-1025 |
| 174 | The Economic Recovery | 913-1025 |
| 175 | The Turks | 913-1025 |
| 176 | Michael Psellos with Peter Adamson | 913-1025 |
| 177 | Questions VI | 913-1025 |
| Brilliant new artwork by Amy Reilly | ||
| 178 | Questions VII | 913-1025 |
11th century, part 1
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 179 | Where Were We | 1025-1028 |
| 180 | Stumbling Forward | 1028-1034 |
| 181 | A Bunch of Nobodies | 1034-1040 |
| 182 | The Double Agent | 1034-1041 |
| Culinary Gourmet Tour of Turkey with Serif Yenen | ||
| 183 | The Fall of Michael V (fundraising episode) | 1041-1042 |
| 184 | Act Two Begins | 1042-1044 |
| 185 | Winning the Election | 1044-1047 |
| 186 | The Pecheneg Wars | 1047-1054 |
| 187 | Hey Big Spender | 1042-1054 |
| 188 | The Great Schism | 1054 |
| 189 | End of Act Two | 1054-1055 |
| An interview with Barry Strauss | ||
| 190 | The End of the Macedonian Dynasty | 1055-1057 |
| 191 | The Sack of Ani | 1057-1064 |
| 192 | Feeling Blank | 1059-1067 |
| 193 | Manzikert | 1067-1072 |
| 194 | Normandy-in-Anatolia | 1072-1076 |
| 195 | King of the Ashes | 1072-1080 |
| Robin interviewed on the Roads to Liberty Podcast | ||
| On stage with Mike Duncan! | ||
| 196 | Cultural Revival | 950-1080 |
| The House of War (special episodes) |
11th century, part 2
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 197 | Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville | 1080-1118 |
| 198 | Heavy Lifting | 1081 |
| 199 | The Battle of Dyrrachium | 1081-1082 |
| 200 | A Tribute to Professor Mark Whittow | |
| 201 | A Narrow Escape | 1082-1085 |
| 202 | A Wild West Vibe | 1081-1095 |
| 203 | The Pecheneg Wars, again | 1085-1095 |
| 204 | Komnenian Reforms | 1081-1095 |
| 205 | Introducing the Crusades | 1095 |
| 206 | What did Alexios want? | 1050-1095 |
| 207 | What did Urban want? | 1050-1095 |
| 208 | The Call from the East with Peter Frankopan | 1050-1095 |
| 209 | What about Jerusalem? | 1050-1095 |
| 210 | What did Urban say? | 1095-1096 |
| 211 | Why people went on Crusade with Sharyn Eastaugh | 1095-1096 |
| 212 | Who went on Crusade and why? | 1095-1096 |
| 213 | The People’s Crusade | 1095-1096 |
| 214 | The Prince’s Crusade | 1096-1097 |
| 215 | The Siege of Nicaea | 1097 |
| Intelligent Speech Conference – images and links | ||
| 216 | The Battle of Dorylaeum | 1097 |
| 217 | Diverging Paths | 1097 |
| 218 | The Siege of Antioch | 1097-1098 |
| 219 | A Spectacular Interruption (or Jerusalem!) | 1098-1099 |
| 220 | The Crusade of 1101 | 1097-1104 |
| 221 | The Triptych | 1105-1108 |
| 222 | The Good Helmsman | 1108-1118 |
| Justin, Dying – Constantinople, 527 AD | ||
| 223 | Questions VIII | 1081-1118 |
| 224 | The Coup of Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville | 1081-1118 |
| 225 | Belisarius in Metal (an interview with John Yelland from Judicator) |
12th century, part 1
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 226 | A Crowded Chessboard | 1118-1127 |
| 227 | Just Take the Damn City | 1127-1138 |
| 228 | Forgiveness not Permission | 1138-1143 |
| 229 | John Komnenos with Dr Maximilian Lau | 1118-1143 |
| Discussion with Marco Capelli about Byzantium and Italy | ||
| 230 | The Sack of Edessa | 1143-1146 |
| 231 | The Second Crusade, Part 1 | 1144-1147 |
| 232 | The Second Crusade, Part 2 | 1147-1148 |
| 233 | The Second Crusade, Part 3 (Patreon bonus episode) | 1148 |
| 234 | Changing Priorities | 1147-1152 |
| 235 | Sundered by Gold | 1152-1158 |
| 236 | Why Make Peace? | 1158-1161 |
| 237 | Manuel and Andronikos | 1143-1161 |
| 238 | Queens of Jerusalem with Katherine Pangonis | |
