The History of Byzantium

In this natural continuation of Mike Duncan’s legendary podcast series «the History of Rome» Robin Pierson tells the rest of the story: The roman emipre did NOT vanish when the western realm was lost to its germanic conquerors. It continued to florish, transform and influence world history for another thousand years from its new capital – Constantinopl, which the vikings came to call Miklagard – «the Great City» in old norse.

This is easily the best podcast I’ve listened to!

This is my all time favourite podcast. The first few episodes are like Mike Duncan’s History of Rome (which is great), but then it just gets better and better. Robin Pearson is a unique story teller and combines it with a depth and understanding that few can match.

This podcast, along with Lars Brownworth's 12 Byzantine Rulers, opened my eyes to the very exciting history of Byzantium. It works well as a continuation of Mike Duncan's podcast, but works just fine on its own.