A pivotal moment in “Byzantine” Roman History. It started the iconoclast controversy which would go on for a century, yet simultaneously saved the empire from total collapse in the Arab invasion of 717 AD.
"appearing weak will have many advantages in war" If only the Byzantine Empire knew they were following this wisdom and not surviving out of pure spite to start yet another civil war.
It's so improbable the Byzantines 600s-700s hung on with the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates swallowing up Persian Iran whole, Mesopotamia, Levant, Egypt and North Africa, and probing Indian subcontinent. Asia Minor wasn't even as mountainous a barrier as Iran. Oh, AND Balkan invasions.
If only the Sassanian Shah actually had power over the throne and was competent, he would have done what Heraclius and Constans II had done, fortifying the Zagros mountains and turning the conflict to a war of attrition instead of seeking a decisive battle at Nahavand. But as is, much of the lands past the Zagros mountains were the domains of his powerful Parthian vassals now dissatisfied with the Sassanian monarchy and his biggest allies, the Parsigs, was lead by Firuzan who desperately wanted to drive the Arabs out Ctesipon and the recently conquered south western Sassanian territories which had been important Parsig controlled regions previously.
Byzantines were smart, and the Sassanids, not learning of their mistakes. Fortifying the Zagros key passes would had make them like a spiky turtle. (Yes another commentator suggested this idea) I think the Shahs like Yazdegerd III should take the example of the Battle of the Persian Gates, where Ariobarzanes gave a great challenge to the Greatest General in Human History: Alexander III, the Great. The arabs were just maniac jihadis, taking advantage of the disunity of the foes they faced. Did you know that after the siege of Constantinople in 717 AD. The general maslama sajd it was a victory? 🤣. In legend, the defeat was transformed into a victory: Maslama departed only after symbolically entering the Byzantine capital on his horse accompanied by thirty riders, where Leo received him with honour and led him to the Hagia Sophia. After Leo paid homage to Maslama and promised tribute, Maslama and his troops-30,000 out of the original 80,000 that set out for Constantinople-departed for Syria.[64]
Fantastic video as always. This channel deserves much more recognition. Fabulous work and amazing dedication to such an important and yet underrated period of time in History!
The "Byzantine dark ages" when the Empire transitioned from late antiquity to a medieval state. It took a while to stabilize after the retreat from the Levant and North Africa, though. Don't worry, the Macedonian Dynasty is coming to the rescue.
Theophanes the Confessor, who was a prominent Byzantine Greek Scholar and Chronicler, with his monumental work “Chronographia” (Χρονογραφία), covers the events from the accession of Diocletian in 284 AD (which is the point where the Chronicle of George Syncellus ends), to the downfall of Emperor Michael I in 813 AD. This part of the Chronicle is valuable for having preserved the accounts of lost authorities on Byzantine history for the seventh and eighth centuries that would be otherwise have been lost. A notable work and a unique testimony of the Greek legacy of the Byzantine Empire.
I love how a part im not so interested made me very interested! Hey, AncientSight, i realized about the Dabuyids, Persias Last Zoroastrian Dynasty. A video on them would be perfect from the last Sassanids to the the abbasids (lifespan of this unique Persian House)
I just arrived from helping the people of Valencia because of the flood that just happened. Im tired as fuck, but now I have a hefty meal and a great video. Thank you
Leo brought stability... and instability. He advanced the doctrine of iconoclasm, blaming "idolatrous" imagery for a divine punishment (the loss of the Levant, Egypt and Africa). Iconodules pushed back on his religious policy and the Empire was convulsed by this controversy for the rest of the 8th Century.
Yes but he wasn’t a Zealot about it, it’s his Son Constantine who actively started pushing it. Even then iconoclasm caused no more instability that wasn’t already there. It destroying countless pieces of orthodox art is completely a myth and It’s not like the Iconoclast Emperors actually faced more revolts than Orthodox ones. The only place it was actually a detriment was in Rome and the Exarchate of Ravenna but that was a lost cause regardless.
