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An exploration of the Byzantine Empire (330-1461), both through historical posts and by means of historically-informed role-play. |
 The Emperors
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The House of Constantine: The Founder of a new Christian Empire; his three sons; and the enigmatic Julian the Apostate
The House of Valens: A capable but harsh Pannonian soldier, his less effective and doomed brother, and their descendants
The House of Theodosius: an able ruler, his two feckless sons, and their progeny
The Leonines: From his attempt to wipe out the Vandals to his befriending of Theodoric the Ostrogoth, Leo was a true Statesman
The House of Justin: A family who sprang from the Macedonian peasantry, and led the Empire to its greatest heights and through some of its darkest days
The Usurpers of Byzantium: Those who tried to take the throne, but failed: Would history have been different if men like George Maniaces or Alexius Branas had succeeded?
The Heraclians: His family had been deported to Africa from Armenia, yet Heraclius bore the Empire no grudge but saved it from the Persians only to witness the Islamic Tide that swept into the devastated lands...
The Isaurians: The bringers of Iconoclasm...
The Nicephorans: Reaction against Iconoclasm and disaster...
The Amorians: Return to Iconoclasm and Opulence...
The Macedonians: An Armenian peasant amoungst deported Macedonian families in Bulgar lands fund hi way to the City and bred a Dynasty that for good or bad would make Romania a true Empire again...
The Dukases: They had eyed the throne for centuries and after plotting the fall of Romanus IV they got their chance, but what a ruin they had made..
The Comneni: A Dynasty that brought back Glory to the Empire, with the help of the Crusades...
The Angeli: The dynasty that bedeviled the Empire into impotence and the 4th Crusade...
The Latins: An attempt by feudalists to maintain an Empire...
The Laskarids: Setting up a new state in Asia Minor, they preserved the Legacy...
The Palaeologi: Beating the Laskarids to the City, they held it right to the bitter end...
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The House of Constantine (also known as the Neo-Flavians) (306-364 C.E.) (112 posts)
Julian's Embassy to the Oracle at Delphi (* Basileos Nestor, Sep 10, 2008 - 22:20 ) hi im constantine (* constantine Caesar, Aug 5, 2008 - 01:38 ) the baths of constantine (* Auluss Tullius, Apr 3, 2007 - 20:33 ) The Macedonians (17 posts)
Want to buy a beautiful gold coin minted during the reign of Basil II? (* Aurelian Junius, Aug 21, 2008 - 22:22 ) Pop-History (* Masis Valerius, Feb 12, 2007 - 08:09 ) Zoe and Theodora: Successful? (* Basil Domitius, Jan 23, 2007 - 23:43 ) Byzantium's Successor States: The Laskarids of Nicaea (1205-1261), the Despots of Epirus (1205-1340), and the Grand Comneni of Trebizond (1205-1461) (39 posts)
Fascinating, Basileos -- but sad. (* Aurelian Junius, Aug 20, 2008 - 22:22 ) The Pontus Question (* Basileos Nestor, Aug 12, 2008 - 18:19 ) The Grand Komnenoi (* Basileos Nestor, Sep 10, 2007 - 23:17 ) The Latin Empire of Constantinople (1204-1261) (4 posts)
A Quick Correction (* Basileos Nestor, Aug 6, 2008 - 22:05 ) Thank you, Basileos. (* Aurelian Junius, Aug 6, 2008 - 20:58 ) Extract from Baldwin of Avesnes (* Basileos Nestor, Aug 6, 2008 - 16:18 ) The Ducae (40 posts)
Re: Full Text of Attaleiates (* Basileos Nestor, Jun 16, 2008 - 10:58 ) The History of Attaliates (* Romanos Nestor, Jun 15, 2008 - 18:45 ) Men: Are They Binaries? (* Basileos Nestor, Jan 17, 2008 - 18:30 ) The Comneni (1081-1185 C.E.) (54 posts)
Further Readings (* Basileos Nestor, Jun 6, 2008 - 20:52 ) Thanks for the help (* Stephanos Cylon, Jun 6, 2008 - 11:27 ) Further Sources of Reading (* Basileos Nestor, Jun 5, 2008 - 22:21 ) The Leonines (2 posts)
A New Biography of Anastasius I from Cambridge University Press (* Aurelian Junius, Nov 11, 2007 - 22:19 ) Article About Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I at About.com (* Hypatia Didius, Jan 30, 2004 - 00:04 ) The Amorians (3 posts)
A Fantastic Website about Amorium (* Aurelian Junius, Feb 12, 2007 - 21:39 ) Amorion=Afyon? (* Masis Valerius, Feb 12, 2007 - 08:26 ) A Report on the 2005 Excavation Season at Amorium (* Aurelian Junius, Sep 5, 2005 - 17:39 ) The Palaeologi (19 posts)
Responding to Heraclius (* Aurelian Junius, Jan 31, 2007 - 21:47 ) Question on John VII (* Heraclius Augustus, Jan 29, 2007 - 21:32 ) Thank you for this excellent chronology, Basileos (* Aurelian Junius, Jun 9, 2006 - 21:33 ) The Angeli (1185-1204) (3 posts)
The Usurpers of Byzantium (- posts)
The Justinians (19 posts)
Where be the Maps? (* Vasilios Theocritos, Sep 4, 2005 - 11:43 ) Treadgold´s Identifications of the Ravenna Mosaic (* Paullus Fabius, Mar 31, 2004 - 09:53 ) Crowds in Justinian's Constantinople and Hippodrome Picture (* Hypatia Didius, Jan 23, 2004 - 00:20 ) The Heraclians (5 posts)
Sadistic treatment (* Volusian Amenemhat, Mar 20, 2005 - 17:23 ) I don't know about memorable moments but, (* Roderick Valerius, Mar 20, 2005 - 16:09 ) Memorable moments in Byzantine history (* Volusian Amenemhat, Mar 20, 2005 - 14:01 ) The Isaurians (1 posts)
The House of Valens (364-383 C.E.) (- posts)
The Nicephorans (- posts)
The Theodosians (- posts)
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