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The Fourth Crusade (1204)
About Me
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PODCAST APPEARANCES
BRINGING THE GLORY OF EASTERN ROMAN HISTORY TO LIFE
CONSTANTINOPLE
The Blachernae Palace
Church of the Holy Apostles
The Column of Constantine
Hagia Sophia
Monuments of the Hippodrome
The Theodosian Walls
LIFE IN BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
POPULATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE
The Pharos and it’s Relics
Aqueduct of Valens
The Porphyra Chamber for Imperial Births
Philanthrophy, Orphanages, and Hospitals in Constantinople
The Sea Walls of Constantinople
The Anastasian Wall
The Column of Justinian (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Byzantine cities:
Adrianople (Edirne)
Amorion
Attaleia(Antalya)
Medieval Roman / Byzantine Athens
Nicaea
Priene
Prousa (Bursa)
Sinope (Sinop)
Medieval Roman Thessaloniki
Trebizond(Trabzon)
THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA
Bonus: Arab-Roman Cyprus
Roman Battles & Wars
Battle of Cape Bon (468)
Eastern Roman military aid to the Western Roman Empire (410-476)
Battle of Dazimon (838)
The siege of Mopsuestia by Nikephoros Phokas (965 AD)
The final Rus attack on Constantinople (1043)
The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
Battle of Dyrrachium (Dyrrachion – 1081AD)
Alexios Komnenos’ campaign against the Seljuks (1116)
Battle of Beroia (1122)
The Roman resistance against John Komnenos at Lake Pousgouse (1142)
The Failure of Manuel Komnenos – From Victory to Defeat (1156 -1176)
The Norman invasion and the Sack of Thessaloniki (1185-1186)
The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
The Rise and Fall of the Despotate of Epirus (1205-1242)
The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols (1257-1260)
The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
Battle of Demetrias (1270’s)
Sabotaging Success: Roman campaigns in Asia Minor (1290’s)
The Collapse of Roman rule in Anatolia in the 13th Century
The Catalan Company in Byzantium
The Battle of Pelekanon (1329)
The Fall of Nicaea to the Ottomans (1331)
The Alliance of John Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey in the Civil War of 1341-1347
Byzantine-Genoese War (1348-1349)
THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA (AND ITS FALL IN 1460)
The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
Art & Mosaics
My Mosaic Projects
My Roman History “Shrine”
Byzantine Influence at the Dome of the Rock
The Omphalion of Hagia Sophia
Chalices of Romanos
Byzantine spolia on the exterior of St Mark’s Basilica (Venice)
Palace of Theoderic(Sant’Apollinare)
Leo VI “The Wise” Mosaic(Hagia Sophia)
Ring of Michael Attaleiates
Constantine IV Mosaic(Sant’Apollinare)
Theodora Mosaic(San Vitale)
Justinian Mosaic (San Vitale)
Carmagnola (Head of Justinian?)
SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
The Avar / Persian Siege of Constantinople (626)
The Fourth Crusade (1204)
The Roman-Bulgarian Joint Siege of Constantinople (1235-1236)
Liberation of Constantinople 1261
Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1422)
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
Greek Fire: The Legendary Eastern Roman weapon
Fascinating Topics
Arab-Roman Cyprus
The Slave Trade of captured Romans (14th-15th century)
Gift-giving in Byzantine Diplomacy
Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople
Byzantine Blinding
The Varangians
Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
A Byzantine Christmas story
Roman/Byzantine? Scholarly views
Roman-Chinese Foreign Relations
Negative Media Portrayal of Romans
The Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
Being Roman: Byzantine Ethnicity
Roman/Byzantine Continuity
Contemporary Arab Views of Byzantine Women
The Christian Parthenon of Athens
The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries
Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
Historical Events
What were the mighty Julius Caesar’s last words?
Byzantine Blinding (Several examples)
The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
Attila the Hun and the Painting in Milan (452)
Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople (6th Century)
The Lombard Destruction of Italy (6th century)
The rebellion of Phocas and the cruel death Emperor Maurice (602)
The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
The Massacre of the Latins (1182)
The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
Did a Seljuk Sultan Offer to Become Christian? Kaykhusraw I and the Fourth Crusade.
The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols
The Visit of Manuel I Komnenos of Trebizond to the Mongol court in Karakorum (1246)
The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
Theodore Metochites’ speech praising Nicaea (1290)
The Catalan Company in Byzantium
The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries (14th century)
THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
The Last Days of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1453)
The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
Discovery of the Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
THE DEVSIRME – ABDUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CHILDREN TO BE JANISSARIES, A ROMAN / BYZANTINE ACCOUNT
Byzantine Intellectual History
Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
Eastern Roman Astronomy
Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
The Varangians
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