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The Byzantine Empire survived as a self-contained political entity longer than any other in the history of Christianity. From the time Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to the Greek city of Byzantium in AD 330 - which he renamed Constantinople - to its downfall to the Turks in 1453, the great trading emporium and center of Orthodox Christianity remained the most dazzling metropolis in the world. Its palaces, its Hippodrome, its art treasures, and its churches were the wonder of mankind. For more than 1,000 years, Christian civilization was at its zenith in this magical, mysterious, and magnificent city.
This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution. It is a strange tale populated by some of the most interesting men and women who have ever lived.
But few events have riveted the imagination or wrung the heart as did the fall of Constantinople, first to the Crusaders in 1203, then to the Turks in 1453. With its passage into the hands of the Ottoman Empire, European history entered a new era and Byzantine Civilization disappeared forever. However, thousands of Byzantine scholars fled to the West, bringing valuable knowledge which hastened the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Listen as one of the most poignant stories in European history unfolds.
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In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks and the Normans brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, Byzantium's very existence was threatened.
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Well researched, well written
- De 19levans en 03-06-24
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- De: Judith Herrin
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium-long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium—what it was, and what special significance it holds for us today.
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Not a comprehensible history
- De kevin arsenault en 10-07-23
De: Judith Herrin
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The Lost World of Byzantium
- De: Jonathan Harris
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Rather than recounting the standard chronology of emperors and battles, leading Byzantium scholar Jonathan Harris focuses on a succession of archetypal figures, families, places, and events.
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a survey of Byzantium
- De Salvador en 12-22-23
De: Jonathan Harris
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The Dark Ages: 476-918
- De: Charles Oman
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 19 h y 30 m
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The Dark Ages is the story of the birth of Western civilization. It was a harrowing crucible of war, destruction, and faith. For over 100 years, Charles Oman's famous history has remained one of the finest sources for the study of this period. Covering a period of 500 years and an area stretching from Northern Germany to Egypt, this is the definitive history that will alter your conceptions of a period of history that gave birth to the civilization we live in today.
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An Excellent Production
- De Ken en 08-11-17
De: Charles Oman
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Lost to the West
- The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
- De: Lars Brownworth
- Narrado por: Lars Brownworth
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy. For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization.
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Just a delight for anyone interested in history !
- De Cinders en 05-28-13
De: Lars Brownworth
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- De: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Robert Garland
- Duración: 24 h y 28 m
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Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
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Tantalizing time trip
- De Mark en 08-21-13
De: Robert Garland, y otros
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- De: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks and the Normans brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, Byzantium's very existence was threatened.
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Well researched, well written
- De 19levans en 03-06-24
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The Story of the Goths
- De: Henry Bradley
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
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The Goths are the most enigmatic of all the ancient German tribes. Their name today is still widely in use for a variety of cultural and artistic movements. But unlike other famous German tribes whose names are still descriptive of nations they founded - the Franks, the Lombards, the Angles, the Saxons and the Alemanni - the Goths simply disappeared. The subject of Henry Bradley's splendid short history is tracing the rise, the migrations, and the impact of the Goths on European history along with their spectacular fall.
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Interesting Book about a little understood people
- De Mark en 07-29-15
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The History of the Byzantine Empire: From Its Glory to Its Downfall
- De: Charles Oman
- Narrado por: Andrea Giordani
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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The book covers the history of the Byzantine Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. The author provides a comprehensive view of this great empire which was characterized by Orthodox Christianity, Greek culture and language, and Roman traditions.
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Intriguing and fascinating
- De kb en 05-18-24
De: Charles Oman
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Justinian
- Emperor, Soldier, Saint
- De: Peter Sarris
- Narrado por: Mark Elstob
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over nearly four decades of remarkable change, in an era of geopolitical threats, climate change, and plague. From the eastern Roman—or Byzantine—capital of Constantinople, Justinian’s armies reconquered lost territory in Africa, Italy, and Spain. But these military exploits, historian Peter Sarris shows, were just one part of a larger program of imperial renewal.
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Excellent, engaging and informative
- De Kevin en 02-22-24
De: Peter Sarris
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Byzantium and the Crusades
- De: Dr Jonathan Harris
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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Jonathan Harris’s classic text chronologically surveys Byzantine history in the time of the Crusades. The book reveals the attitudes of the Byzantine ruling elites towards the Crusades and their ultimate inability to adapt to the challenges this presented. Using evidence amassed in a wealth of sources, Harris successfully makes the point that Byzantine interactions with Western Europe, the Crusades and the crusader states is best understood in the nature of the Byzantine Empire and the ideology which underpinned it, rather than in any generalised hostility between the peoples.
