The Byzantine Empire


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(4.5 stars; 11 reviews)

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) (14 hr 32 min)

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

Bewertungen

wonderful detail and clear speech


(5 stars)

Edward Foord in 1911 published this enormously detailed unbiased description of the empire from beginning to its end in 1453. I was hooked throughout.

Great job


(5 stars)

Superbly read And very well written librevox needs a few dozen more well read histories Start

just not for me


(3 stars)

Landyn Morris

correction: that should have been the XI


(4.5 stars)

My error