Robin Pierson’s Grand Strategy: The history of Byzantium podcast.
About three years ago, when Mike Duncan stopped producing his ‘History of Rome’ podcast, thousands of podcast listeners mourned inContinue Reading
Tag: History
Past and Present: The Ortakoy Mosque, Istanbul.
Past Life on the Bosphorus, as we know it today, with its bustling urban centres, was non-existent during the Roman/ByzantineContinue Reading
Gallipoli relic of a bygone age.
When the allied forces left the Gallipoli peninsula at the end of December 1915, the horrible deadly campaign left aContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 18 Constantius II, the Byzantine autocrat (Part 2)
The real danger to the Roman empire often came, not from its citizens, nor the Christians, as some would likeContinue Reading
Past and Present: The Grand Place, Mons, Belgium.
Past The Belgian site of Mons has a long and illustrious past going back to Neolithic times. The Romans underContinue Reading
Rare Byzantine grape seeds found in Israel has given us hope of a new Negev wine?
In the middle of February this year, a colleague brought to my attention an amazing discovery unearthed in Israel. ImmediatelyContinue Reading
The 1910 Great Flood of Paris.
In the last week of January 1910, the Seine River flooded the city of Paris and its surrounding neighborhoods causingContinue Reading
Bullets, blood, sweat and courage: All in a days work for war cameraman Damien Parer.
To be a war correspondent, photographer or camera person takes great courage. It isn’t your typical run of the millContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 17 Constantius II, the Byzantine autocrat (Part 1).
Constantius is arguably the most interesting of the three sons of Constantine I. He lived long enough, unlikely his brothersContinue Reading
The Angels of Mons
Is Archangel Michael, the ‘Angel of Mons’, who saved the British? In the sweltering heat of August 1914, the BritishContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 