| 239 | The New Aristocracy | 1143-1161 |
| 240 | Manuel’s Constantinople | 1143-1161 |
| 241 | Hungary for Security | 1161-1172 |
| 242 | Manuel’s Follies | 1161-1173 |
| The History of Byzantium on Youtube – Flash Point History | ||
| 243 | The Battle of Myriokephalon | 1174-1176 |
| 244 | Not Completely Unreasonable | 1176-1180 |
| 245 | Means and Ends | 1143-1180 |
| 246 | Travelling to Turkey with Şerif Yenen | |
| 247 | Writing Byzantine Fiction with Gordon Doherty | |
| 248 | Life in Turkic Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
| 249 | Life in Byzantine Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
| 250 | Retaking Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
12th century, part 2
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 251 | A Lion Pouncing on a Large Prey | 1180-1183 |
| 252 | The Sack of Thessalonica | 1184-1185 |
| 253 | The Second Bulgarian Empire | 1185-1187 |
| 254 | Saladin the Strategist with Ben Duval | |
| 255 | The Third Crusade (part 1) | 1188-1189 |
| 256 | The Third Crusade (part 2) | 1188-1189 |
| 257 | What Could Be More Trustworthy than a Brother? | 1189-1195 |
| 258 | Almost Ungovernable | 1195-1202 |
| 259 | The Fourth Crusade (Part 1) | 1198-1203 |
| 260 | The Fourth Crusade (Part 2) | 1203-1204 |
| 261 | The Sack | 1204 |
| An appeal for help for Turkey and Syria | ||
| Antakya Appeal with Andrea de Giorgi and Katherine Pangonis | ||
| 262 | Questions IX | |
| 263 | Questions X | |
| 264 | Questions XI | |
| 265 | The 10 Greatest Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 266 | Questions XII | |
| 267 | Provincial Separatism with Nathan Websdale | |
| 268 | The Collapse of the Komnenian System | |
| 269 | Questions XIII | |
| 270 | Loss, Suffering and Enslavement | |
| 271 | Twilight Cities with Katherine Pangonis | |
| 272 | Game of Thrones (Patreon bonus episode) | |
| 273 | Rome and Persia: The 700 Year Rivalry with Adrian Goldsworthy | |
| 274 | The 10 Worst Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 275 | Climate Change in the 6th Century with Robert Bruton | |
| 276 | Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age with Tom Holland | |
| 277 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 1 – Government | |
| 278 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 2 – Christianity and the Law | |
| 279 | Catching up with Max Lau | |
| 280 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 3 – Narrative | |
| Some Heraclian Fiction and Maps you might enjoy | ||
| 281 | Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint with Peter Sarris | |
| 282 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 4 – Your Questions | |
| 283 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 5 – More Questions | |
| 284 | To The City with Alexander Christie-Miller | |
| 285 | Totalus Rankium |
13th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 286 | Vantage Point | 1204 |
| 287 | Count Baldwin of Flanders and Hainaut | 1204-1205 |
| 288 | Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat | 1204-1207 |
| 289 | Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria | 1204-1207 |
| 290 | The Despot, Theodore Laskaris | 1204-1212 |
| 291 | Michael Doukas of Epirus | 1204-1215 |
| 292 | Venice and the Rest of the Empire with John Giebfried | |
| 293 | Governing Constantinople with John Giebfried | |
| 294 | The Rise and Fall of Epirus | 1215-1230 |
| 295 | The Forgotten Siege | 1215-1237 |
| 296 | The Mongol Storm with Nicholas Morton | |
| 297 | The Rise and Rise of Nicaea | 1237-1254 |
| 298 | The Providence of God | 1255-1261 |
| 299 | Baldwin II with John Giebfried | 1215-1261 |
