learn more about the empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it

Littlenige



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26/10/2008 08:08

Historian Bettany Hughes begins a series that uses the latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it.



1x01 08-10-2008

Bettany learns how treasures found in the empire's capital, modern-day Istanbul, reveal much about the life and importance of a civilisation that, whilst being devoutly Christian and the inheritors of the Romans, was also exotic and eastern.



1x02 15-10-2008

Bettany examines the public and private life of the Byzantines. Women had unprecedented power in the Empire, as did the mysterious 'third sex' of eunuchs. But, in this part Roman, part fundamentalist Christian state, dangerous political factions would keep the blood of political dynasties flowing.



1x03 22-10-2008

Bettany ventures to the eastern edge of the empire, where the new religion of Islam first gained a foothold.



For nearly a thousand years the empire made war and peace with the Muslim countries to its south and east. However, the fatal bl

come_on_aylin


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Message Posted:
26/10/2008 08:43

Very interesting - do you know it's 26th October already?

Groucho



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26/10/2008 12:06

I'll get me Tardis

Littlenige



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26/10/2008 14:46

i have it on mp3 if any one wants it i can mail it to you or you can download it via the box.