Topic
Byzantine Empire
The medieval continuation of the Roman Empire centered on Constantinople.
Lex Fridman Podcast·Culture
Anthony Kaldellis says Rome’s three biggest disasters were the Arab conquests, the Seljuk conquest of Asia Minor, and the Fourth Crusade
The Byzantine historian’s Roman Empire is not a marble statue collapsing in 476, but a long-running state repeatedly injured by three fast, brutal shocks.
Lex Fridman Podcast·Culture
Anthony Kaldellis says Byzantine Greek fire came in hand grenade form
The historian’s best detail on Lex Fridman was not just that Greek fire burned on water, but that the Romans apparently bottled the stuff and threw it at siege engines.