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A good but biased listen
- De John McLaughlin en 07-25-23
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Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- De: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 23 h y 11 m
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In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses listeners in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans.
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More for historians than general readers
- De Bill Staley en 10-29-23
De: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, y otros
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Empire of God
- How the Byzantines Saved Civilization
- De: Robert Spencer
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Western civilization is generally regarded as the child of Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome. That is, in the West, our philosophical and political thought is derived from that of the ancient Greeks; our Christian religion comes from the Jewish religion, and both of these came to us via the Roman Empire.
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power, each was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature. But over the next two and a half centuries, Rome would eventually conquer these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as "Graeco-Roman." In Greece Against Rome, Philip Matyszak relates this epic tale from the Hellenistic perspective.
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Really enjoyed the book and snark
- De Chris Smith en 05-27-23
De: Philip Matyszak
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A History of the Roman Empire
- From Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.)
- De: John Bagnell Bury
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 28 h y 41 m
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No era in world history has fascinated us more than that of the Roman Empire, especially when it was at its height. The period known as the Pax Romana is generally agreed to have occurred between Octavian's defeat of Mark Antony at Actium in 27 B.C. to the death of Marcus Aurelius in A.D.180. During this 227-year period, most of the sharp military conflict was confined to the periphery of the empire, though the civil war kicked off during the Year of the Four Emperors in 68/69 was a glaring exception to this "universal" peace.
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The Holy Roman Empire
- De: James Bryce
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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First published in 1864, this is a comprehensive history of the Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, a British academic, jurist, historian, and politician.
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Downgrade for style
- De Walawalan en 04-07-17
De: James Bryce
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Constantine and the Conversion of Europe
- De: Arnold Jones
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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By the end of Diocletian's reign in the opening years of the fourth century, the pagan world had collapsed into the arms of a multicultural religious movement which had spread from the eastern Mediterranean. These were the "mystery religions" which had been in competition with one another for a century. By the time of Constantine, they had spread everywhere within the empire. But one of these religions, Christianity, was chosen by the young emperor.
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A Lot of Potentially Boring Detail
- De Christopher en 07-08-10
De: Arnold Jones
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- De: Michael Wood
- Narrado por: Marston York
- Duración: 14 h y 27 m
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on the book's 40th anniversary, this fully revised and expanded edition illuminates further the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest.
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Brilliant!
- De Dee Goulet en 08-31-22
De: Michael Wood
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Summa Contra Gentiles
- De: Thomas Aquinas
- Narrado por: Martin Swain
- Duración: 44 h y 9 m
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The four books of the Summa contra Gentiles were written by Thomas Aquinas between 1259-1265, before the considerably larger and more influential, Summa Theologica. The purpose of each work was different. Whereas the Summa Theologica addressed the faithful, especially theology students, the intention of the Summa Contra Gentiles (Systematic Exposition Against Non-Christians) was to speak to a non-aligned and even hostile audience. To that purpose, Aquinas presented arguments ‘refuting specific beliefs or heresies.'
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Short and Sweet
- De HC en 06-26-24
De: Thomas Aquinas
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- 12-06-22
Very interesting book
Greatly helped me understand the transition between the Roman period and the middle ages. Highly recommended.
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- Kevin Bacón
- 04-27-21
yuck
this guy the narrators voice is horrible I cant pay attention to anything he says.
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- Felisa Kay
- 01-30-21
adequate good book. great reader
I've heard this guy before. He had read some others book I have and I liked him enough to actually look up who he was and pay attention to the name. he is one of the better performers for sure. no complaints AT ALL. ON PERFORMANCE.. 100%.
there is not really anything to criticize about the book. i mean I've read better but it ticks all the boxes so you at least couldn't be upset. Out of the 2 I've read on the same subject .. this one is 2#. but not a reason I can pin point. it gives you the facts and overview that doesn't miss anything , isn't too long, and he still names every emperor..but isn't really comprehensive either. I recommend reading it you're interested in the subject. first time. maybe not if you are familiar. might be a repeat. but book was done well.
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- Armin
- 05-05-23
That narrator…
While the story is good and the content comprehensive, I just could not get over the narrator’s voice! This English accent was way too strong and irritating. I couldn’t continue to listen and finish the book.
I really tried to look over this, but eventually it just got to me…
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