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The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire

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Number of Chapters: 27

Length: 9 hours and 18 minutes

Language: English

Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon had branded the successors of Justinian and Heraclius as a series of vicious weaklings, and for several generations no one dared to contradict him. Two books have served to undeceive the English reader, the monumental work of Finlay, published in 1856, and the more modern volumes of Mr. Bury, which appeared in 1889. Since they have written, the Byzantines no longer need an apologist, and the great work of the East-Roman Empire in holding back the Saracen, and in keeping alive throughout the Dark Ages the lamp of learning, is beginning to be realized. (Wikipedia)

Oman starts with the arrival of Greek traders to establish a colony and ends
"So the cry that God was great and Mohammed his prophet rang through the dome where thirty generations of patriarchs had celebrated the Holy Mysteries, and all Europe and Asia knew the end was come of the longest tale of Empire that Christendom has yet seen. Finis".

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00 - Preface (Ric F)
01 - Byzantium (Ric F)
02 - The Foundation of Constantinople (A.D. 328-330) (Ric F)
03 - The Fight with the Goths (Ric F)
04 - The Departure of the German (Ric F)
05 - The Reorganization of the Eastern Empire (A.D 408-518) (Ric F)
06 - Justinian (Robert Hoffman)
07 - Justinian's Foreign Conquests (Edmund Bloxam)
08 - The End of Justinians Reign (Edmund Bloxam)
09 - The Coming of the Slavs (Edmund Bloxam)
10 - The Darkest Hour (Edmund Bloxam)
11 - Social and Religious Life (A.D. 320-620) (Ric F)
12 - The Coming of the Saracens (xinamarieuhl)
13 - The First Anarchy (xinamarieuhl)
14 - The Saracens Turn Back (April Gonzales)
15 - The Iconoclasts (A.D. 720-802) (xinamarieuhl)
16 - The End of the Iconoclasts (A.D. 802-806) (Ric F)
17 - The Literary Emperors and Their Time (A.D. 886-963) (Richard Carpenter)
18 - Military Glory (Richard Carpenter)
19 - The End of the Macedonian Dynasty (Edmund Bloxam)
20 - Manizikert (1057-1081) (Andrew Nelson)
21 - The Comneni and the Crusades (Edmund Bloxam)
22 - The Latin Conquest of Constantinople (Ric F)
23 - The Latin Empire and the Empire of Nicaea (1204-1261) (Ric F)
24 - Decline and Decay (1261-1328) (Ric F)
25 - The Turks in Europe (Ric F)
26 - The End of a Long Tale (1370-1453) (Ric F)
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