Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 9 hours 16 minutes
Michael Komnenos Doukas would have had a forgettable career if it wasn't for the chaos which followed Manuel Komnenos' death.
We follow Theodore Laskaris as he escapes from Constantinople and establishes a new state at Nicaea.
The Bulgarian Tsar attempts to capture Thessalonica and ponders whether he could become the new Roman Emperor.
After throwing a huge strop Boniface, the Marquis of Montferrat, is made King of Thessalonica.
The Latins agree to stay for another year and to conquer the whole of the Roman Empire.
The narrative returns as we head back to 1204 and the sack of Constantinople.
Alexander Christie-Miller was the Turkish correspondent for the Times Newspaper between 2010 and 2017. He has written a book called ‘To the City’ about the people who live along the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul today.
Professor Kaldellis' new history of Byzantium is out now in the USA and on Kindle everywhere.
Professor Kaldellis' new history of Byzantium is out now in the USA and on Kindle everywhere.