Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

LibriVox · Audiobook · 24 episodes

A concise and comprehensive guide to the Byzantine empire from Constantine to its dissolution. Foord explores in an accessible manner why it was important to history, the significance of noteworthy events, and how it eventually fell. While sometimes describing the experience of the everyday people, he mainly focuses on the wars and policies of Byzantine emperors. (Summary by Elsie Selwyn)

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Episodes

Preface

Episode 0 · 3:19
Byzantium and Constantinople the Peerless Capital

Episode 1 · 22:14
Constantine to Arcadius - Barbarian Influence

Episode 2 · 31:35
Theodosius II to Justinian I - Reorganization

Episode 3 · 46:57
Justinian I

Episode 4 · 46:31
Justinian's Successors - Weakness and Decay

Episode 5 · 27:29
The Onset and Repulse of Iran - the coming of Islam

Episode 6 · 1:05:05
The Warrior Heracliads

Episode 7 · 57:00
Destruction of the Work of the Heracliads

Episode 8 · 36:33
The Repulse of Islam

Episode 9 · 48:34
The Iconoclasts

Episode 10 · 53:11
The Naval and Military Systems

Episode 11 · 24:16
Irene's Successors to Michael III

Episode 12 · 59:15
The Early Macedonians - Part 1

Episode 13 · 30:45
The Early Macedonians - Part 2

Episode 14 · 31:03
The Great Conquerors - Part 1

Episode 15 · 35:01
The Great Conquerors - Part 2

Episode 16 · 36:08
The Age of Women

Episode 17 · 38:23
The Coming of the Turks

Episode 18 · 23:37
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 1

Episode 19 · 32:58
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 2

Episode 20 · 37:53
The Angeloi - the Traitor's Stroke

Episode 21 · 33:04
Epilogue - The Death Agony

Episode 22 · 35:37
Byzantine Society - the Empire's Place in History

Episode 23 · 15:52