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12 Byzantine Rulers: The
History of The Byzantine
Empire (Lars Brownworth)
1 - Introduction
What is the Byzantine
Empire? Why would a
Byzantine citizen call
himself Roman and not know
what the Byzantine Empire
was? In this introduction to
Byzantine history, Lars
Brownworth describes where
Byzantium came from and why
defining Byzantium is a
murky and difficult task.
2 - Diocletian
The Emperor Diocletian was
to erase civil war within
Byzantium for the next
thousand years but walked
away from it all to become a
cabbage farmer. Who was this
military man and how could
he just give it all up? Join
Lars Brownworth as the story
of Byzantium's first great
emperor unfolds.
3 - Constantine (Part I)
From the chaotic background
of the tetrarchy, a
vulnerable staff officer
would navigate the
treacherous waters of the
empire and eventually emerge
as Emperor. How could such
an unlikely man unify the
empire under one ruler? In
this lecture, Lars
Brownworth explores the rise
to power of one of Western
History's most pivotal
figures: Constantine.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Constantine - The
Conversion of Constantine
2 - Constantine -
Constantine's Popularity
3 - Valens - Being a
Co-Emperor
4 - Constantine (Part II)
Constantine has achieved
supreme power and made one
of the most momentous
decisions in history, that
of founding a new capital
and rescuing a faith
seemingly on the brink of
schism. However, his
megalomania undid most of
his work unifying the church
and threatened the very
stability of the state. Does
such a man truly deserve to
be called great? Join Lars
Brownworth as he looks at
the apogee of Constantine's
career and his impact on
history.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Creeds - The Council
of Nicea
2 - Financing - The Cost
of Building
3 - Serpent Column - The
Hippodrome
5 - Julian
A shy, awkward, Pagan
philosopher with no
ambitions and no experience
is appointed Caesar. How
could such an unlikely 23
year old become the head of
a Christian empire? Join
Lars Brownworth as he looks
at Julian, the last of
Constantine's dynasty.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Julian is Crowned -
The crowning of Julian
2 - Peganism - Peganism
3 - Paul the Stammerer -
Excommunication of Paul the
Stammerer
4 - Julian the Author -
Books by Julian have been
lost.
5 - Crowned in Utero -
King Shapour is Crowned
6 - Julian's Death - Who
killed Julian?
7 - Jovian - Julian's
Successor
6 - Zeno
By the middle of the 5th
Century the Roman Empire was
on the verge of collapse.
Its emperors were mere
puppets, its armies were in
chaos, and enemies were
closing in on all sides.
Unable to sustain itself,
the West collapsed, plunging
Europe into the Dark Ages.
By all accounts, the East
should have followed suit,
and yet, unexpectedly, the
Eastern emperor slipped free
of his barbarian master and
saved the tottering state.
Join Lars Brownworth as he
looks at Zeno, the unlikely
savior of the Byzantine
Empire.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Carthage - Carthage
and Rome
2 - Church and State -
Power and the Popes
3 - Books - Lost
Treasures
4 - Political Pope -
Pope Leo
5 - Last Emperor - Last
Emperor of Rome
7 - Justinian (Part 1)
As the 6th Century dawned on
the tottering Byzantine
State, the future seemed to
hold only decline and decay,
and yet unexpectedly, it was
to see a renaissance
unmatched in the long
history of the empire. On
every front, it seemed, were
gathered the towering giants
of the age- poised and ready
to take the empire to ever
greater and more dizzying
heights. All that was needed
was a ruler with enough
vision to unite and drive
this vast collection of the
best and the brightest- a
ruler who could dream on a
truly imperial scale. He
came, surprisingly enough,
from the ranks of the great,
unwashed masses- risen from
poverty to fire the empire
with the force of his will.
Join Lars Brownworth as he
looks at the stunning rise
of Justinian- from shadow
ruler to emperor in his own
right.
8 - Justinian (Part 2)
With the return of relative
calm after the reign's
turbulent beginnings,
Justinian could turn to his
most ambitious project, the
reconquest of the Western
Empire. For this, his most
cherished goal, he looked to
one man, the young,
promising general,
Belisarius. Justinian was
rewarded with unswerving
loyalty and unquestioned
brilliance, and yet the road
to reconquest was to be a
difficult and tragic one for
both men. Join Lars
Brownworth as the story of
Justinian's reconquest of
Africa and Italy unfolds.
