Ranked #1
Episode 10 - Heraclius
Episode 10 - Heraclius
In the years following Justinian's death, the empire was rocked from within and without. Barbarians pushed in on every b... Read more
12 Oct 2006
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26mins
Ranked #2
Episode 13 - Basil II
Episode 13 - Basil II
By the time Basil II was crowned at age two, the Macedonian Dynasty had led the Byzantine Empire to seemingly endless mi... Read more
1 Jan 2007
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31mins
Ranked #3
Episode 11 - Irene
Episode 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 Ath... Read more
9 Nov 2006
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24mins
Ranked #4
Episode 14 - Alexius
Episode 14 - Alexius
When the 24 year old Alexius Comnenus came to the throne, the glories of the Empire seemed long gone. Its "invincible" a... Read more
19 Mar 2007
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32mins
Ranked #5
Episode 12 - Basil I
Episode 12 - Basil I
Basil I was hardly a promising candidate to usher in a new golden age to the Byzantine Empire. A poor, illiterate Armen... Read more
2 Dec 2006
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23mins
Ranked #6
Episode 9 - Justinian - Part 3
Episode 9 - Justinian - Part 3
With the reconquest of Italy seemingly complete and the Persian threat momentarily neutralized by the plague, Justinian ... Read more
17 Jul 2006
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25mins
Ranked #7
Episode 8 - Justinian - Part 2
Episode 8 - Justinian - Part 2
With the return of relative calm after the reign's turbulent beginnings, Justinian could turn to his most ambitious proj... Read more
30 May 2006
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25mins
Ranked #8
Episode 7 - Justinian - Part 1
Episode 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 un... Read more
11 Mar 2006
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18mins
Ranked #9
Episode 6 - Zeno
Episode 6 - Zeno
By the middle of the 5th Century the Roman Empire was on the verge of collapse. Its emperors were mere puppets, its armi... Read more
19 Feb 2006
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20mins
Ranked #10
Episode 5 - Julian
Episode 5 - Julian
A shy, awkward, Pagan philosopher with no ambitions and no experience is appointed Caesar. How could such an unlikely 23... Read more
25 Jan 2006
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17mins