@@tylerellis9097 It was time of immense upheaval/near collapse for the Empire, as this video is depicting, so your point is well taken: there were more significant threats than this particular conflict. Given that the Eastern Church ultimately returned to holy images, this controversy has naturally taken on substantial dimensions in the memory of the faithful. I suppose on a purely political basis the dyophysite/miaphysite division was more destructive to Eastern power, as various emperors realized and attempted to breach. What is interesting here is that this division was actually caused by the emperor.
You’re back!!!! And without warning! The best content! Can’t wait for Leo III and Constantine V. The iconoclast emperors turned the tide, and the empire changed from the defensive (and survival) to the offensive again. The bad thing is the religion scheme doomed the empire in Italy and Rome and the north were lost forever.
Question: If Emperor Anastasius II did not get depose, how will this impacted history? For examples, when will the Second Siege of Constantinople by the Arabs happened, what will be his domestic and foreign policies, what will his relations with Konon, Artabados and the Papacy be like and will he formed an alliance with the Khazar Khaganate?
The Arabs were losing even without Tervel. Greel fire destroyed the fleet, reinforcements that came from Asia Minor were ambushed, Egyptian Christian crew defected to the Byzantines, famine in the winter 718 even brought cannibalism to the arab camp… Tervel role was that he even inflicted more losses to the already retreating army. Less Arab survivors to come back home.
@hiskakun2276 According to Theophanes the Confessor, the Bulgars slaughtered some 22,000 Arabs in the battle. Shortly after, the Arabs raised the siege. Tervel is referred to as the savior of Europe, whether you like it or not. It was Leo who pleaded to Tervel for help. I wonder why?
@@odalv316 @ Contemporary sources of the middle ages always inflate numbers. Modern historians give more conservative and accurate estimates. In any case, the point is that the Arabs wouldn’t take Constantinople even with Tervel out of the scene. They couldn’t breach the walls, they only chance was to block the city, and make them surrender due to starvation. And that failed when the Byzantine succeeded in destroying the Arab’s reinforcements by land and sea. The Arab retreat was inevitable. Tervel just added more loses and deaths to the Arabs.
@@odalv316 Contemporary sources of the middle ages always inflate numbers. Modern historians give more realistic and accurate numbers. In any case, the point is that the Arabs couldn’t breach the city walls. Their only chance was to block the city and make them surrender it by starvation. But the byzantine fleet burned Arab ships, and reinforcements were defeated in Anatolia. Failing to block the city made the success of the siege impossible already without Tervel’s help.
@@odalv316No he isn’t most people don’t even know who he is outside Bulgaria lol. The Bolghars played a vital role in mopping up the remnants of the caliphate army so they couldn’t further damage Byzantine territory but they did not remotely win the siege with the Arab navy and reinforcement force already defeated plus having no supplies left which made them raid into Bolghar territory to find more forcing Khan Tervel to act regardless of the alliance.
Hello, can I take some of your time? First of all, thank you for years for adding subtitles to your videos. I wonder if the translation takes you a lot of time? What method do you use to translate subtitles? Do you have a dedicated translation team, or do you use translation software, with someone who then takes care of proofreading and correction? Or use another method? Thank you for your attention.
Congratulations for more than 40000 views!! Maybe it’s time for an update for the next video. Do you have a Christmas present for us? Or when do you think it will be ready?
Great vid btw as always, just wanna point out the Romans still controlled the Balearic Islands though. At the same time I think you have them controlling way too much of the Balkans, there’s basically no source I’ve seen talk about them having any control over Serdica or Philippopolis during this time. Treadgold’s map for example is way more minimalist. Even Mladjov’s maximalist map for the period has far less Roman control in the Balkans.