9 - Justinian (Part 3)
With the reconquest of Italy
seemingly complete and the
Persian threat momentarily
neutralized by the plague,
Justinian could at last
afford to rest. But the
empire's enemies were
everywhere- the plague
abated and a charismatic new
Gothic king arose in Italy.
The empire could ill afford
to keep its greatest general
in disgrace, and Justinian
would once again turn to the
man he could never quite
bring himself to trust. The
final decade of his life
would see the fruition of
his epic dreams of
reconquest, as well as the
restoration of the building
that still stands as the
greatest testament to his
reign. It would be the final
act of a cast of characters
the likes of whom the empire
would never see again. Join
Lars Brownworth for the
conclusion of the reign of
Justinian, the last of the
Roman Emperors.
10 - Heraclius
In the years following
Justinian's death, the
empire was rocked from
within and without.
Barbarians pushed in on
every border and the
empire's ancient enemy
Persia ravaged the East
unchecked. The empire met
this challenge with a series
of weak and foolish rulers
who squandered what
resources they had, and
crumbled before the Persian
onslaught. By the start of
the 7th Century, the emperor
was a virtual prisoner in
his own palace, the Persians
were beneath the walls of
Constantinople, and the rest
of the empire was in the
hands of rebels. It looked
as if the end had come at
last, and yet, against all
odds, an Armenian general
was to defeat the Persians,
sweep away the old Latin
traditions and reform the
empire on a Greek model.
Join Lars Brownworth as he
looks at Heraclius, whose
reign saw this glittering
triumph yet ended in such
tragedy.
11 - Irene
When the weak, ineffectual
emperor Leo IV died in 780,
he left the empire divided
and in the hands of an
orphan from Athens; the
beautiful and grasping
Empress Irene. 17 years
later she was crowned as
sole ruler after murdering
her own son to take his
place. It was hardly an
auspicious start, beset by
enemies on every border, the
empire was now facing its
most serious internal
threat; the terrible
iconoclastic controversy.
Successive emperors had
neglected the frontiers to
concentrate on the war
against icons, and in the
process had not only
weakened the state, but had
destroyed some of the finest
works of art the Byzantine
world ever produced. Even
worse, an emperor had at
last returned to the long
vacant throne of the West,
to challenge Byzantium's
claim of universal temporal
domination. If ever the
empire had needed strong
leadership, it was now. Join
Lars Brownworth as he looks
at the reign of Irene; the
only woman to rule the
empire, not as Queen or
Regent, but as a King.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Why Irene? - Why
study Irene?
12 - Basil I
Basil I was hardly a
promising candidate to usher
in a new golden age to the
Byzantine Empire. A poor,
illiterate Armenian peasant,
he was kidnapped by raiding
Bulgarians as a boy, and
only managed to escape in
his mid twenties. Renowned
for his great strength and
skill with horses, he found
work as a stable hand and
grew into a violent,
ambitious man, whose thirst
for power led him to commit
two of the foulest murders
that even Byzantine history
has to offer. And yet,
against the odds, his reign
was the most successful of
the century, and the
Macedonian dynasty that he
would found, would bring the
empire to the height of its
power and prestige. Join
Lars Brownworth as he looks
at the reign of the emperor
Basil the Macedonian.
Additional Commentary:
1 - Cyrillic - The
Origins of Cyrillic.
13 - Basil II
By the time Basil II was
crowned at age two, the
Macedonian Dynasty had led
the Byzantine Empire to
seemingly endless military
victories and unprecedented
heights of glory. However it
was not the emperors who had
accomplished so much, but
their powerful generals. In
fact Basil's dynasty seemed
to be in danger of becoming
purely ceremonial or
disappearing completely. The
young emperor, dominated
completely by his regents,
seemed unlikely to change
things. There was no trace
of the heroic about him, no
charisma or sparkling
personality, and yet he was
to emerge as the greatest
emperor of his dynasty-
bending the army, the
empire, and foreign princes
alike to the force of his
will. Join Lars Brownworth
as he looks at the reign of
Basil II, the last great
conqueror Byzantium ever
produced.
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