This is an episode index for Robin Pierson's fabulous The History of Byzantium podcast.

This index stops at episode 241. For the complete series, see the index linked from the podcast's site.

Byzantine Stories

 

Episode
Title
Period
John Chrystosom, Part 1 - Welcome to Antioch
349-350
John Chrystosom, Part 2 - Building Orthodoxy
349-397
John Chrystosom, Part 3 - The Snake Pit
397-400
John Chrystosom, Part 4 - A Byzantine Story
400-407
Symeon the Stylite
388-459
Porphyrius the Charioteer, Part 1 - The Spectacles
Porphyrius the Charioteer, Part 2 - Joining the Sun
Procopius of Caesarea, Part 1 - A Full Life
Procopius of Caesarea, Part 2 - The Allusions
Roman Health Care, Part 1 - Choosing Your Provider
Roman Health Care, Part 2 - Calcified Caring
Roman Health Care, Part 3 - Byzantine Compromise
Demetrios of Thessalonica - Becoming the Frontier
  
Demetrios of Thessalonica - The Saint We Needed
  
Women in the Roman World. Part 1 - The Lesser Sex
  
Women in the Roman World. Part 2 - Daily Realities
  
Women in the Roman World. Part 3 - Exceptions to the Rule
  
8 Cyprus: 565-965 AD 565-965
9.1 Women in the Byzantine World. Part 1 - Immense and Immeasurable  
9.2 Women in the Byzantine World. Part 2 - The Convent  
9.3 Women in the Byzantine World. Part 3 - The Empress  
10 Kekaumenos: A Provincial Magnate  

 

Backer Rewards

 

Episode
Title
Period
Backer Rewards Episode 1 - Byzantine Games
Backer Rewards Episode 2 - A Day in the Life of a Podcaster
Backer Rewards Episode 3 - What was Instanbul Like?
Backer Rewards Episode 4 - Lucky Romans and Being a Celebrity
Backer Rewards Episode 5 - Imperial Qualities and More Feelings
Backer Rewards Episode 6 - Respect, Institutions, Justice
Backer Rewards Episode 7 - Georgia and the Black Sea
Backer Rewards Episode 8 - Greek Fire on Land
Backer Rewards Episode 9 - The Sweep of History
Backer Rewards Episode 10 - Economy and Population Questions
Backer Rewards Epsiode 11 - The Jewish Communities of Byzantium
 
Backer Rewards Episode 12 - Harald Hardrada with Noah Tetzner
Backer Rewards Epsiode 13 - The Byzantine Legacy
Backer Rewards Episode 14 - The City of Rome with Steve Guerra
  Backer Rewards Episode 15 - The Hagia Sophia and Imperial Coronations  
  Backer Rewards Episode 16 = Russia and Byzantium with Professor Sergey Ivanov  

 

5th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
An Introduction
An Introduction to Byzantine History
Two Steps Back
457-477
The Isaurian Emperor
477-488
Give Us a Roman Emperor
482-498
The Gamble
498-513

 

6th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
The Gamble
498-513
The Prosperous Exuberance
513-518
Gaul and Spain
406-511
Italy and Africa
406-518
The Balkan Provinces
376-518
Constantinople
320-518
The Eastern Provinces
318-518
The State (Part I): The Government
518
The State (Part II): The Church and the Army
518
The Emperor Justin
518-520
Justinian
518-525
Theodora
526-528
527-532, Part I: The Battle of Dara
527-530
527-532, Part II: The Eternal Peace, the Danube Frontier, and Diplomacy
527-533
527-532, Part III: The Kindling
527-532
527
Interview at PodcastSquared.com
The Nika Revolt
532
The Vandal War
533-534
Justinian's Legacy
533-537
Cage Match Podcast: The Most Significant Event Since the Second World War
The Siege of Rome
534-538
The Western Emperor
538-540
The "Roaring" Thirties
532-540
The Sack of Antioch
540-542
The Walking Dead
541-543
After the Apocalypse (Sale Episode, $5, Great Deal!)
541-545
The Nightmare Decade
545-550
Age Before Beauty
550-555
Getting the Band Back Together
550-565
The True Believer
565
The Madness of Justin II
565-574
Overbalancing
574-582
The Lucky Break
582-589
The End of Legitimacy
589-602
The Army of the Strategikon
500-602
Christianizing
500-602
Neighbors and Provinces
500-602
Questions (6th Century)
500-602
Who is a Byzantine?
500-602

 