| 300 | The 10 Greatest Byzantine Emperors | |
| 301 | The Fifth Crusade with Nicholas Morton | 1218-1219 |
| 302 | Colonial Occupation | 1204-1261 |
| 303 | Pinch Me | 1204-1261 |
| 304 | Questions XIV | 1204-1261 |
| 305 | The Return from Exile | 1261-1265 |
| 306 | Church Union | 1261-1282 |
| 307 | Healing the Divisions | 1281-1310 |
| 308 | The Fall of Anatolia | 1281-1303 |
| 309 | Cautious and Weak | 1281-1303 |
| 310 | The Catalan Company | 1303-1310 |
| 311 | The Next Generation | 1310-1328 |
| 3 Things You May Like | ||
| 312 | The Mediterranean in the Crusading era with Nicholas Morton | |
| 313 | A Roman Comic Book with Marco Cappelli | |
| 314 | The Divine Liturgy with Father John Strickland | |
| 315 | Questions XV | |
| 316 | Questions XVI | |
| 317 | The Byzantine Legacy with David Hendrix | |
| 318 | Orthodox Questions with Father John Strickland. Part 1. | |
| 319 | Orthodox Questions with Father John Strickland. Part 2 |
14th-15th century
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 320 | The Last Hurrah | 1328-1341 |
| 321 | The Worst Civil War, Part 1 | 1341-1343 |
| 322 | The Worst Civil War, Part 2 | 1343-1347 |
| 323 | At Least Things Can’t Get Any Worse | 1347-1355 |
| 324 | Just Another Beylik | 1355-1371 |
| 325 | The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 1 | 1280-1371 |
| 326 | The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 2 | 1280-1371 |
| 327 | Vassals and Pawns | 1371-1391 |
| 328 | In the Nick of Timur | 1391-1402 |
| 329 | Buying Time | 1402-1430 |
| 330 | The Life of Manuel II Palaiologos | 1350-1425 |
| 331 | The Last Hope | 1425-1448 |
| 332 | Not with a Whimper but a Bang | 1448-1453 |
| What Happens Next |
Complete List
| Episode | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the History of Byzantium | ||
| 1 | An Introduction | |
| 1a | An Introduction to Byzantine History | |
| 2 | Two Steps Back | 457-477 |
| 3 | The Isaurian Emperor | 477-488 |
| 4 | Give us a Roman Emperor | 482-498 |
| 5 | The Gamble | 498-513 |
| 6 | The Prosperous Exuberance | 513-518 |
| 7 | Gaul and Spain | 406-511 |
| 8 | Italy and Africa | 406-518 |
| 9 | The Balkan Provinces | 376-518 |
| 10 | Constantinople | 320-518 |
| 11 | The Eastern Provinces | 318-518 |
| 12 | The State (part 1): The Government | 518 |
| 13 | The State (part 2): The Church and the Army | 518 |
| 14 | The Emperor Justin | 518-520 |
| 15 | Justinian | 518-525 |
| 16 | Theodora | 526-528 |
| 17 | 527-532, Part 1: The Battle of Dara | 527-530 |
| 18 | 527-532, Part 2: The Eternal Peace, the Danube frontier and Diplomacy | 527-533 |
| 19 | 527-532, Part 3: The Kindling | 527-532 |
| Interview at PodcastSquared.com | ||
| 20 | The Nika Revolt | 532 |
| 21 | The Vandal War | 533-534 |
| 22 | Justinian’s Legacy | 533-537 |
| Cage Match Podcast | ||
| 23 | The Siege of Rome | 534-538 |
| 24 | The Western Emperor | 538-540 |
| 25 | The “Roaring” Thirties | 532-540 |
| 26 | The Sack of Antioch | 540-542 |
| 27 | The Walking Dead | 541-543 |
| 28 | After the Apocalypse (Fundraising Episode) | 541-545 |
| 29 | The Nightmare Decade | 545-550 |
| 30 | Age before Beauty | 550-555 |
| 31 | Getting the Band Back Together | 550-565 |
| 32 | The True Believer | 565 |
| 33 | The Madness of Justin II | 565-574 |
| 34 | Overbalancing | 574-582 |
| 35 | The Lucky Break | 582-589 |
| 36 | The End of Legitimacy | 589-602 |
| 37 | The Army of the Strategikon | 500-602 |
| 38 | Christianising | 500-602 |
| 39 | Neighbours and Provinces | 500-602 |
| 40 | Questions (6th Century) | 500-602 |
| 41 | Who is a Byzantine? | 500-602 |
