Byzantine Empire
About Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.
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When the Norman conquest happened, a load of Anglo-Saxons from Britain became refugees and left Britain. They travelled down into Europe and got to the Byzantine Empire where they kind of became citizens. They lived around the Black Sea around Crimea, which it is today — apparently they called it New England.
from 187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year, 2017-10-20 at 00:07:17 · read transcript
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The fact that I can't remember it suggests I didn't, but it also suggests that I'm a terrible friend, so I don't know which way to go. There was also, so the more sort of social hermits we mentioned a long time ago on the podcast, the stylites, which I find so interesting. The idea this was during the Byzantine Empire, you would have, so we're talking sort of the year 432, it would be just, you know, you guys look a bit confused. It's the entire empire, so you know, around 432.
329: No Such Thing As A Female Cereal Mascot, 2020-07-10 · listen
I didn't realise that Rome didn't really collapse until 1453 AD. The Byzantines were the... Is that the Eastern lot? They called themselves the Romans. They didn't say we are the Byzantine Empire or what a shame about Rome. They completely saw themselves as the continuation of the Roman Empire. They just happened to all be Christians and have moved with the times. We called the Christians Romans for a bit.
310: No Such Thing As A Mungmonger, 2020-02-28 · listen
You've got people with the Instagram filters that completely distort, you know. It's so nice having a young person here. I must say. I'm the only single person around this table, aren't I? I read this in the OUP blog, so it's Oxford University Press blog. There was a whole thing about amazing facts about Byzantine Empire. It is. I'd never heard of this. There are wife shows, weren't they? They would, you know, put these women on display.
187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year, 2017-10-20 · listen
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187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year put 4 places on the map.
- Crimea · Ukraine
- Blackpool Tower · United Kingdom
- Stockton · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 41.0082, 28.9784