7th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
In Fairness to Phocas
602-608
Heraclius to the Rescue
608-612
Unceasing Lamentations
612-617
The Empty Fleet
617-620
The Last War
620-628
A Brief Respite
628-633
The Battle of Hieromyax (Yarmouk)
633-638
The Man Who Lived Too Long
638-641
The Teenage Emperor
641-656
The Themes
658-668
The Non-Siege of Constantinople
669-679
The Bulgars are Coming
679-685
Justinian II
685-695
Why Did the Romans Lose?
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 1: The Sources
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 3: They Wanted It More
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 4: The Conquest Society
602-695
Looking West
602-695
Why Did the Romans Survive?
602-695
God's Punishment
602-695
Byzantine Theodicy with David Gyllenhall
602-695
Questions II
602-695

 

8th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
Seven Emperors
695-705
The Emperor Strikes Back
695-705
The Tightening Noose
705-715
Leo III
705-716
Lost to the West
717-718
Zombies of Byzantium
717-718
Iconoclasm
718-843
Leo's Reign in the 720s
718-729
Leo's Reign in the 730s
730-741
The Quest for Legitimacy
741-755
The Headless Council
755-765
The Dung Named
765-775
Leo and Irene (Sale Episode, $5, Great Deal!)
775-780
A New Helena
780-787
A Mother's Love
787-797
The Isaurian Dynasty
797-802
Charlemagne and Leo (Part 1)
695-802
Charlemagne and Leo (Part 2)
695-802
The Decline and Fall of the Arab Empire
695-802
The Leftovers
695-802
Imperial Territory
695-802
The People
695-802
The Byzantine Republic with Anthony Kaldellis
More Thoughts on the Byzantine Republic
The House of War
695-802
The Roman Army in 800 AD
695-802
An Interview with Author Vincent O'Reilly
The Syrian Refugee Who Changed Western Civilization
Questions III
695-802
Recap and Precap
717-900

 

9th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
Woulda
802-811
Coulda
802-811
Shoulda
811
Michael Rhangabe, Emperor of the Romans
811-813
Leo the Armenian
813-815
Michael of Amorium
815-820
An Interview with Mike Duncan
Thomas the Slav
820-824
The Islands
824-829
God-Loving
829-842
God-Fearing
829-838
The Triumph of Orthodoxy
838-842
Mother and Uncle
842-867
Keeping up with the Macedonians
866-867
Known Unknowns
867-886
Leo the Wise?
886-900
The Four Wives of Leo VI
900-912
The Abbasid Decline
802-912
The Frontier
802-912
Carolingian Decline
802-912
International Relations
802-912
The Rise of Bulgaria
802-912
North of the Danube
802-912
Questions IV
802-912
Revival
802-912
Follow the Money
802-912
The Magnates
802-912
The Roman Army in 900 AD
802-912
Questions V
802-912
Dramatis Personae
802-912

 

10th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
Period
A Roman Story
912-919
A Tsar is Born
913-927
Attract and Repel
927-931
Melitene
931-940
The Prudent Course
941-945
Born in the Purple (Fundraising Episode!)
905-946
The Empire That Would Not Die (with John Halden)
640-945
False Economy
945-949
Escalating Violence
948-954
Sowing the Dragon's Teeth with Eric McGeer
10th Century
Third Time's the Charm
954-960
Triumphal Procession
959-963
The White Death of the Saracens
963-964
Cilicia
964-966
Abhorring the Palace
967-968
All In A Day's Work
968-969
Magnificent and Insufferable
969
How To Get Away With Murder
969-970
Brave in Danger
970-971
Strange Trajectories
972-976
Setting the Table
913-976
The Eastern Conquests
913-976
What's the Plan?
913-976
Bulgarian Solidarity
913-976
Sources and Magnates
913-976
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
955-1099
Basil Lekopenos
976-977
Bardas Sclerus
977-983
Bardas Phokas
983-989
Basil II
976-996
A Cat Among Mice
990-997
The Year 1000
997-1004
The Half-Blind Leading the Blind
1004-1019
The Culmination
1019-1025
The Legend Slayer
913-1025
Rest in Peace
913-1025
Why Italy Matters
913-1025
Not Yet Holy Roman Emperors
913-1025
Venetians and Normans
913-1025
The Magyars, Pechenegs, and Rus
913-1025
Don't Believe Your Map
913-1025
The Eagle and the Frogs
913-1025
To the City
 913-1025
 
