Zoe chooses Constantine Monomachos to be her new husband and Emperor. We discuss his character and relationship with our historian Michael Psellos. Then move on to two major challenges which greeted his arrival on the throne.
Episode 69 - Lost to the West
Episode 68 - Leo III
Episode 67 - The Tightening Noose
Episode 66 - The Emperor Strikes Back
Episode 65 - Seven Emperors
Episode 64 - Questions II
Episode 63 - Byzantine Theodicy with David Gyllenhaal
Episode 62 - God's Punishment
Episode 61 - Why did the Romans Survive?
Episode 60 - Looking West
Episode 59 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 4: The Conquest Society
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Episode 58 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 3: They Wanted it More
Episode 57 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword
Episode 56 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 1: The Sources
Episode 55 - Why did the Romans lose?
Episode 54 - Justinian II
Episode 53 - The Bulgars are Coming
Episode 52 - The Non-Siege of Constantinople
Episode 51 - The Themes
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