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Maybe one of the worst eastern roman emperors.

Thank you very much for the episode, and I have a small request: could you record a video about Manuel I Komnenos?

Ricimer was insanely evil

The mardiates deserve more attention in historiography.

Is it just perspectives when the wars between the Roman Empire and the Muslim Caliphates ended? After all, many peoples in today's age did not consider the cease of the Muslim raids in Anatolia brought by the Mardiates to be the end of the war but when the Romans emerged victorious in the Second Siege of Constantinople because it brought the Umayyad Caliphate to its knees to the point that the rebels from Khorasan and Transoxiana can easily defeated them and proclaim the Abbasid Caliphate in its place. And as we all know, the Abbasid Caliphate was completely okay with allowing the Roman Empire to exist but for its own political reasons such as collecting tributes and being used as a target for the annual raids to give each of the ascended Caliphs the legitimacy to rule as the leaders of the Ummah. But then again, in the days before the Second Siege of Constantinople, especially after the first assault on the capital by the Arabs, most likely are considered by the Romans at the times to be the end of the wars between themselves and the Muslims.

One thing I don't get is the Umayyad neglect of Anatolia. They just walk all over it for Constantinople, though trying to conquer and hold Anatolia would have been destructive enough (and more likely to succed) than Constantinople. Plus if the Umayyads started actually incorporating the sacked towns into their empire (which went as deep as Amorion) ERE would be forced to send an army in more unfavorable situations than sitting in the most fortified city on earth.

Excellent Narration and I love, that you implemented an Empire Earth Soundtrack at the start 😁

bro your work is phenomenal!

Pteruges were not "frilly". They were usually hardened leather. Theng Thrand has done actual experimentation and if you use leather boiled in wax they are quite cut resistant. Even stood up to the tip of a replica Dacian Falx. Two handed. Which is saying something. Not as good as metal, but, they wouldn't have survived from even more ancient times if they didn't work.

I watched this again over the weekend, from end to end, and its an epic session of rating emperors from a rather poorly documented era. These kinds of videos are great (just like the top ten Eastern Roman Emperors).

Amazing narration!

Hey bro Byzantine empire movie or TV series really deserved ?

Was the Caliph already of muslim belief at that time?

Great narrative. The byzantines held on to their empire by a thread.

This Channel is so underated. Thanks again for all your work

My daily fix of Eastern Roman History :)

Basic romaboo wannabe-chads love Aurelian, complex intelligent people who understand human nature & tragedy love Gallienus.

Thank you for this gem!

I'm shocked Alexios III wasn't blinded as punishment for blinding TWO Emperor's How the hell do you marry your daughter to your successor, only to blind him immediately after? Alexios V was stupid to even accept the marriage

literally Roman, but medieval

I just goon my pants so hard to this

Could you please do a video on Manuel Komnenoses Banner, l heard that it was quite elaborate and cant find any information for it, it would be an interesting video.

Its a while since I read the Gospels - but I am pretty sure there is nothing in there about burning slaves alive being a good plan. This stuff about "scattering" gold coin is bunk. Inflation free gold coin was for the oligarchical 1% alone. The rest of the population was put on a hamster wheel of hyper-inflationary copper. This has been known for 50 years now - but still remains a kind of secret. It is the crucial fact that Gibbon did not know - his stuff on a woke collapse of rationality in 4th century Rome is correct and the other half of the same coin. So - Pelagius and Alberuni got it right, and it was Constantine who triggered the fall of Rome in the west, and the rise of Islam in the East. Of course Diocletian was responsible for actually shipping the silver to the Sasanid East - and 'Abd al-Malik for bring it back west. But Constantine's promotion of bogus "Christianity" was the key crime against rationality at the heart of it all. This "strong man" stuff sounds a lot like Robin Collingwood. I trust you know that Collingwood was a self confessed liar? I recall trying to explain some of this to Howard-Johnson, but the guy was too distracted by a charming young lady to pay attention........................

Beginning of the end 😔

La herencia del latin popular esta enSardinia,i su dialecto,total diferente del italiano,i muy cercano al provenzal,catalan, i rumano.

Two thumbs up!