Yeah, the Balearic Islands were nominally part of the Roman Empire for many more years, but after the fall of the Exarchate of Africa, practically they were autonomous and not really controlled by the empire. Still, they should have the empire colour (maybe lighter). I’ve just read a book called A History of the First Bulgarian Empire, by Runciman, and he says that in the Balkans, Serdica and Philippopolis were more byzantine garrisons than actual cities. Constantine V transferred people from Anatolia (mainly Armenian “heretics” Paulicians) to Thrace, mainly in Philippopolis area in order to improve the population of the area and therefore its defense. The territory would be lost again with Khan Krum.
@ Yeah the area was progressively regained from Constantine V to Nikephoros I. Constantine recolonized Thrace and Adrianople. it was Irene who resettled Philippopolis and Beroe while Nikephoros resettled and refortified Serdica. TH-camrs have a bad habit of applying those borders 50-100 years back too early. Well the last hard evidence we have of Direct Byzantine rule in the Balearics is the Governor seals found of its Archon dated to the mid 700s, these were found in 2015. It directly refutes any Arab control in the period. Past that Byzantine coins and exports are found on the island going up into the mid 800s. But as we agree it’s evident they were not part of the Umayyad Caliphate in 700.
Mutilated? C'mon now. That could be anything. The Byzantines would heat a *Needle, a very thin Dagger. Draw the point of the dagger across the center of the eye. If done properly, nor a total blinding, just close. Improperly could lead to death. 5:11
I don’t understand why Justinian didn’t just reconquer the Peloponnese when he got back, it would have been an easy victory for support, he could have then pushed into Aetolia and connected the Byzantine lands from Attica to Epirus. Since the Bulgarians were friendly he could have also invited them to fight the Slavs with him as allies, while also actually helping the Slavs against the Bulgarians.
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. Truly epic.
U got lucky there in 717 ad good bless the siryan dynasty also kalinekos was siryan seriously why no greek rulers are better then greek ones Justinian 1 from bullkans Heracles Armenian / northafrican Maurice Armenian Nicophorce 1 arab ghasanid Nicophorce 2 armenian Basil 1 Macedonian Basil 2 Armenian Also u better enjoy dat Armenian vassalige in 703 ad cuz it aint happening till 770s then 870s then 1048 ad
“The Byzantine empire was clearly, despite its multinational dimension, a Greek empire while its neighbours considered it so, and whose unity was based on the power of authority, in the dominance of Orthodoxy and the use of Greek as the official language”. Excerpt from the notable book “La gloire des Grecs” by Sylvain Gouguenheim.
“Byzantium was geographically and demographically centered in the Greek-speaking world. Even as it retained its Roman institutions, its cultural core was Greek. The empire’s intellectual, religious, and administrative heart was located in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean”. (Warren Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society). Another important aspect that needs to be addressed is the External Perception of the Byzantines as Greeks. John Bagnell Bury explains that the latins always saw the Byzantines as Greeks. “The Latins of the West always called the Byzantines ‘Greeks.’ They spoke Greek, followed Greek customs, and were culturally distinct from the Latin West. The Roman heritage persisted only in name”. (J. B. Bury, A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene).
Wait wait wait. Why did you divide Moravians, Timocians, Berzites and the rest drom Serbs? You literally named them by geographical terms in that region, eg the rivers of Morava and Timok
Today, part of Armenia and Iberia is occupied by the Houthis of Kurdistan. They call themselves grusinae ou Carthli. Today they temporarily live in Georgia
A pivotal moment in “Byzantine” Roman History. It started the iconoclast controversy which would go on for a century, yet simultaneously saved the empire from total collapse in the Arab invasion of 717 AD.
"appearing weak will have many advantages in war" If only the Byzantine Empire knew they were following this wisdom and not surviving out of pure spite to start yet another civil war.
@@cfroi08The classical age finally passed(┯_┯)
By far one of my favorite history channels, always a good day to see a new ancient sight video
this channel is so underrated
Amazing series! You took the mantle of Historia Civilis and made chronicle through the years, I love it.
A pleasant surprise ! Glad to see you continue
the 20 years of anarchy could easy be the last 20 years of the empire
nice to see the series continued
keep up the good work !
