History of Byzantium - Vol 1 - 3 - Emperor Justinian

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The History of Byzantium Podcast by Robin Pierson is one of the best history podcasts out there! This compilation of the first three Volumes covers the early years of Justinian into his famous Renovatio Imperii. From the battle of Dara, to the Nika Riots, to Justinian's great legacies in law, to the building of the Hagia Sophia, the story of the greatest Emperor in Byzantine history is told.
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[@FlashPointHx]

Go to curiositystream.thld.co/flashpoint_0622b and use the code FLASHPOINT to save 25% off today, that's only $14.99 a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today's video! Check out that video on Napoleon! Ok lovely people - here it is! 4 Hours of Justinian all in one spot! If you loved this content then share it on social media and let that special someone know what they are missing out on!

[@justinian-the-great]

This one really super great episode. Btw when is volume 4 coming out?

[@FlashPointHx]

@@justinian-the-great In July - still finishing up Isabella just now

[@tylermcgregor9455]

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[@TheOneTrueFett]

@@FlashPointHx thank you for another video. You do great work!

[@puppetperception7861]

We all know there is something truly fitting about a history documentary narrated with a British accent just as there is something fitting about putting sugar in my tea in the most polite manner possible while driving through a roundabout to wait patiently at line in a government building

[@pepperspray7386]

Justinian's statue being melted down to make a cannon means he finally made it to a battlefield.

[@FlashPointHx]

Ouch - burn!

[@d.c.8828]

Sick burn bruh

[@riverlady982]

😆

[@davidbowen6253]

Couldn't happen to a nsty despot

[@davidt3563]

Lmaooooo FATALITY

[@Halman9000]

*Fun fact:* Emperor Justinian appears in the 1968 german-italian film "The Last Roman" (which portrays the re-conquest of Rome by the Eastern Empire after the death of Theodoric), being played by the legendary Orson Wells. It's an extremely underrated film, to be honest

[@FlashPointHx]

I love 60's films - no CGI - 1000's of extras. Ben Hur, Patton, Lawrence of Arabia. Masterpieces

[@marvelfannumber1]

Film has very little to do with the actual history though. For instance Narses is portrayed as a cowardly dwarf, Theodora commits suicide and Belisarius randomly dies during the first Siege of Rome. Though I will say that Orson Welles was a pretty decent fit for Justinian, just wish it could have a little more basis in real history since it's one of the only films about Justinian's reign.

[@d.c.8828]

@@marvelfannumber1 Thank you for the heads-up when I finally get around to watching it!

[@ptolemyphilopator]

I've listened to this about 8 times already, and still going, I feel smarter and smarter every time I hear it 😀 I love the story telling

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@allie1953]

I keep listening to it also. I always hear something I didn't catch the first time- this is so rich and chock full of interesting info.

[@sheck]

Being in Istanbul now gave me surreal feeling, with hustle and bustle of everyday life I have taken this city for granted and it just dawned on me how ancient this city is and how rich of a history it has, I have probably been to many of the places those ancient people lived. I don't know, I am just rumbling because I feel like I can't put this feeling into adequate words, the best I could say is that it is like a time travel.

[@FlashPointHx]

This makes total sense to me . Knowing the history of any place makes it come alive. Knowing that there were other people who did amazing things in that local makes it palpable. It can be mind-blowing

[@sevenspaulding123]

You ROCK!!!!!♾️

[@sevenspaulding123]

I live in the Cincinnati Valley, home of the Shawnee, 1 hour from SERPENT MOUND 🐍. All over the world we have access to ancient truths🔺️

[@Waynefitzpatrick2032]

Seems a proper response. Greetings from the US.

[@MyRealName148]

Living in this ancient city I feel blessed everyday to pass by these living monuments to human achievements. It’s a lovely place to live or simply visit. Thank you for your video

[@FlashPointHx]

You live in Istanbul? Amazing city! I've been there twice. Once in college and again a few years ago with my wife. She was also entranced with what an amazing place it is

[@Waynefitzpatrick2032]

I would love to visit. Greetings from the central US

[@SuperStella1111]

Thank you for this precious gift.

