Myths and History of Greece and Rome Podcast
1) Chapter One Hundred and Forty Four: Travels and Calls
Manuel II goes a-calling on the heads of state of the major European powers in order to find some support in saving his dying empire.
2) Chapter One Hundred and Forty Three: Back in the West - Part Three
A lot has been going on in the former Western Roman Empire in the 300 years between 1100 and 1400!
3) Chapter One Hundred and Forty Two: A Family at War Part Two
Introducing the Hokey Cokey Emperor. Is he in power or out? In, out, in, out!
4) Chapter One Hundred and Forty One: A Family at War Part One
Fractious and incompetent behaviour from the ruling family plunge the Empire into crisis. It’s not going to get any better!
5) Chapter One Hundred and Forty: The Final Recovery
A brilliant general becomes Emperor of Nicaea. It only takes him a few years to regain the great city of Constantinople. Â Unfortunately everyone is out to get him and it takes a lifetime of juggling t...Show More
6) Back Next Weekend
The Myths and History of Greece and Rome will be back next weekend.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine: One Empire, Two Empires, Three Empires, Four Empires.
Welcome to nearly sixty years of total and utter chaos. Four empires and at least twenty emperors fight, make alliances, break alliances and generally fail to get on. Something has to give!
8) Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eight: Capital, Crusades and Calamity
The Angeli prove themselves to be so incompetent that the capital of the Empire cannot withstand the crusading armies. Â Calamity results.
9) Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Seven: Angels of Destruction
Andronicus Comnenus could not, quite obviously, be allowed to continue as Basileus. If only his demise, like that of Domitian for example, had been planned. Then, perhaps, the chaos and incompetence t...Show More
10) Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six: The Great and the Terrible
Manuel Comnenus thinks big but is a bit to pro-western. His cousin, though, is an entirely different kettle of fish!