Babe, wake up. Ancient Sight uploaded.
The waiting was well worth it!
I'm getting worried for Babe, she is always sleeping
@@HD-mp6yy , why of course, when she waits by the phone all night to see if Ancient Sight will upload. It gets tiring.
Honestly who are you talking to
Who is Babe? :D
@Ancient_Sight
You have the best format. Please carry on. We can't have enough of your material!
It's so improbable the Byzantines 600s-700s hung on with the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates swallowing up Persian Iran whole, Mesopotamia, Levant, Egypt and North Africa, and probing Indian subcontinent. Asia Minor wasn't even as mountainous a barrier as Iran. Oh, AND Balkan invasions.
If only the Sassanian Shah actually had power over the throne and was competent, he would have done what Heraclius and Constans II had done, fortifying the Zagros mountains and turning the conflict to a war of attrition instead of seeking a decisive battle at Nahavand. But as is, much of the lands past the Zagros mountains were the domains of his powerful Parthian vassals now dissatisfied with the Sassanian monarchy and his biggest allies, the Parsigs, was lead by Firuzan who desperately wanted to drive the Arabs out Ctesipon and the recently conquered south western Sassanian territories which had been important Parsig controlled regions previously.
Byzantines were smart, and the Sassanids, not learning of their mistakes. Fortifying the Zagros key passes would had make them like a spiky turtle.
(Yes another commentator suggested this idea)
I think the Shahs like Yazdegerd III should take the example of the Battle of the Persian Gates, where Ariobarzanes gave a great challenge to the Greatest General in Human History: Alexander III, the Great.
The arabs were just maniac jihadis, taking advantage of the disunity of the foes they faced.
Did you know that after the siege of Constantinople in 717 AD.
The general maslama sajd it was a victory? 🤣.
In legend, the defeat was transformed into a victory: Maslama departed only after symbolically entering the Byzantine capital on his horse accompanied by thirty riders, where Leo received him with honour and led him to the Hagia Sophia. After Leo paid homage to Maslama and promised tribute, Maslama and his troops-30,000 out of the original 80,000 that set out for Constantinople-departed for Syria.[64]
Can’t wait for u to cover the isaurian dynasty, not much of them on TH-cam
Agree. There’s almost nothing about them, especially about Constantine V. Underrated emperor.
Fantastic video as always. This channel deserves much more recognition. Fabulous work and amazing dedication to such an important and yet underrated period of time in History!
The "Byzantine dark ages" when the Empire transitioned from late antiquity to a medieval state. It took a while to stabilize after the retreat from the Levant and North Africa, though. Don't worry, the Macedonian Dynasty is coming to the rescue.
Theophanes the Confessor, who was a prominent Byzantine Greek Scholar and Chronicler, with his monumental work “Chronographia” (Χρονογραφία), covers the events from the accession of Diocletian in 284 AD (which is the point where the Chronicle of George Syncellus ends), to the downfall of Emperor Michael I in 813 AD.
This part of the Chronicle is valuable for having preserved the accounts of lost authorities on Byzantine history for the seventh and eighth centuries that would be otherwise have been lost.
A notable work and a unique testimony of the Greek legacy of the Byzantine Empire.
Funny seeing you again.
It’s inevitable mate, with such legacy 🙌
Always a delight to see that you've uploaded! Keep it up.Your videos are amazing!
HES BACK!!!
You don't see high-quality channels like these often, the fact that it's niche is more amazing, keep it up!
Justinian II's comeback is legendary imo.
Seems like he was an awful emperor, Leo’s is a lot cooler
This is some real content. Cant wait for the 1st Iconoclast Period.
Finally! Thank you! You are back!
I love how a part im not so interested made me very interested!
Hey, AncientSight, i realized about the Dabuyids, Persias Last Zoroastrian Dynasty. A video on them would be perfect from the last Sassanids to the the abbasids (lifespan of this unique Persian House)
I have the Dabuyids in mind, would make a cool small vidéo
Tu es francophone, n’est ce pas?