[@FlashPointHx]

Welcome 😊

[@cuso4473]

As a listener of the Robin’s podcast for years. It is amazing to see the art of video has such high quality and makes Robin’s storytelling even greater…….

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate that !

[@treeman0000]

I enjoy the incorporation of visuals and music with concise narration. This is one of the easiest historical documentaries to take in.

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

This channel is out of the ordinary. So enthralling! So cohesive and carefully put together! The maker of this channel is a master of many fields. Thank you.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much 😀 Amazing comment Rafael

[@oli1929]

Check out the guy who actually narrates it, he has a podcast called 'The history of Byzantium'

[@adrianagallolicci7442]

This is one great, great documentary telling us the history of the Byzantium error!!! Thank you! Amazing how history repeats!

[@FlashPointHx]

Really happy that you liked it Adriana !

[@mohammedkhan4990]

I don’t have enough good words to describe how thankful I am for this documentary. The time, dedication, effort put into making this deserves the highest level gratitude. Thank you!!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow, thank you! Yes this one did take a while to produce

[@jdr9419]

Vigilantia? Omg! What a name.

[@M0VI3GUY]

How haven't I found your channel before yesterday? Started with your 3 hrs video - now - working through everything else you've done. (History of Britania) I work while listening and the clear, audio is great - I cannot stand channels that change their voice to whisper and give themselves more gravitas and lower, fake, tones. Natural, clear, just enough emphasis to be used as such and great video to be able to glance at and understand the entire context.

[@FlashPointHx]

Happy that you liked this ! I’m like you I listen to podcasts when I’m commuting or working out. Makes the time pass smoothly

[@M0VI3GUY]

@@FlashPointHx For me it is the full 8 hour work day - which is why I like the long form videos. Not only do I get a decent fill of information but time flies making the work day quick and more intellectually satisfying. Without videos like yours, I would be forced to just listen to music. 😅

[@theConquerersMama]

Wow. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you for such a wonderfully done work.

[@FlashPointHx]

Many thanks!

[@GHST995]

Love the combined episodes!. Keep up the great work!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks, will do!

[@mregusci]

You are an AMAZING story teller. Thank you for all your work.

[@FlashPointHx]

You are so welcome

[@LakhtyariNabil]

Among the Best podcasts ever ! What à narration what an animation ... Good job 👏

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much 😀

[@M0VI3GUY]

Thanks! Keep up the great work! Love the long-form documentaries!

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey really appreciate it!! Will definitely keep the content coming!

[@user-zz7ej8jx2f]

thank you! was waiting for your work 🤗

[@FlashPointHx]

You're welcome 😊

[@marvingreen7441]

I have to interrupt the watching of this incredible series to post my appreciation for your work and very interesting narration. Your storytelling gift is really at the highest level and I thank you for everything you do here. May you have all the success you can get for this and other things you do, it is well merited.

[@FlashPointHx]

Really appreciate this comment Marvin - really happy that you liked this so much !

[@alperutas6549]

How legendary your content may further get?! I get more and more surprised each time with the quality and extent!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow, thanks! Next Isabella vid is coming out in a few days - let me know what you think

[@Marmocet]

This is excellent. Outstanding work!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you very much!

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you. Well done examination of Process.

[@FlashPointHx]

You are welcome

[@cuculan1978]

Dude been with you from the start Love your channel!!🤗

[@FlashPointHx]

That is awesome to hear - love having a long term audience

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

hard to argue with the quality and content... the eastern romans were so fascinating...

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks - yeah the history of this empire is truly epic - started with greatness, had an amazing city, ended in a bang

[@juliam7056]

excellent documentary, thank you !!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you too!

[@brianbaker4675]

Amazing video, it was my first time learning about the Justinian Code and the basis for feudalism in Europe stemming from Justinian's rule, what a guy.

[@danielatilano3294]

i love these storyes there the best !!!

[@theConquerersMama]

Enjoying the maps with the names of the "characters" as well as just places.

[@FlashPointHx]

It brings it to life no?

[@theConquerersMama]

@@FlashPointHx it really helps to understand and ground the material. I wish these maps had been around when I was in school.

[@d.c.8828]

This was absolutely phenomenal! Thank you for all of the hard work and research that went into this masterpiece of a documentary!

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KHK001]

Time to enjoy this again!