| 42 | In Fairness to Phocas | 602-608 |
| 43 | Heraclius to the Rescue | 608-612 |
| 44 | Unceasing Lamentations | 612-617 |
| 45 | The Empty Fleet | 617-620 |
| A Listener’s Bibliography | ||
| Another Listener Bibliography | ||
| 46 | The Last War | 620-628 |
| 47 | A Brief Respite | 628-633 |
| 48 | The Battle of Hieromyax | 633-638 |
| 49 | The Man Who Lived Too Long | 638-641 |
| 50 | The Teenage Emperor | 641-656 |
| 51 | The Themes | 656-668 |
| 52 | The Non-Siege of Constantinople | 669-679 |
| 53 | The Bulgars are Coming | 679-685 |
| 54 | Justinian II | 685-695 |
| 55 | Why did the Romans lose? | 602-695 |
| 56 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 1: The Sources | 602-695 |
| 57 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword | 602-695 |
| 58 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 3: They Wanted it More | 602-695 |
| Sale Episode on The Origins of Islam | ||
| 59 | Why did the Arabs win? Part 4: The Conquest Society | 602-695 |
| 60 | Looking West | 602-695 |
| 61 | Why did the Romans Survive? | 602-695 |
| 62 | God’s Punishment | 602-695 |
| 63 | Byzantine Theodicy with David Gyllenhaal | 602-695 |
| 64 | Questions II | 602-695 |
| 65 | Seven Emperors | 695-705 |
| 66 | The Emperor Strikes Back | 695-705 |
| 67 | The Tightening Noose | 705-715 |
| 68 | Leo III | 705-716 |
| 69 | Lost to the West | 717-718 |
| 70 | Zombies of Byzantium | |
| 71 | Iconoclasm | 718-843 |
| 72 | Leo’s Reign in the 720s | 718-729 |
| 73 | Leo’s Reign in the 730s | 730-741 |
| An interview with Robert Horvat | ||
| 74 | The Quest for Legitimacy | 741-755 |
| 75 | The Headless Council | 755-765 |
| 76 | The Dung Named | 765-775 |
| 77 | Leo and Irene (Fundraising Episode) | 775-780 |
| 78 | A New Helena | 780-787 |
| 79 | A Mother’s Love | 787-797 |
| 80 | The Isaurian Dynasty | 797-802 |
| 81 | Charlemagne and Leo (part 1) | 695-802 |
| 82 | Charlemagne and Leo (part 2) | 695-802 |
| 83 | The Decline and Fall of the Arab Empire | 695-802 |
| 84 | The Leftovers | 695-802 |
| 85 | Imperial Territory | 695-802 |
| 86 | The People | 695-802 |
| 87 | The Byzantine Republic with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 88 | More Thoughts on the Byzantine Republic | |
| 89 | The House of War | 695-802 |
| 90 | The Roman Army in 800AD | 695-802 |
| 91 | An Interview with Author Vincent O’Reilly | |
| The Eleven Constantines | ||
| The Syrian Refugee who changed Western Civilization | ||
| 92 | Questions III | 695-802 |
| 93 | Recap and Precap | 717-900 |
| 94 | Woulda | 802-811 |
| 95 | Coulda | 802-811 |
| 96 | Shoulda | 811 |
| 97 | Michael Rhangabe, Emperor of the Romans | 811-813 |
| 98 | Leo the Armenian | 813-815 |
| 99 | Michael of Amorium | 815-820 |
| 100 | An Interview with Mike Duncan | |
| 101 | Thomas the Slav | 820-824 |
| 102 | The Islands | 824-829 |
| 103 | God-Loving | 829-842 |
| 104 | God-Fearing | 829-838 |
| 105 | The Triumph of Orthodoxy | 838-842 |
| 106 | Mother and Uncle | 842-867 |
| 107 | Keeping up with the Macedonians | 866-867 |
| 108 | Known Unknowns | 867-886 |
| 109 | Leo the Wise? | 886-900 |
| 110 | The Four Wives of Leo VI | 900-912 |
| 111 | Abbasid Decline | 802-912 |
| 112 | The Frontier | 802-912 |
| 113 | Carolingian Decline | 802-912 |
| 114 | International Relations | 802-912 |
| 115 | The Rise of Bulgaria | 802-912 |
| 116 | North of the Danube | 802-912 |
| 117 | Questions IV | 802-912 |
| 118 | Revival | 802-912 |
| 119 | Follow the Money | 802-912 |
| 120 | The Magnates | 802-912 |
| 121 | The Roman Army in 900AD | 802-912 |
| 122 | Questions V | 802-912 |
| All the Emperors in Rhyme | ||