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 oui
So good to have you back
Underrated as always you deserve better
These civil wars and invasions were the truest dark ages for Eastern Rome.
Glad to see a new video from you, and such an interesting topic too! thank you.
Best history channel out there
Thank you so much for work put into these videos, by all means keep going because this is fire
Justinian II was the Emperor that got me hooked on Eastern Roman history. Truly one of my favourite historical figure of all time.
Me it was Justinian I. By Extra History TH-cam channel
Another Ancient Sight video, a pleasant surprise!
This part of byzantine history all ways fascinated me. Ty for this vid. It needs far more coverage to understand late byzantine history
Not byzantine empire it was Roman empire or esten Roman empire
@QdrtyyggRtyui bro I know its the roman empire. You don't know anything special, everybody knows. It's old
Goated Sight back at it again 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Finally something good to watch while I eat
I've already subscribed after one video. Thank you for existing.
What an awesome surprise! Another great history video
One of the greatest channels on youtube
Worthy of wait bro thanks
Man that was epic, great video!
Great and interesting video. Please don’t let us wait too long for the next! 🙂
I will try. I am taking steps to make the uploads more frequent.
You deserve WAY WAY more views bro
About time!!!!
I love your analysis on Byzantine Empire
Just found this channel. Excellent work. Great research.
Great video, bro. I just discovered your channel and you make really good history content. Keep up the good work 👏👏👏
The opsikion troops were basically the praetorians of this era
Another excellent video!
I just arrived from helping the people of Valencia because of the flood that just happened. Im tired as fuck, but now I have a hefty meal and a great video. Thank you
Wow just discovered you! Great videos keep on working
OMG!!! I missed you :)
Cant wait for the Constantine V video
I love that guy minus the iconoclast stuff
Wow what an excelleNt video and easy to follow.
Thank you, informative and useful.
Leo brought stability... and instability. He advanced the doctrine of iconoclasm, blaming "idolatrous" imagery for a divine punishment (the loss of the Levant, Egypt and Africa). Iconodules pushed back on his religious policy and the Empire was convulsed by this controversy for the rest of the 8th Century.
Yes but he wasn’t a Zealot about it, it’s his Son Constantine who actively started pushing it.
Even then iconoclasm caused no more instability that wasn’t already there. It destroying countless pieces of orthodox art is completely a myth and It’s not like the Iconoclast Emperors actually faced more revolts than Orthodox ones. The only place it was actually a detriment was in Rome and the Exarchate of Ravenna but that was a lost cause regardless.
@@tylerellis9097 It was time of immense upheaval/near collapse for the Empire, as this video is depicting, so your point is well taken: there were more significant threats than this particular conflict. Given that the Eastern Church ultimately returned to holy images, this controversy has naturally taken on substantial dimensions in the memory of the faithful. I suppose on a purely political basis the dyophysite/miaphysite division was more destructive to Eastern power, as various emperors realized and attempted to breach. What is interesting here is that this division was actually caused by the emperor.
Great video! Thank you!!!
youre back!
You’re back!!!! And without warning!
The best content!
Can’t wait for Leo III and Constantine V. The iconoclast emperors turned the tide, and the empire changed from the defensive (and survival) to the offensive again.
The bad thing is the religion scheme doomed the empire in Italy and Rome and the north were lost forever.
Excellent content. Keep up the good work.
Question: If Emperor Anastasius II did not get depose, how will this impacted history? For examples, when will the Second Siege of Constantinople by the Arabs happened, what will be his domestic and foreign policies, what will his relations with Konon, Artabados and the Papacy be like and will he formed an alliance with the Khazar Khaganate?
20 years of always happy
Bro please do a video about Odoacer and his life!!
Best history channel i have seen
At least if you get sent back to that time period, the news cycle would stay the same
Back again.the perfect time but the next video not long after this
He's returned?
we are so fucking back
Finally a new video to enjoy
Sounds like Tervel was the real hero.
The Arabs were losing even without Tervel.