[@FlashPointHx]

Why not - its only 4 Hours ! =)

[@KHK001]

Agreed like just two movies XD

[@paulceglinski3087]

Wow, History Flash, that is a massive work. I pressed the like button before watching, but I'm gonna have to do it in installments.

[@FlashPointHx]

hahah - yeah - this is like watching the extended version of Lord of the Rings in one sitting - but enjoy!

[@paulceglinski3087]

@@FlashPointHx Oh,boy! Tried that, didn't come off as planned. LoL. I do like the era and subject, so I don't want to fall out then have to figure out where I was. Best to break it up through the day and rewatch the best parts again. Problem: The vids have a tendency to all be best parts. Cheers.

[@zoyablake9538]

I've just found your channel, and it's amazing! You've reignited my love of history, and I've subscribed by way of thanks.

[@FlashPointHx]

Awesome, thank you! Happy to have you here Zoya

[@juliusdream2683]

I noticed you used the old transformers sound effect when showing the castles. That was the noise when the transformers transformed . Good documentary as well. Did you guys think nobody would pick up on that iconic American 🇺🇸 show from the 80,s

[@FlashPointHx]

Loved that show

[@Halman9000]

Justinian: "Now that Rome is ours again, nothing will stop us from restoring the Roman Empire to its full glory!" 😎 Plagues, Franks and Sassanid: *Awaken begins to play*

[@FlashPointHx]

I always wondered what would have happened had the great plague never occurred - would he have been able to do it?

[@robr135]

Amazing content

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@ptolemyphilopator]

This a treasure.

[@andrehanekom5665]

You guys at flashpoint history are awsome

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey thanks so much Andre!

[@byronaulakiotis1721]

Thank you for the excellent narration! Do you happen to know where a map with Justinian's fortifications in Europe can be found? Thank you in advance!

[@kaznika6584]

Glorious

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks ! And Enjoy!

[@TheRustyLM]

Thanks!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow! Thanks so much!

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Thank you so much for this excellent, illuminating video, for I have learned a lot from its precious contents! However, would you object to providing a link to the "previous episode," the existence of which was mentioned in the body of this production? Thanks in advance!

[@FlashPointHx]

This is from an audio podcast - which we started about 15 episodes in with Justinian - if you want to download the rest of the 200+ audio episodes I left a Link in the description of the video to Robin's History of Byzantium website.

[@cmdr_ryker2083]

I wanted to fall asleep to this video, but the guys microphone was so Bs, that I went back to Kings and generals

[@Stitchwitchstitch]

This is excellent. Thank you for posting this on KZbin! I had been listening to the podcast, but I vastly prefer this long-form version. Thanks for having offered bite-size and party-size options! Please keep up your history work, as long as you feel able. It’s a huge gift and much appreciated!

[@aarondemiri486]

As a law student I kinda get excited when I hear you talk about law.

[@gregorylittle1461]

There are several references to previous episodes. Where are they? I thought this collection would have truly started at Episode 1 as suggested.

[@FlashPointHx]

Robin and I talked about where to start - it was actually his idea to start with Justinian. I left a link in the description if you want to download the earlier episodes (audio only)

[@bahabobby8118]

If only someone could have taken away your sound effects toy before making this.

[@FlashPointHx]

Good feed back

[@bahabobby8118]

@@FlashPointHx I love a neighbor who can handle constructive criticism. Because the everything in the history as well as the narration is great. I was resting, eyes closed,. Just listing and sometimes we add a little "spice" or "flavor" to a production and we maybe put too much in.. becomes distracting. Keep going. ONWARD THROUGH THE FOG. -your fan Bobby V

[@GKbest75]

Odessa its not in Bulgaria and Macedonia is not a separate country from Greece but a part o Greece.

[@csabaschmitthoffer6421]

I have not watched the video through yet, but I can already tell it is a masterpiece. Great work as always my good Sir!

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate it! Let me know what you think when you get to the end

[@wirralnomad]

Thank you for sharing this upload with us, I really enjoyed watching it, is the next part available to watch yet?

[@FlashPointHx]

yes - If you go to my channel home page and go to the playlists - you can watch the whole History of Byzantium series. Parts 4, 5, and 6 are out.