| 123 | Dramatis Personae | 802-912 |
| 124 | A Roman Story | 912-919 |
| 125 | A Tsar is Born | 913-927 |
| 126 | Attract and Repel | 927-931 |
| 127 | Melitene | 931-940 |
| 128 | The Prudent Course | 941-945 |
| 129 | Born in the Purple (Fundraising Episode) | 905-946 |
| 130 | The Empire That Would Not Die with John Haldon | 640-945 |
| 131 | False Economy | 945-949 |
| 132 | Escalating Violence | 948-954 |
| 133 | Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth with Eric McGeer | 10th c. |
| 134 | Third Time’s the Charm | 954-960 |
| 135 | Triumphal Procession | 959-963 |
| 136 | The White Death of the Saracens | 963-964 |
| 137 | Cilicia | 964-966 |
| 138 | Abhorring the Palace | 967-968 |
| 139 | All In A Day’s Work | 968-969 |
| 140 | Magnificent and Insufferable | 969 |
| 141 | How To Get Away With Murder | 969-970 |
| 142 | Brave in Danger | 970-971 |
| 143 | Strange Trajectories | 972-976 |
| 144 | Setting the Table | 913-976 |
| 145 | The Eastern Conquests | 913-976 |
| 146 | What’s the Plan? | 913-976 |
| 147 | Bulgarian Solidarity | 913-976 |
| Constantine Snow | ||
| 148 | Sources and Magnates | 913-976 |
| 149 | Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood | 955-1099 |
| 150 | Basil Lekapenos | 976-977 |
| Podcasting in Istanbul? | ||
| 151 | Bardas Sclerus | 977-983 |
| 152 | Bardas Phokas | 983-989 |
| 153 | Basil II | 976-996 |
| 154 | A Cat Among Mice | 990-997 |
| 155 | The Year 1000 | 997-1004 |
| 156 | The Half Blind Leading the Blind | 1004-1019 |
| 157 | The Culmination | 1019-1025 |
| 158 | The Legend Slayer | 913-1025 |
| 159 | Rest in Peace | 913-1025 |
| 160 | Why Italy Matters | 913-1025 |
| 161 | Not Yet Holy Roman Emperors | 913-1025 |
| 162 | Venetians and Normans | 913-1025 |
| 163 | The Settled and the Nomads | 913-1025 |
| 164 | Don’t Believe Your Map | 913-1025 |
| 165 | The Eagle and the Frogs | 913-1025 |
| 166 | To The City | 913-1025 |
| Post Script to episode 166 | ||
| 167 | Five Centuries On | 913-1025 |
| 168 | A Guided Tour | 913-1025 |
| 168a | Travellers to Constantinople | |
| 169 | Constantinople in 1025 | 913-1025 |
| 170 | The “Conquest” of Armenia | 913-1025 |
| The Fall of Constantinople (a poem) | ||
| 171 | The Eastern Frontier | 913-1025 |
| 172 | The Roman Army in 1025 AD | 913-1025 |
| 173 | Dead Ideas Podcast interview: The Varangian Guard | 913-1025 |
| 174 | The Economic Recovery | 913-1025 |
| 175 | The Turks | 913-1025 |
| 176 | Michael Psellos with Peter Adamson | 913-1025 |
| 177 | Questions VI | 913-1025 |
| Brilliant new artwork by Amy Reilly | ||
| 178 | Questions VII | 913-1025 |
| 179 | Where Were We | 1025-1028 |
| 180 | Stumbling Forward | 1028-1034 |
| 181 | A Bunch of Nobodies | 1034-1040 |
| 182 | The Double Agent | 1034-1041 |
| Culinary Gourmet Tour of Turkey with Serif Yenen | ||
| 183 | The Fall of Michael V (fundraising episode) | 1041-1042 |
| 184 | Act Two Begins | 1042-1044 |
| 185 | Winning the Election | 1044-1047 |
| 186 | The Pecheneg Wars | 1047-1054 |
| 187 | Hey Big Spender | 1042-1054 |
| 188 | The Great Schism | 1054 |
| 189 | End of Act Two | 1054-1055 |
| An interview with Barry Strauss | ||
| 190 | The End of the Macedonian Dynasty | 1055-1057 |
| 191 | The Sack of Ani | 1057-1064 |
| 192 | Feeling Blank | 1059-1067 |
| 193 | Manzikert | 1067-1072 |
| 194 | Normandy-in-Anatolia | 1072-1076 |
| 195 | King of the Ashes | 1072-1080 |
| Robin interviewed on the Roads to Liberty Podcast | ||
| On stage with Mike Duncan! | ||
| 196 | Cultural Revival | 950-1080 |
| The House of War (special episodes) | ||
| 197 | Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville | 1080-1118 |