Greel fire destroyed the fleet, reinforcements that came from Asia Minor were ambushed, Egyptian Christian crew defected to the Byzantines, famine in the winter 718 even brought cannibalism to the arab camp…
Tervel role was that he even inflicted more losses to the already retreating army. Less Arab survivors to come back home.
@hiskakun2276 According to Theophanes the Confessor, the Bulgars slaughtered some 22,000 Arabs in the battle. Shortly after, the Arabs raised the siege.
Tervel is referred to as the savior of Europe, whether you like it or not. It was Leo who pleaded to Tervel for help. I wonder why?
@@odalv316 @ Contemporary sources of the middle ages always inflate numbers. Modern historians give more conservative and accurate estimates.
In any case, the point is that the Arabs wouldn’t take Constantinople even with Tervel out of the scene. They couldn’t breach the walls, they only chance was to block the city, and make them surrender due to starvation. And that failed when the Byzantine succeeded in destroying the Arab’s reinforcements by land and sea.
The Arab retreat was inevitable.
Tervel just added more loses and deaths to the Arabs.
@@odalv316 Contemporary sources of the middle ages always inflate numbers. Modern historians give more realistic and accurate numbers.
In any case, the point is that the Arabs couldn’t breach the city walls. Their only chance was to block the city and make them surrender it by starvation. But the byzantine fleet burned Arab ships, and reinforcements were defeated in Anatolia. Failing to block the city made the success of the siege impossible already without Tervel’s help.
@@odalv316No he isn’t most people don’t even know who he is outside Bulgaria lol.
The Bolghars played a vital role in mopping up the remnants of the caliphate army so they couldn’t further damage Byzantine territory but they did not remotely win the siege with the Arab navy and reinforcement force already defeated plus having no supplies left which made them raid into Bolghar territory to find more forcing Khan Tervel to act regardless of the alliance.
I love the map at the end
Hello, can I take some of your time? First of all, thank you for years for adding subtitles to your videos. I wonder if the translation takes you a lot of time? What method do you use to translate subtitles? Do you have a dedicated translation team, or do you use translation software, with someone who then takes care of proofreading and correction? Or use another method? Thank you for your attention.
👏bon travail 🎉
Holy Shit a new video is dropped
Congratulations for more than 40000 views!!
Maybe it’s time for an update for the next video. Do you have a Christmas present for us? Or when do you think it will be ready?
Something this month and something else is on the Grill for January
@ That’s great.
I guess one is a standalone video about a kingdom and the other is the following of the Byzantine history.
brief and informative, just how I like it.
It's Chonae, otherwise a very accurate map
Finally after 20 years I mean year
SALVE ANCIENT SIGHT!!!
I really wonder if this will continue to 1453?
That's the aim
great explanations
Will the next video be about leo iii or will it onclude the entire history of the isaurian dynasty?
Leo III
Tbh I should start watching ancient sight
i love justinian II i love justinian II i love justinian II i love justinian II i love justinian II i love justinian II i love justinian II
Tervel is such a hype
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Great vid btw as always, just wanna point out the Romans still controlled the Balearic Islands though.
At the same time I think you have them controlling way too much of the Balkans, there’s basically no source I’ve seen talk about them having any control over Serdica or Philippopolis during this time. Treadgold’s map for example is way more minimalist. Even Mladjov’s maximalist map for the period has far less Roman control in the Balkans.
Yeah, the Balearic Islands were nominally part of the Roman Empire for many more years, but after the fall of the Exarchate of Africa, practically they were autonomous and not really controlled by the empire. Still, they should have the empire colour (maybe lighter).
I’ve just read a book called A History of the First Bulgarian Empire, by Runciman, and he says that in the Balkans, Serdica and Philippopolis were more byzantine garrisons than actual cities.
Constantine V transferred people from Anatolia (mainly Armenian “heretics” Paulicians) to Thrace, mainly in Philippopolis area in order to improve the population of the area and therefore its defense.