[@tharrrrrrr]

1:05:25 '...but in terms of influence and authority, Theodora will outstrip them all; no pun intended..." 😁

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahaha

[@numenoreaneternity6682]

The part of the map that details the distribution of peoples north of the Danube is grossly inaccurate, the Proto-Bulgars would've still resided in what is known as "Old Great Bulgaria", whereas the Avars would arrive in Europe only two decades later at the behest of the Roman emperor Tiberius who had invited them as Rome's Foederati against the Slavs and the Kutrigurs. During the 6th and 7th centuries, the most numerous and the most dangerous enemies to the ERE at the Danube were the Slavs - the Sclavenes and the Antes. Menander Protector: "(...) About the fourth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius Constantine, some hundred thousand Slavs broke into Thrace and pillaged that and many other regions. As Greece was being laid waste by the Slavs, with trouble liable to flare up anywhere, and as Tiberius had at his disposal by no means sufficient forces, he sent a delegation to the Khagan of the Avars. (...)"

[@BillyAsWell]

Thank you for putting the commercial at the beginning so I could skip it.

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Love history love KZbin

[@chappellroseholt5740]

The information and presentation is fantastic, my only suggestion is to tone down and edit your use of music. It becomes a competition for the ears and brain. The information is so good that it does not need a constant pulsing of mostly irrelevant music. Trust the quality of your work to hold the listener.

[@FlashPointHx]

Will do - by the way - did you listen on the computer or with headphones?

[@chappellroseholt5740]

@@FlashPointHx Laptop, phone and Roku on the big TV. I listen while I work so I use whichever platform is best at the moment. I can't believe you replied! Thanks and I keep on listening.

[@memichele]

Lol, she'll take ANY questions EXCEPT the ones we need answered.

[@allie1953]

Nice background music and sound effects.

[@aquahero]

Great

[@cjo2012]

At around 25:33 theres a full screen of an amazingly, staggeringly beautiful, unbelievably detailed and realistic painting probably depicting Constantinople during Justinian's reign. My question to anyone who knows is...my God...who is the master painter. (You'll forgive my ignorance right?🥴🙄🧐💩🤔)

[@matthewperry5121]

Awsome

[@Hobbes4ever]

I wouldnt mind to have a plague named after me 😅 great video btw extremely educational!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks! 😃

[@natashapieper3196]

Fascinating video about the Byzantine world. It makes visiting the region much more interesting. Turkey is a favorite place to visit and I've been wanting to learn more about the entire region.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you - happy that you lied this. You should consider signing up for one of Robin’s Turkey Tours

[@anzu6566]

Theodoric ruled from Ravenna, not Rome. Chalcedon (/kælˈsiːdən/ or /ˈkælsɪdɒn/) - first letter "Chi" is pronounced as "K" in English, just like in Chi Rho ( /ˈkaɪ ˈroʊ/)

[@weilandiv8310]

When I told her it was love... I meant the videos that make up my Byzantine nights. The Purple kind.

[@FlashPointHx]

This is a groovy comment baby!

[@rockstar450]

Justinian really was a godtier emperor. The concept of him "bankrupting" the empire has been discredited as anachronistic in the wake of the global event and black death, yet still the holdings held showing their rigger. His laws would he adopted by the Germans centuries later. Barbarosa uses his code as Roman law to show his legacy. A great man who changed the world and gave them a chance for the centuries ahead

[@FlashPointHx]

I think if the plague had not happened he might have reunited the empire

[@kellieeverts8462]

Oh I see now this is different one I first wrote in

[@eliasmelo9698]

Good moring a todos

[@LUCASJACOTHEAWSOMEkinda]

history repeat

[@oksanatulpa7984]

John of the Epehesus had written about that perion most honestly

[@ObiWanCannabi]

what do you mean "previously on the history of Byzantium" This is the first part...

[@ozzyjames87]

Sittas and Chilbudius sound like parody names.

[@beornmorder6891]

What's with the annoying sound effects? Otherwise, a great video.

