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Byzantine Empire

Name: Byzantine Empire
Author: Edward Foord

Edward Foord

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020), E. Sharp, KevinS, Ariphron, MajorHistory, Ryan Fahey and Diana Majlinger · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (3:19)
Byzantium and Constantinople the Peerless Capital (22:14)
Constantine to Arcadius - Barbarian Influence (31:35)
Theodosius II to Justinian I - Reorganization (46:57)
Justinian I (46:31)
Justinian's Successors - Weakness and Decay (27:29)
The Onset and Repulse of Iran - the coming of Islam (1:05:05)
The Warrior Heracliads (57:00)
Destruction of the Work of the Heracliads (36:33)
The Repulse of Islam (48:34)
The Iconoclasts (53:11)
The Naval and Military Systems (24:16)
Irene's Successors to Michael III (59:15)
The Early Macedonians - Part 1 (30:45)
The Early Macedonians - Part 2 (31:03)
The Great Conquerors - Part 1 (35:01)
The Great Conquerors - Part 2 (36:08)
The Age of Women (38:23)
The Coming of the Turks (23:37)
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 1 (32:58)
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 2 (37:53)
The Angeloi - the Traitor's Stroke (33:04)
Epilogue - The Death Agony (35:37)
Byzantine Society - the Empire's Place in History (15:52)