| 198 | Heavy Lifting | 1081 |
| 199 | The Battle of Dyrrachium | 1081-1082 |
| 200 | A Tribute to Professor Mark Whittow | |
| 201 | A Narrow Escape | 1082-1085 |
| 202 | A Wild West Vibe | 1081-1095 |
| 203 | The Pecheneg Wars, again | 1085-1095 |
| 204 | Komnenian Reforms | 1081-1095 |
| 205 | Introducing the Crusades | 1095 |
| 206 | What did Alexios want? | 1050-1095 |
| 207 | What did Urban want? | 1050-1095 |
| 208 | The Call from the East with Peter Frankopan | 1050-1095 |
| 209 | What about Jerusalem? | 1050-1095 |
| 210 | What did Urban say? | 1095-1096 |
| 211 | Why people went on Crusade with Sharyn Eastaugh | 1095-1096 |
| 212 | Who went on Crusade and why? | 1095-1096 |
| 213 | The People’s Crusade | 1095-1096 |
| 214 | The Prince’s Crusade | 1096-1097 |
| 215 | The Siege of Nicaea | 1097 |
| Intelligent Speech Conference – images and links | ||
| 216 | The Battle of Dorylaeum | 1097 |
| 217 | Diverging Paths | 1097 |
| 218 | The Siege of Antioch | 1097-1098 |
| 219 | A Spectacular Interruption (or Jerusalem!) | 1098-1099 |
| 220 | The Crusade of 1101 | 1097-1104 |
| 221 | The Triptych | 1105-1108 |
| 222 | The Good Helmsman | 1108-1118 |
| Justin, Dying – Constantinople, 527 AD | ||
| 223 | Questions VIII | 1081-1118 |
| 224 | The Coup of Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville | 1081-1118 |
| 225 | Belisarius in Metal (an interview with John Yelland from Judicator) | |
| 226 | A Crowded Chessboard | 1118-1127 |
| 227 | Just Take the Damn City | 1127-1138 |
| 228 | Forgiveness not Permission | 1138-1143 |
| 229 | John Komnenos with Dr Maximilian Lau | 1118-1143 |
| Discussion with Marco Capelli about Byzantium and Italy | ||
| 230 | The Sack of Edessa | 1143-1146 |
| 231 | The Second Crusade, Part 1 | 1144-1147 |
| 232 | The Second Crusade, Part 2 | 1147-1148 |
| 233 | The Second Crusade, Part 3 (Patreon bonus episode) | 1148 |
| 234 | Changing Priorities | 1147-1152 |
| 235 | Sundered by Gold | 1152-1158 |
| 236 | Why Make Peace? | 1158-1161 |
| 237 | Manuel and Andronikos | 1143-1161 |
| 238 | Queens of Jerusalem with Katherine Pangonis | |
| 239 | The New Aristocracy | 1143-1161 |
| 240 | Manuel’s Constantinople | 1143-1161 |
| 241 | Hungary for Security | 1161-1172 |
| 242 | Manuel’s Follies | 1161-1173 |
| The History of Byzantium on Youtube – Flash Point History | ||
| 243 | The Battle of Myriokephalon | 1174-1176 |
| 244 | Not Completely Unreasonable | 1176-1180 |
| 245 | Means and Ends | 1143-1180 |
| 246 | Travelling to Turkey with Şerif Yenen | |
| 247 | Writing Byzantine Fiction with Gordon Doherty | |
| 248 | Life in Turkic Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
| 249 | Life in Byzantine Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
| 250 | Retaking Anatolia | 1070-1180 |
| 251 | A Lion Pouncing on a Large Prey | 1180-1183 |
| 252 | The Sack of Thessalonica | 1184-1185 |
| 253 | The Second Bulgarian Empire | 1185-1187 |
| 254 | Saladin the Strategist with Ben Duval | |
| 255 | The Third Crusade (part 1) | 1188-1189 |
| 256 | The Third Crusade (part 2) | 1188-1189 |
| 257 | What Could Be More Trustworthy than a Brother? | 1189-1195 |
| 258 | Almost Ungovernable | 1195-1202 |
| 259 | The Fourth Crusade (Part 1) | 1198-1203 |
| 260 | The Fourth Crusade (Part 2) | 1203-1204 |
| 261 | The Sack | 1204 |
| An appeal for help for Turkey and Syria | ||
| Antakya Appeal with Andrea de Giorgi and Katherine Pangonis | ||
| 262 | Questions IX | |
| 263 | Questions X | |
| 264 | Questions XI | |
| 265 | The 10 Greatest Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 266 | Questions XII | |
