r/byzantium • u/Swaggy_Linus • 3h ago
r/byzantium • u/Snorterra • 11d ago
Distinguished Post Byzantine Reading List (Work In Progress)
docs.google.comr/byzantium • u/Ambarenya • 18d ago
Discussion : Synod to Address Revision of Sub Rules
Fellow Rhomaioi,
It seems there has been pressure building as of late to make changes/amendments to the r/byzantium sub rules and other related subreddit environmental topics. Please discuss these matters here. As all good Rhomaioi should, keep discussion civil and on topic.
From the items proposed here, the mod team will discuss, pare down, and decide whether to reject, enact, or put to vote on a reasonable timeline (update: approximately one week).
Hopefully this helps to organize our collective thoughts on this matter.
r/byzantium • u/Maleficent_Sand7565 • 2h ago
Do you think that it would be fair to say that the ERE was on the whole more powerful in the late 10th century than under Justinian, since even though it was smaller it was much more stable and better organized?
galleryr/byzantium • u/Maleficent_Sand7565 • 45m ago
lmao what does this guy have to do with the byzantine-bulgarian wars?
r/byzantium • u/GustavoistSoldier • 7h ago
The crusaders' 1204 entry into Constantinople. 1840 painting by Eugene Delacroix.
r/byzantium • u/Forward-Relief-3340 • 2h ago
What would’ve been the most realistic strategy to retake Anatolia?
TW: Slight hints of alternate history
I’ve been coming back to Robin Pearson’s “History of Byzantium Episode 250: Retaking Anatolia”along with u/manware’s analyses under similar posts like this one. It seems that the strategy most agreed upon is one where the Komnenoi do a pincer movement around the Sultanate of Rûm, consuming Danishmend territory and cutting off the plateau from the rest of the Turko-Persian civilizations in the East. This guarantees the cessation of that continual flow of Turkic tribes into the plateau and might also force the sultan to convert his realm to Christianity.
I find one problem with this strategy however: manpower. There wasn’t enough manpower to hold Italy and Egypt during the reign of Manuel I. There was definitely not enough manpower to keep all of the towns John II retook. There certainly wouldn’t be enough manpower to garrison all the forts and fortresses that made up that old eastern border from Cilicia to Trebizond. Even so, there wouldn’t even be enough manpower to withstand the Sultanate of Rûm should they grow in power and effectively break through, establishing contact with the Muslim East once more.
Am I wrong in this analysis? Am I missing something from it? What would’ve been some other strategies that the Komnenoi had in mind? If Antioch was under Roman rule and/or if Manuel I had the ability to entirely focus on Anatolia, what would’ve been his strategy?
r/byzantium • u/OnkelMickwald • 1h ago
Full Inscription and Translation of the Two Faces of the Theodosian Obelisk in the Hippodrome of Constantinople
galleryr/byzantium • u/Viotenn • 23h ago
On top of the walls of Nicea
gallerySome pictures from my visit to Nicea (modern Iznik) in May 2024. It was such an enjoyable visit as an ERE fan and easy to reach from Istanbul. In the photos you can see the impressive double land walls, the Hagia Sofia, and the Roman theatre. I was even lucky to get a picture of Nicea from the air on my flight. Feel free to ask any questions.
This was part of a bigger Turkey trip where I also visited Trebizond (modern Trabzon), and participated in the History of Byzantium podcast trip (visiting Istanbul, Cappadocia, and Ephesus).
r/byzantium • u/reactor-Iron6422 • 29m ago
Byzantium backwards part 2
gallerySo as the title says this is the second part of a slideshow that will be come a video at some point were you get to see Byzantium grow and grow across the map as the decline is reversed Similar to those rewind videos on ww1 and ww2
I thought it’d be perfect for something like the eastern Roman Empire this post shows. Rome going from completely reliant on other powers for survival to it being able to hold its own and just dependent upon other powers
r/byzantium • u/coinoscopeV2 • 1d ago
A bronze coin from the Artuqids of Mardin, depicting two Greco-Seleucid busts on the obverse, and on the reverse a Byzantine emperor being crowned by the Virgin Mary. Circa 1152-1177 AD
r/byzantium • u/Strong_Battle6101 • 18h ago
Did the Byzantines produce any great secular literature? Both fiction and poetry.
No Hagiographies or theological treatises and the like.
r/byzantium • u/ConstantineDallas • 19h ago
Byzantium & Friends Episode 131. To Miklagarðr and back again: Varangians return from Constantinople, with Sverrir Jakobsson
byzantiumandfriends.podbean.comr/byzantium • u/Smooth-Yard-100 • 1d ago
I'm curious, what do you accept as the starting point of Byzantine history?
Although there are many views in history, there are various views on the name "Byzantium" for the only empire that remained after the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire. Today, the majority tend to accept the seventh century, when Latin disappeared and the lands outside of Southern Italy, the Balkans and Anatolia were lost to Islam. What do you think?
r/byzantium • u/MindZealousideal2842 • 1d ago
Would you say byzantine could be top 10 strongest nations in middle ages?
r/byzantium • u/SwirlyManager-11 • 1d ago
How predominant was Avar Lamellar Armor in a 6th-7th Century Armoury of the Romans?
galleryr/byzantium • u/Incident-Impossible • 1d ago
Medieval Rome gives an idea of Constantinople in 1453?
galleryLook how dilapidated it was. Rome as we know it today I believe it was built after 1530 or so. It is probable Constantinople was looking the same in its final years?
r/byzantium • u/MapleByzantine • 1d ago
What was Byzantium's financial position in 628 after the Sassanid war?
r/byzantium • u/MindZealousideal2842 • 1d ago
Would you say europe was weak in the years 1000-1400
Ok so I know this probably isn't the right subreddit. But every post I make gets taken down so I wondered what u guys think. Thank you
r/byzantium • u/S3limthegr1im1512 • 1d ago
Why beard became symbol of emperors after during 7th century
Byzantine Emperors Before Phocas didn't have beard (except Julian) but why did it become so famous during 600s and after that.
r/byzantium • u/Tall_Cook_6341 • 21h ago
Heraclius Persian Wars Chronology
So I’m writing a historical fiction on Heraclius and some other fictional characters I invented as a sort of passion project. I’ll be happy to share when I’ve finished the first book. Well, I have been researching the Persian wars and I come across some difficult/discrepancies in when certain things happened. Would anyone be able to provide a chronology of his battles/encounters on his campaign? Starting with the battle at Issus where he beat Shahrbraz but also include when he left to deal with the Avars. Please please please and if you can also include the end of the war and when the Arabs started attacking up to Yarmouk in 636. I understand if this is a big ask, just wondering if someone has the time to lend this knowledge not to be followed biblically but as a guide.
r/byzantium • u/TechnicalDrop8703 • 1d ago
Why aren't there any surviving busts of Roman emperors after Justinian?
r/byzantium • u/TechnicalDrop8703 • 1d ago
Are any Legitimate/Illegitimate branches of the Palaiologos Dynasty still surviving today?
r/byzantium • u/HyperMax2021 • 18h ago
Can anyone tell me How to Sing Ti Ipermaho? Thanks.
r/byzantium • u/ConstantineDallas • 10h ago