Five Centuries On
 913-1025
A Guided Tour
 913-1025
Travellers to Constantinople
 913-1025
Constantinople in 1025
 913-1025
The "Conquest" of Armenia
 913-1025
 
The Eastern Frontier
 913-1025
The Roman Army in 1025
 913-1025
Dead Ideas Podcast Interview: The Verangian Guard
 913-1025
The Economic Recovery
 913-1025
The Turks
 913-1025
Michael Psellos with Peter Adamson
 913-1025
Questions VI
 913-1025
 
Questions VII
 913-1025

 

11th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
 Period
Where Were We
1025-1028
Stumbling Forward
1028-1034
A Bunch of Nobodies
1034-1040
The Double Agent
1031-1041
The Fall of Michael V
1041-1042
Act Two Begins
1042-1044
Winning the Election
1044-1047
The Pecheneg Wars
1047-1054
Hey Big Spender
1042-1054
The Great Schism
1054
The End of Act Two
1054-1055
An Interview with Barry Straus -
Author of "10 Caesars" and the "Antiquitas" Podcast
The End of the Macedonian Dynasty
1055-1057
The Sack of Ani
1057-1064
Feeling Blank
1059-1067
Manzikert
1067-1071
Normandy-in-Anatolia
1072-1076
King of the Ashes
1072-1080
  On Stage with Mike Duncan!  
196 Cultural Revival  
  The House of War (Special Episodes)  
197 Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville 1080-1118
198 Heavy Lifting 1081
199 The Battle of Dyrrachium 1081-1082
200 A Tribute to Professor Mark Whittow  
201 A Narrow Escape 1082-1085
202 A Wild West Vibe 1081-1095
203 The Pecheneg Wars, Again 1085-1095
204 Komnenian Reforms 1081-1095
205 Introducing the Crusades 1095
206 What Did Alexios Want? 1050-1095
207 What Did Urban Want? 1050-1095
208 The Call from the East, with Peter Frankopan 1050-1095
209 What about Jerusulem 1050-1095
210 What did Urban Say? 1095-1096
211 Why People went on Crusade, with Sharyn Eastaugh 1095-1096
212 Who Went on Crusade, and Why? 1095-1096
213 The People's Crusade 1095-1096
214 The Prince's Crusade 1096-1097
215 The Siege of Nicaea 1097
  Intelligent Speech Conference - Images and Links  
216 The Battle of Dorylaeum 1097
217 Diverging Paths 1097
218 The Siege of Antioch 1097-1098
219 A Spectacular Interruption (or Jerusalem!) 1098-1099
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12th Century AD (current point in the narrative)

 

Episode
Title
 Period
220 The Crusade of 1101 1097-1104
221 The Triptych 1105-1108
222 The Good Helmsman 1108-1118
223 Questions VIII 1081-1118
224 The Coup of Anna Komnene, with Leonora Neville 1081-1118
225 Belisarius in Metal (an interview with John Yelland from Judicator)  
226 A Crowded Chessboard 1118-1127
227 Just Take the Damn City 1127-1138
228 Forgiveness, Not Permission 1138-1143
229 John Komnenos with Dr Maximilian Lau 1118-1143
230 The Sack of Edessa 1143-1146
231 The Second Crusade - Part I 1144-1147
232 The Second Crusade - Part II 1147-1148
233 The Second Crusade - Part III 1148
234 Changing Priorities 1147-1152
235 Sundered by Gold 1152-1158
236 Why Make Peace? 1158-1161
237 Manuel and Andronikos 1143-1161
238 Queens of Jerusalem with Katherine Pangonis  
239 The New Arsitocracy 1143-1161
240 Manuel's Constantinople 1143-1161
241 Hungary for Security 1161-1162

 

13th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
 Period

 

14th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
 Period

 

15th Century AD

 

Episode
Title
 Period

 

Complete LIst

 

