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 260 - The Fourth Crusade (Part 2)
Episode 259 - The Fourth Crusade (Part 1)
Episode 258 - Almost Ungovernable
Episode 257 - What Could Be More Trustworthy than a Brother?
Episode 255 - The Third Crusade (part 1)
Episode 254 - Saladin the Strategist with Ben Duval
Episode 253 - The Second Bulgarian Empire
Episode 252 - The Sack of Thessalonica
Episode 251 - A Lion Pouncing on a Large Prey
Episode 250 - Retaking Anatolia
Episode 249 - Life in Byzantine Anatolia
Episode 248 - Life in Turkic Anatolia
August 2022 Update
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Episode 247 - Writing Byzantine Fiction with Gordon Doherty
Episode 246 - Travelling to Turkey with Şerif Yenen
April 2022 Update
Episode 245 - Means and Ends
Episode 244 - Not Completely Unreasonable
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