[@FlashPointHx]

ahaha - wanted to try something different. Guess it didn't work out

[@MotionWatch-ik2vn]

Procopious was the first Redditor

[@jrips45]

A small note. There was only one church prior to 1054, which was the schism of the Roman Catholic Church from the Church (now known as the Orthodox Church). @40:46 calling Hilderic a Catholic is therefore inaccurate.

[@jrips45]

@@CipiRipi00 great critique on my comment. I did notice later the distinction he was trying to make. But made my comment when I heard this in the video. There is a lot of misconceptions from western Christians of the church history.

[@charliesinnott9840]

I am a better person because of this "channel" and I thank you. Ironically living in an empire in its last breathe, best or worst of times but at least I get to experience a rare moment in history...

[@FlashPointHx]

I really appreciate this comment Charlie!

[@johannacannata1090]

bitchute.com

[@tharrrrrrr]

51:00 Kavad "had fallen madly in love with one his wives"... Wait, what?

[@mistaman4638]

Excellent, Going with my byzantium/ Mosque/Hendosm Inspired Concrete Fountain I'm building 👍..

[@FlashPointHx]

wow - you need to share a pic of that

[@mistaman4638]

@@FlashPointHx it's in the works now , pouring the Minarets out of 3in pvc pipe as we speak .. thinking Muslim base up to buddha with the Byzantine style roof .. Elephant enclosure has be added as well.. Blasphemous I know , Thankfully I don't have to worry about someone knocking down my house over it.. 🙋‍♂️

[@S_M_360]

You know, I like Justin’s gumption and hustle, even if he was illiterate 😝

[@devvyas8215]

What is the music you are using ? Please tell me.

[@FlashPointHx]

I use a ton of music - do you have a specific time frame?

[@devvyas8215]

Yes please in the beginning

[@devvyas8215]

It's also there in the Hannibal series by history marche.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@devvyas8215 Its called the peak of atlas by Omri Lahav - from the 0 AD soundtrack.

[@devvyas8215]

Thank you very much.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Rome lives on in many many ways today and hopefully one day she can be reborn again and yes coming from a descendent of celts etc but how can we deny Rome greatness.

[@FlashPointHx]

‘What have the Romans ever done for us ?’ - Monty Python

[@AaronHarkonnen]

One of those pictures had some letters that looked like an old elven from Lord of the Rings, really like the writing on the rings, I cant read it, there are few who can

[@FlashPointHx]

In the common tongue it reads ‘one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them’

[@powellmountainmike8853]

Greek uses diacritical marks, and at the beginning of ἅγιος is the hard breathing mark which is pronounced like an H in English. So the church's name should be pronounced with an H sound at the beginning, HA-GEE-AH, and the G is a hard G sound too as in game or go, not soft as in gem. I didn't study years of Ancient Greek for nothing.

[@FlashPointHx]

Gotcha

[@floriankociu7251]

Justinian the great Dardanius 🦅🇦🇱🦅

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz

[@sarzib3246]

If the audio is still shit after the ad I’m be out

[@artemisnite]

Am I crazy or is the narrator borrowing the delivery of "Little" Alex DeLarge?

[@carllewis9771]

chillbootius

[@saxon6749]

"Previously...on the history of Byzantium." I don't understand. If this is Vol 1-3, is there an episode 0? Wouldn't 1 be first?

[@randyhavard6084]

It's crazy how much killing mankind has done because of religion or in the name of God

[@FlashPointHx]

One of the leading causes of homicide in history - here's Mark Twain's take on Christianity: “. . . The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilled.”

[@richcook2007]

@@FlashPointHx compare how much killing is done by avowed atheists to killings in the name of Christianity and the atheists win going away.

[@jdr9419]

And we think modern day politicians are vicious? That’s nothing compared to that lot.

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@kellieeverts8462]

Erdogun doesn't want ortadox christians filming in Haggia Sophia. ..so he keeps inviting Catholics permission to film there....and you can imagine how upset local Christians are concerning there place of worship

[@wyatt1377]

Was I the only one that heard Sit-assius and Chill-bootyius

[@FlashPointHx]

as long as it isn't nautius Maximus

[@BMFOTP3]

Did they change narrators?