The territory would be lost again with Khan Krum.
@ Yeah the area was progressively regained from Constantine V to Nikephoros I. Constantine recolonized Thrace and Adrianople. it was Irene who resettled Philippopolis and Beroe while Nikephoros resettled and refortified Serdica. TH-camrs have a bad habit of applying those borders 50-100 years back too early.
Well the last hard evidence we have of Direct Byzantine rule in the Balearics is the Governor seals found of its Archon dated to the mid 700s, these were found in 2015. It directly refutes any Arab control in the period. Past that Byzantine coins and exports are found on the island going up into the mid 800s. But as we agree it’s evident they were not part of the Umayyad Caliphate in 700.
maybe you surprise us with a barbarian kingdom video ?🤔😉
One is on the grill
@@ancientsight 👍 good to know
Mutilated? C'mon now. That could be anything.
The Byzantines would heat a *Needle, a very thin Dagger. Draw the point of the dagger across the center of the eye.
If done properly, nor a total blinding, just close. Improperly could lead to death. 5:11
I don’t understand why Justinian didn’t just reconquer the Peloponnese when he got back, it would have been an easy victory for support, he could have then pushed into Aetolia and connected the Byzantine lands from Attica to Epirus. Since the Bulgarians were friendly he could have also invited them to fight the Slavs with him as allies, while also actually helping the Slavs against the Bulgarians.
He wasnt the brightest emperor
What are Tverians?
byzantines try not to get into a civil war every 10 years challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Great video. If anyone wants to read a good book on Justinian II.By Dr. Peter Crawford.
Your map at the start, Tuaregs live south-west of the Fezzan I don't know why you put them in the middle of the uninhabitable Libyan Desert.
I love early Middle ages ❤🔥
can your next video cover how roman’s lost control of italy
I'll stick to the main narrative of Byzantium. But this will eventually cover all the main events related to their control of Italy.
W video
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari.
Truly epic.
U got lucky there in 717 ad good bless the siryan dynasty also kalinekos was siryan seriously why no greek rulers are better then greek ones
Justinian 1 from bullkans
Heracles Armenian / northafrican
Maurice Armenian
Nicophorce 1 arab ghasanid
Nicophorce 2 armenian
Basil 1 Macedonian
Basil 2 Armenian
Also u better enjoy dat Armenian vassalige in 703 ad cuz it aint happening till 770s then 870s then 1048 ad
“The Byzantine empire was clearly, despite its multinational dimension, a Greek empire while its neighbours considered it so, and whose unity was based on the power of authority, in the dominance of Orthodoxy and the use of Greek as the official language”.
Excerpt from the notable book “La gloire des Grecs” by Sylvain Gouguenheim.
“Byzantium was geographically and demographically centered in the Greek-speaking world. Even as it retained its Roman institutions, its cultural core was Greek. The empire’s intellectual, religious, and administrative heart was located in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean”. (Warren Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society).
Another important aspect that needs to be addressed is the External Perception of the Byzantines as Greeks. John Bagnell Bury explains that the latins always saw the Byzantines as Greeks.
“The Latins of the West always called the Byzantines ‘Greeks.’ They spoke Greek, followed Greek customs, and were culturally distinct from the Latin West. The Roman heritage persisted only in name”. (J. B. Bury, A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene).
Wait wait wait. Why did you divide Moravians, Timocians, Berzites and the rest drom Serbs? You literally named them by geographical terms in that region, eg the rivers of Morava and Timok
Un video del emperador basilio 2 el matabulgaros
❤❤❤
Today, part of Armenia and Iberia is occupied by the Houthis of Kurdistan. They call themselves grusinae ou Carthli. Today they temporarily live in Georgia
I swear man, the Eastern Roman/Byzantine armied were just as prone to usurp their emperor as their Western Roman counterparts.
Marking Armenia light green during a retaliatory raid by their own side at 2:43 without elaborating is sloppy work.
Најтачнији историјски канал.....
It’s sad how the son of Justinian II got executed