Episode
Title
Period
An Introduction
An Introduction to Byzantine History
Two Steps Back
457-477
The Isaurian Emperor
477-488
Give Us a Roman Emperor
482-498
The Gamble
498-513
The Prosperous Exuberance
513-518
Gaul and Spain
406-511
Italy and Africa
406-518
The Balkan Provinces
376-518
Constantinople
320-518
The Eastern Provinces
318-518
The State (Part I): The Government
518
The State (Part II): The Church and the Army
518
The Emperor Justin
518-520
Justinian
518-525
Theodora
526-528
527-532, Part I: The Battle of Dara
527-530
527-532, Part II: The Eternal Peace, the Danube Frontier, and Diplomacy
527-533
527-532, Part III: The Kindling
527-532
527
Interview at PodcastSquared.com
The Nika Revolt
532
The Vandal War
533-534
Justinian's Legacy
533-537
Cage Match Podcast: The Most Significant Event Since the Second World War
The Siege of Rome
534-538
The Western Emperor
538-540
The "Roaring" Thirties
532-540
The Sack of Antioch
540-542
The Walking Dead
541-543
After the Apocalypse (Sale Episode, $5, Great Deal!)
541-545
The Nightmare Decade
545-550
Age Before Beauty
550-555
Getting the Band Back Together
550-565
The True Believer
565
The Madness of Justin II
565-574
Overbalancing
574-582
The Lucky Break
582-589
The End of Legitimacy
589-602
The Army of the Strategikon
500-602
Christianizing
500-602
Neighbors and Provinces
500-602
Questions (6th Century)
500-602
Who is a Byzantine?
500-602
In Fairness to Phocas
602-608
Heraclius to the Rescue
608-612
Unceasing Lamentations
612-617
The Empty Fleet
617-620
The Last War
620-628
A Brief Respite
628-633
The Battle of Hieromyax (Yarmouk)
633-638
The Man Who Lived Too Long
638-641
The Teenage Emperor
641-656
The Themes
658-668
The Non-Siege of Constantinople
669-679
The Bulgars are Coming
679-685
Justinian II
685-695
Why Did the Romans Lose?
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 1: The Sources
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 3: They Wanted It More
602-695
Why Did the Arabs Win? Part 4: The Conquest Society
602-695
Looking West
602-695
Why Did the Romans Survive?
602-695
God's Punishment
602-695
Byzantine Theodicy with David Gyllenhall
602-695
Questions II
602-695
Seven Emperors
695-705
The Emperor Strikes Back
695-705
The Tightening Noose
705-715
Leo III
705-716
Lost to the West
717-718
Zombies of Byzantium
717-718
Iconoclasm
718-843
Leo's Reign in the 720s
718-729
Leo's Reign in the 730s
730-741
The Quest for Legitimacy
741-755
The Headless Council
755-765
The Dung Named
765-775
Leo and Irene (Sale Episode, $5, Great Deal!)
775-780
A New Helena
780-787
A Mother's Love
787-797
The Isaurian Dynasty
797-802
Charlemagne and Leo (Part 1)
695-802
Charlemagne and Leo (Part 2)
695-802
The Decline and Fall of the Arab Empire
695-802
The Leftovers
695-802
Imperial Territory
695-802
The People
695-802
The Byzantine Republic with Anthony Kaldellis
More Thoughts on the Byzantine Republic
The House of War
695-802
The Roman Army in 800 AD
695-802
An Interview with Author Vincent O'Reilly
The Syrian Refugee Who Changed Western Civilization
Questions III
695-802
Recap and Precap
717-900
Woulda
802-811
Coulda
802-811
Shoulda
811
Michael Rhangabe, Emperor of the Romans
811-813
Leo the Armenian
813-815
Michael of Amorium
815-820
An Interview with Mike Duncan
Thomas the Slav
820-824
The Islands
824-829
God-Loving
829-842
God-Fearing
829-838
The Triumph of Orthodoxy
838-842
Mother and Uncle
842-867
Keeping up with the Macedonians
866-867
Known Unknowns
867-886
Leo the Wise?
886-900
The Four Wives of Leo VI
900-912
The Abbasid Decline
802-912
The Frontier
802-912
Carolingian Decline
802-912
International Relations
802-912
The Rise of Bulgaria
802-912
North of the Danube
802-912
Questions IV
802-912
Revival
802-912
Follow the Money
802-912
The Magnates
802-912
The Roman Army in 900 AD
802-912
Questions V
802-912
Dramatis Personae
802-912
A Roman Story
912-919
A Tsar is Born
913-927
Attract and Repel
927-931
Melitene
931-940
The Prudent Course
941-945
Born in the Purple (Fundraising Episode!)
905-946