[@FlashPointHx]

Just for this series. Its a friend of mine's podcast

[@BMFOTP3]

@Flash Point History Awe I was worried for a minute. Your candor and tempo of speech are unique, and definitely enhance the story you're telling.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@BMFOTP3 Yeah this was just a collaboration with a podcast friend of mine. I make it a point to narrate my own videos

[@BMFOTP3]

@Flash Point History that's awesome! Thank you for the clarification?

[@MotionWatch-ik2vn]

“Secular” teaching does not mean “neutral” teaching and St. Justinian knew that. Too bad none of our current leaders are that wise

[@Dubose51]

Too many plugs for ads.

[@kellieeverts8462]

So as I was saying I can't see what I just wrote

[@robertwilliams3527]

Justin

[@mirandarogers3595]

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

[@thespartan8476]

Byzantium was colonized by the Greeks from Megara in 657 BC, and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in AD 1453. Also look up the ancient Anatolian Kingdom of Pontus, Greeks from the Black sea. A blend of Greek and Persian influences. Yes, Greek identity can challenge any Ukrainian Ethnic groups and prove Greeks were in the Black sea far before any Slavic ethnic group existed. What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over 200 years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties founded before a successor of Alexander the Great. It also posed one of the greatest challenges to Roman imperial expansion in the East. Not until 63 BC, after many violent clashes, was Rome able to subjugate the kingdom and its last charismatic ruler Mithridates VI, who proved to be as formidable a foe to Rome as Hannibal. He has been called the greatest ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus. He cultivated an immunity to poisons by regularly ingesting sub-lethal doses; this practice, now called mithridatism, is named after him. After his death, he became known as Mithridates the Great. And after the full of Rome by the Germanic tribes and mercenaries from the far East of Asia that murdered most of the Romans and destroyed and looted Rome. Some Romans managed to flee to Byzantium and were saved by the Greek Royal Guards of Byzantium. The same Greek Royal Guards of Byzantium who trained the Anglo-Saxons from England, after they fled England from the Normans. The popes are not even Roman, that's why popes don't have last names. Poverty-stricken like one of many barbarians that invaded Europe was Odoacer, the Germanic king of the Torcilingi, and he self-proclaimed himself as the new Roman emperor and he embraced everything Roman and Greek. So the Roman state continued and some of its traditions were maintained, modern historians distinguish Byzantium from ancient Rome insofar as it was centred on Constantinople, oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture and characterised by Orthodox Christianity. And Greek history records show that the Germanic tribe's were given the Netherlands and not Europe. Germanic peoples are nomadic like the Turks and British. There's an intelligent documentary in English to be made about Byzantium culture, and this isn't it. History is way more clear with a Hellenic classical education, and someone who speaks like a native Greek and not as an outsider/foreigner who learned Greek. Dionysius Pyrrhus requests the exclusive use of Hellene in his Cheiragogy: "Never desire to call yourselves Romans, but Hellenes, for the Romans from ancient Rome enslaved and destroyed Hellas." And George Gemistus Plethon pointed out to Constantine Palaeologus that the people he leads are "Hellenes, as their race and language and education testifies". Ducas Vatatzes, wrote in a letter to Pope Gregory IX about the wisdom that "rains upon the Hellenic nation". He maintained that the transfer of the imperial authority from Rome to Constantinople was national and not geographic, and therefore did not belong to the Latins occupying Constantinople: Constantine's heritage was passed on to the Hellenes, so he argued, and they alone were its inheritors and successors. His son, Theodore II Lascaris, was eager to project the name of the Greeks with true nationalistic zeal. He made it a point that "the Hellenic race looms over all other languages" and that "every kind of philosophy and form of knowledge is a discovery of Hellenes […]. What do you, O Rome, have to display?" No other small country can compare with Greece in terms of impact on human benefit. In the beginning... God created the Earth, and in the light blue waters, put a small ship to travel forever, in order not only to give birth but also to transfer great ideas all over the world ... He called that ship...HELLAS! The Greeks created it, the Germans copy it, and the English exploit it. The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus

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The Romans copied it and made it better

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@@dco1487 Name one thing the Romans made better? Humanity echoes' to the footsteps of Plato, Aristotle, and Archimedes. And inventor Heron. Not Romans. In Rome the Greek doctors were the best. A time when Romans thought of war. Greeks thought of philosophy in Alexandria, they thought of thought itself.