Anthony Kaldellis is a historian of the Roman Empire and author of "The New Roman Empire", a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
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16:26 Greek-American here, my family moved to US and shortened our long last names right before the Great War. I don’t think I could be any more proud of who I am and where my family comes from. Specifically I am very proud of being Peloponnesian from villages of Sparti and Tripoli.
Thank you Lex, Anthony Kaldellis is my favourite historian of the ERE. I constantly relisten to his guest episodes on the History of Byzantium. So this was a great treat to listen to, I will keep coming back.
I love Byzantine history and I find it sad that it often gets neglected in the wider world history narrative. Thanks for inviting Anthony on the podcast
Professor Kaldellis! I will always remember you. You taught me Classics at OSU in 2013-2014. My favorite professor ever. Incredible to see you on here.
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0:00 - Episode highlight
1:24 - Introduction
1:51 - The Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire
5:49 - 2,200 Years of Roman History
26:12 - Power, violence, and civil war
47:27 - Edict of Caracalla
1:00:23 - Crisis of the Third Century
1:14:52 - Constantine and the new Roman Empire
1:26:53 - Christianity in the Roman Empire
1:52:21 - Fall of the Western Roman Empire
2:05:17 - Eunuchs, Taxes, and Power
2:30:24 - Emperor Justinian and wars of conquest
2:47:26 - The Arab conquests
3:07:01 - Why the Roman empire survived so long
3:33:08 - Lessons from history
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Anthony's University of Chicago page: classics.uchicago.edu/p
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0:00 - Episode highlight
1:24 - Introduction
1:51 - The Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire
5:49 - 2,200 Years of Roman History
26:12 - Power, violence, and civil war
47:27 - Edict of Caracalla
1:00:23 - Crisis of the Third Century
1:14:52 - Constantine and the new Roman Empire
1:26:53 - Christianity in the Roman Empire
1:52:21 - Fall of the Western Roman Empire
2:05:17 - Eunuchs, Taxes, and Power
2:30:24 - Emperor Justinian and wars of conquest
2:47:26 - The Arab conquests
3:07:01 - Why the Roman empire survived so long
3:33:08 - Lessons from history
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EPISODE LINKS:
Anthony's Books: amzn.to/49AX7Q1
Anthony's Publications: kaldellispublications.weebly.com/
Anthony's University of Chicago page: classics.uchicago.edu/p