Podcast - 12 Byzantine Rules: The History of the Byzantine Empire

For any history buffs out there, listening to a podcast of 'Byzantine Rules: The History of the Byzantine Empire' would be worthy your time. It is interesting to know that in the day of the Byzantine's empire, no one would know the empire by that name, they would refer to themselves as Romans. Historians took to referring to the eastern Roman Empire as Byzantine (after the name of one of the cities) as the western Roman empire had fallen and it is difficult to continue to all an empire by the name of a city that they no longer controlled. It is interesting to know that the reason Romans called the soon to be conquering German tribes as Barbarians because to the Roman ear, they sounded like they just said 'barb barb barb barb' constantly.

This history lecture podcast covers the little known Byzantine Empire through the study of twelve of its greatest rulers. Mr. Lars Brownworth presents this series for free through this website and the podcast section of the iTunes store.

Mr. Brownworth teaches History at The Stony Brook School on Long Island, New York. His passion for Byzantine history has taken him on travels from the furthest reaches of the Byzantine Empire right into Constantinople, (present day Istanbul) the very heart of Byzantium. He has traveled and studied Byzantine history extensively and produced this lecture series giving us this concise overview.

See the following URL for more information. http://www.anders.com/lectures/lars_brownworth/12_byzantine_rulers/