One of the most forgettable emperors imo

Great channel

It was Gallienus not Aurelian that came up with the idea of having an exlusive cavalry force centered withinnthe empire to aid any region more effectively. He also defended Dacia something Aurelian willingly gave up, and perhaps that's why history remembers Aurelian instead of Gallienus because Aurelian picked his battles while Gallienus as effectively a commander and Emperor he was tried to defend everything and lost it (his life)

Btw it's constantine not constantaine. The i is the sam as in "dinner"

nice so he destablised the military and turned the armenians against them, awesome moves there

Gibbon, in Decline and Fall, goes into exquisite detail on all matters discussed above, with considerable wit. Highly entertaining.

Incredible! Needs a longer treatment! It provided some pieces to the puzzle that I had been unaware of. The characterization of the Venetians by Komnenos as vagabonds was a huge surprise to me. I had understoood that the Venetians were simply Roman families of means who moved to the lagoon at the top of the Adriatic in order to avoid the complete collapse of Rome. This tells quite a different story, suggesting that the Venetians already existed as an already distinct demographic within Rome who were in part responsible for the Germanic invasions. Great channel! If you can point me to any other sources that shine light into this strange new dimension of Venetian identity, I would be most grateful if you wpuld.pass it along! Cheers!

The comment on the lack of information in English is poignant. There are a series of biographies on John VIII and the period of Byzantium's final decades that are, as yet, available only in Greek. Hopefully we get more translation in the years to come.

Yes, he WAS that bad and beyond TERRIBLE. Vastly accelerated Rome's demise (starting by doing nothing when it was sacked). Abandoned Brittania. Killed his greatest general.

Yes, volcanoes thousands of miles away have always been known to magnetize religious icons so they cannot be picked up from the ground, and cause supernatural fires to engulf the domes of churches that appear as a mist lifting into the clouds. Happens all the time. Even so, no other such reports of supernatural phenomenon were reported anywhere else in the entire world, just in Constantinople days before it fell. Nothing to see here. One day humanity will begin to accept the existence of A Higher Power. 🗡️ The fall of Constantinople sent massive shockwaves which resulted in the spread of Christianity worldwide, all according to plan, and in anticipation of the final fulfillment of prophecy. ✨Revelation 19:1-10

i love st justinian st constantine the great and st basil the bulgar slayer still need to learn more about everyone else

Not one of the most important Emperor's of the east

I think my top 5 most IMPORTANT Eastern Roman emperors would be: 1) Constantine the Great - Pretty self explanatory. There is no eastern Roman empire without him. Nevermind the expansion of the solidus and promotion of Christianity. 2) Justinian - His attempts to reconquer the west arguably overextended the empire, but they did lead to an imperial presence being maintained in Italy until 1071. The law code and construction of the Hagia Sophia were important too and remained relevant for a long, long time after Justinian died. 3) Constantine IV - He allowed for the empire to survive by ending the mutiny in Sicily and breaking the Arab blockade of Constantinople, before then putting the empire on the offensive again via support for the Mardaites. He also brought the controversy over Monotheletism to an end but failed to stop the Bulgars establishing themselves in the Balkans, who would become a bitter rival for the rest of the empires history. 4) Alexios Komnenos - It was Alexios who began the empires dangerous relationship with the west via the Crusades but also saved the empire in one of it's darkest hours, allowing it to then become a powerful, important force during the 12th century. Also important as he turned the empire into an aristocracy closely centered around the imperial family that lasted until the very end, which had mixed results for the state. 5) John VI Kantakouzenos - But not for the best reasons. If it wasn't for him the Ottomans would have never entered Europe and the empire wouldn't have been severely weakened. His reign coincided with the power sapping Black Death and the Italians becoming dominant over the economy.

Thats what happens when you dont let the komnenians rule

Curious, whats the song playing at 7:43 i've heard it on one of tyrannicon's vids before

Another brilliant speech, Sir. ❤

The ancient Greek original version sends chills

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Although John the 3rd Doukas Vatatzis was not Constantinoupole's emperor , but Nikaia's , he was for sure a Great, if not the greatest. Alexios Komnenos gave extra time to the Empire, but Venice managed to be the leader of the trade in Roman Empire for years to come, because of Alexios' urgent politics with them.

Comparing the Justinian plague with the media-hyped media-fuelled psyop that was Covid is ridiculous.

They wouldn't have lasted much longer... The Eastern Roman Empire was bankrupt. I think there may have been deeper union with the Catholics which may have encouraged them to defend Constantinople from future invasion. It would be sweet if we still had the Romans today, but I guess they wouldn't still be called the Eastern Roman Empire.

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He is Syrian