| 267 | Provincial Separatism with Nathan Websdale | |
| 268 | The Collapse of the Komnenian System | |
| 269 | Questions XIII | |
| 270 | Loss, Suffering and Enslavement | |
| 271 | Twilight Cities with Katherine Pangonis | |
| 272 | Game of Thrones (Patreon bonus episode) | |
| 273 | Rome and Persia: The 700 Year Rivalry with Adrian Goldsworthy | |
| 274 | The 10 Worst Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis | |
| 275 | Climate Change in the 6th Century with Robert Bruton | |
| 276 | Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age with Tom Holland | |
| 277 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 1 – Government | |
| 278 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 2 – Christianity and the Law | |
| 279 | Catching up with Max Lau | |
| 280 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 3 – Narrative | |
| Some Heraclian Fiction and Maps you might enjoy | ||
| 281 | Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint with Peter Sarris | |
| 282 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 4 – Your Questions | |
| 283 | The New Roman Empire with Anthony Kaldellis. Part 5 – More Questions | |
| 284 | To The City with Alexander Christie-Miller | |
| 285 | Totalus Rankium | |
| 286 | Vantage Point | 1204 |
| 287 | Count Baldwin of Flanders and Hainaut | 1204-1205 |
| 288 | Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat | 1204-1207 |
| 289 | Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria | 1204-1207 |
| 290 | The Despot, Theodore Laskaris | 1204-1212 |
| 291 | Michael Doukas of Epirus | 1204-1215 |
| 292 | Venice and the Rest of the Empire with John Giebfried | |
| 293 | Governing Constantinople with John Giebfried | |
| 294 | The Rise and Fall of Epirus | 1215-1230 |
| 295 | The Forgotten Siege | 1215-1237 |
| 296 | The Mongol Storm with Nicholas Morton | |
| 297 | The Rise and Rise of Nicaea | 1237-1254 |
| 298 | The Providence of God | 1255-1261 |
| 299 | Baldwin II with John Giebfried | 1215-1261 |
| 300 | The 10 Greatest Byzantine Emperors | |
| 301 | The Fifth Crusade with Nicholas Morton | 1218-1219 |
| 302 | Colonial Occupation | 1204-1261 |
| 303 | Pinch Me | 1204-1261 |
| 304 | Questions XIV | 1204-1261 |
| 305 | The Return from Exile | 1261-1265 |
| 306 | Church Union | 1261-1282 |
| 307 | Healing the Divisions | 1281-1310 |
| 308 | The Fall of Anatolia | 1281-1303 |
| 309 | Cautious and Weak | 1281-1303 |
| 310 | The Catalan Company | 1303-1310 |
| 311 | The Next Generation | 1310-1328 |
| 3 Things You May Like | ||
| 312 | The Mediterranean in the Crusading era with Nicholas Morton | |
| 313 | A Roman Comic Book with Marco Cappelli | |
| 314 | The Divine Liturgy with Father John Strickland | |
| 315 | Questions XV | |
| 316 | Questions XVI | |
| 317 | The Byzantine Legacy with David Hendrix | |
| 318 | Orthodox Questions with Father John Strickland. Part 1. | |
| 319 | Orthodox Questions with Father John Strickland. Part 2 | |
| 320 | The Last Hurrah | 1328-1341 |
| 321 | The Worst Civil War, Part 1 | 1341-1343 |
| 322 | The Worst Civil War, Part 2 | 1343-1347 |
| 323 | At Least Things Can’t Get Any Worse | 1347-1355 |
| 324 | Just Another Beylik | 1355-1371 |
| 325 | The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 1 | 1280-1371 |
| 326 | The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 2 | 1280-1371 |
| 327 | Vassals and Pawns | 1371-1391 |
| 328 | In the Nick of Timur | 1391-1402 |
| 329 | Buying Time | 1402-1430 |
| 330 | The Life of Manuel II Palaiologos | 1350-1425 |
| 331 | The Last Hope | 1425-1448 |
| 332 | Not with a Whimper but a Bang | 1448-1453 |
| What Happens Next |