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12 Days: Nero's succession and the fall of the Byzantine Empire
January 01, 2022
Description
In a distinctly Roman start to 2022, Tom sets the scene for Rome's "Year of the four Emperors", while Dominic recounts a battle which was the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire. *The...
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Books Referenced
Fourteen Byzantine Rulers
Author: Michael Psellus
Context:
Dominic mentions Michael Psellus, a Byzantine historian who sent a mocking letter to the blinded Emperor Romanus IV, and explicitly notes 'His book you can get in Penguin Classics' - referring to Psellus's historical chronicle of Byzantine emperors