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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
03:19 - Chapter 2
Byzantium and Constantinople the Peerless Capital
22:14 - Chapter 3
Constantine to Arcadius - Barbarian Influence
31:35 - Chapter 4
Theodosius II to Justinian I - Reorganization
46:57 - Chapter 5
Justinian I
46:31 - Chapter 6
Justinian's Successors - Weakness and Decay
27:29 - Chapter 7
The Onset and Repulse of Iran - the coming of Islam
1:05:05 - Chapter 8
The Warrior Heracliads
57:00 - Chapter 9
Destruction of the Work of the Heracliads
36:33 - Chapter 10
The Repulse of Islam
48:34 - Chapter 11
The Iconoclasts
53:11 - Chapter 12
The Naval and Military Systems
24:16 - Chapter 13
Irene's Successors to Michael III
59:15 - Chapter 14
The Early Macedonians - Part 1
30:45 - Chapter 15
The Early Macedonians - Part 2
31:03 - Chapter 16
The Great Conquerors - Part 1
35:01 - Chapter 17
The Great Conquerors - Part 2
36:08 - Chapter 18
The Age of Women
38:23 - Chapter 19
The Coming of the Turks
23:37 - Chapter 20
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 1
32:58 - Chapter 21
The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 2
37:53 - Chapter 22
The Angeloi - the Traitor's Stroke
33:04 - Chapter 23
Epilogue - The Death Agony
35:37 - Chapter 24
Byzantine Society - the Empire's Place in History
15:52