The History of Byzantium

Did you hear that Constantine XI didn't die? That he was taken below ground by an angel an... more

I investigate the death of the Emperor Constantine XI. What happened to him on the last da... more

We look at the reaction to the fall of Constantinople in Venice, Rome and Russia. And brie... more

What if Belisarius had accepted the Goths offer and become the Western Roman Emperor in 54... more

We look at the fate of the Roman people after 1453. Many were enslaved while others search... more

Mehmed did not make Constantinople his capital straight away. There were political, practi... more

We look at all your questions about the siege of 1453. As well as the Palaiologan era in g... more

We follow events after the Ottomans broke through the walls of Constantinople. Taking the ... more

Professor Leonora Neville joins us to make the case for getting rid of the term Byzantium ... more

As we look back at Byzantium I turned once more to Professor Anthony Kaldellis. I asked hi... more

As we look back at Byzantium I turned once more to Professor Anthony Kaldellis. I asked hi... more

I talk to Eric Halsey about his new book State Builders from the Steppe: A History of the ... more

To mark the 1000th anniversary of his death we revisit the bachelorhood of Basil II. My g... more

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I talk about what will happen with the podcast next. Send your questions to thehistoryofby... more

Mehmed II becomes Sultan in 1451 and immediately makes plans to conquer Constantinople. Pe... more

John VIII Palaiologos asks the Pope for an Ecumenical Council to reunite the churches. To ... more

With the Ottoman civil war raging Manuel II Palaiologos tries to improve the Roman positio... more

Manuel II Palaiologos refuses to play vassal to Sultan Bayezid. So the Ottomans set up a p... more

John V Palaiologos faces rebellions from his sons and Grandsons. Forcing the Romans to bec... more

We look at the details of how the Ottomans ran their state. Including the creation of loya... more

We follow the last century of narrative from an Ottoman point of view. Period: 1280-1371 H... more

John V Palaiologos takes charge of the Empire but finds he has only one option left to sav... more

Finally in sole control of the Empire John Kantakouzenos makes plans to restore the Roman ... more

In order to gain the throne John Kantakouzenos destroys what is left of the Roman Empire. ... more