The Empire That Would Not Die (with John Halden)
640-945
False Economy
945-949
Escalating Violence
948-954
Sowing the Dragon's Teeth with Eric McGeer
10th Century
Third Time's the Charm
954-960
Triumphal Procession
959-963
The White Death of the Saracens
963-964
Cilicia
964-966
Abhorring the Palace
967-968
All In A Day's Work
968-969
Magnificent and Insufferable
969
How To Get Away With Murder
969-970
Brave in Danger
970-971
Strange Trajectories
972-976
Setting the Table
913-976
The Eastern Conquests
913-976
What's the Plan?
913-976
Bulgarian Solidarity
913-976
Sources and Magnates
913-976
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
955-1099
Basil Lekopenos
976-977
Bardas Sclerus
977-983
Bardas Phokas
983-989
Basil II
976-996
A Cat Among Mice
990-997
The Year 1000
997-1004
The Half-Blind Leading the Blind
1004-1019
The Culmination
1019-1025
The Legend Slayer
913-1025
Rest in Peace
913-1025
Why Italy Matters
913-1025
Not Yet Holy Roman Emperors
913-1025
Venetians and Normans
913-1025
The Magyars, Pechenegs, and Rus
913-1025
Don't Believe Your Map
913-1025
The Eagle and the Frogs
913-1025
To the City
913-1025
913-1025
Five Centuries On
913-1025
A Guided Tour
913-1025
Travellers to Constantinople
913-1025
Constantinople in 1025
913-1025
The "Conquest" of Armenia
913-1025
The Eastern Frontier
913-1025
The Roman Army in 1025
913-1025
Dead Ideas Podcast Interview: The Verangian Guard
913-1025
The Economic Recovery
913-1025
The Turks
913-1025
Michael Psellos with Peter Adamson
913-1025
Questions VI
913-1025
Questions VII
913-1025
Where Were We
1025-1028
Stumbling Forward
1028-1034
A Bunch of Nobodies
1034-1040
The Double Agent
1031-1041
The Fall of Michael V
1041-1042
Act Two Begins
1042-1044
Winning the Election
1044-1047
The Pecheneg Wars
1047-1054
Hey Big Spender
1042-1054
The Great Schism
1054
The End of Act Two
1054-1055
An Interview with Barry Straus -
Author of "10 Caesars" and the "Antiquitas" Podcast
The End of the Macedonian Dynasty
1055-1057
The Sack of Ani
1057-1064
Feeling Blank
1059-1067
Manzikert
1067-1071
Normandy-in-Anatolia
1072-1076
King of the Ashes
1072-1080
  On Stage with Mike Duncan!  
196 Cultural Revival  
  The House of War (Special Episodes)  
197 Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville 1080-1118
198 Heavy Lifting 1081
199 The Battle of Dyrrachium 1081-1082
200 A Tribute to Professor Mark Whittow  
201 A Narrow Escape 1082-1085
202 A Wild West Vibe 1081-1095
203 The Pecheneg Wars, Again 1085-1095
204 Komnenian Reforms 1081-1095
205 Introducing the Crusades 1095
206 What Did Alexios Want? 1050-1095
207 What Did Urban Want? 1050-1095
208 The Call from the East, with Peter Frankopan 1050-1095
209 What about Jerusulem 1050-1095
210 What did Urban Say? 1095-1096
211 Why People went on Crusade, with Sharyn Eastaugh 1095-1096
212 Who Went on Crusade, and Why? 1095-1096
213 The People's Crusade 1095-1096
214 The Prince's Crusade 1096-1097
215 The Siege of Nicaea 1097
  Intelligent Speech Conference - Images and Links  
216 The Battle of Dorylaeum 1097
217 Diverging Paths 1097
218 The Siege of Antioch 1097-1098
219 A Spectacular Interruption (or Jerusalem!) 1098-1099
220 The Crusade of 1101 1097-1104
221 The Triptych 1105-1108
222 The Good Helmsman 1108-1118
223 Questions VIII 1081-1118
224 The Coup of Anna Komnene, with Leonora Neville 1081-1118
225 Belisarius in Metal (an interview with John Yelland from Judicator)  
226 A Crowded Chessboard 1118-1127
227 Just Take the Damn City 1127-1138
228 Forgiveness, Not Permission 1138-1143
229 John Komnenos with Dr Maximilian Lau 1118-1143
230 The Sack of Edessa 1143-1146
231 The Second Crusade - Part I 1144-1147
232 The Second Crusade - Part II 1147-1148
233 The Second Crusade - Part III 1148
234 Changing Priorities 1147-1152
235 Sundered by Gold 1152-1158
236 Why Make Peace? 1158-1161
237 Manuel and Andronikos 1143-1161
238 Queens of Jerusalem with Katherine Pangonis  
239 The New Arsitocracy 1143-1161
240 Manuel's Constantinople 1143-1161
241 Hungary for Security 1161-1162