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Byzantine Empire

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)

Year of Publication: 1911Genres: Middle Ages/Middle History

Running Time: 14 hours 32 minutes 20 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	3:19
2	Byzantium and Constantinople the Peerless Capital E. Sharp	22:14
3	Constantine to Arcadius - Barbarian Influence KevinS	31:35
4	Theodosius II to Justinian I - Reorganization Ariphron	46:57
5	Justinian I Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	46:31
6	Justinian's Successors - Weakness and Decay MajorHistory	27:29
7	The Onset and Repulse of Iran - the coming of Islam MajorHistory	1:05:05
8	The Warrior Heracliads MajorHistory	57:00
9	Destruction of the Work of the Heracliads MajorHistory	36:33
10	The Repulse of Islam MajorHistory	48:34
11	The Iconoclasts MajorHistory	53:11
12	The Naval and Military Systems MajorHistory	24:16
13	Irene's Successors to Michael III MajorHistory	59:15
14	The Early Macedonians - Part 1 MajorHistory	30:45
15	The Early Macedonians - Part 2 MajorHistory	31:03
16	The Great Conquerors - Part 1 MajorHistory	35:01
17	The Great Conquerors - Part 2 MajorHistory	36:08
18	The Age of Women MajorHistory	38:23
19	The Coming of the Turks Ryan Fahey	23:37
20	The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 1 MajorHistory	32:58
21	The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 2 MajorHistory	37:53
22	The Angeloi - the Traitor's Stroke MajorHistory	33:04
23	Epilogue - The Death Agony KevinS	35:37
24	Byzantine Society - the Empire's Place in History Diana Majlinger	15:52