The Twenty Years' Anarchy | Byzantine History
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- The Twenty Years' Anarchy was the cherry atop an awful century for the Byzantine Empire: from 602 to 628, the Empire fought tooth-and-nail to defeat the Sassanids; from 632 onwards, they were caught in a new death struggle against the Muslims. Now, as the seventh century draws to a close, a new round of civil strife threatens to pull the Empire apart for the final time - all the while the Muslims, their eyes fixed covetously on Constantinople, continue to make inroads into the few remaining imperial territories.
In other words, the Byzantines were hurtling headfirst out of the frying pan and into the fire.
00:00 Intro
00:48 Justinian's First Reign
04:22 Leontius
05:11 Tiberius III
07:07 Justinian's Second Reign
10:17 Philippicus Bardanes
11:41 Anastasius II
12:28 Theodosius III
15:14 Leo III
16:15 Outro
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Music used: (In Chronological Order)
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Tabruk by Kevin MacLeod
Arid Foothills by Kevin MacLeod
Grave Blow by Kevin MacLeod
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod
Vortex by Kevin MacLeod
Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod
Curse of the Scarab by Kevin MacLeod
Heavy Heart by Kevin MacLeod
What Does Anybody Know About Anything? by Chris Zabriskie
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Imagine being assigned as a foreign emperor’s personal bodyguard only to be strangled to death by a noseless psychopath once you arrived
*"You picked the wrong house, fool!"*
If someone who had no knowledge of Byzantine history asked me to name them an emperor to read about to ease them in and give them an idea of what Byzantine politics was like, I'd say Justinian II. His reign had so many highs and lows, so many examples of treachery and duplicity, encapsulated how the Eastern Roman Empire for most of its history was both strong and yet vulnerable, and also just how massively different it was from Classical Rome on a cultural level.
he was prety badass sometimes charging with his men into constantinople and choking his bodyguards with his bare hands.
Comeback story that rightfully belongs in the historical record. What a life.
I recommend Peter Crawford, Justinian II. Also a contemporary source. The Chronicles of Theophanes translated by Turtledove. He would make a great mini-series.
The Julio-Claudian era was about as Byzantine as it gets, minus the Patriarch.
Good point.
Wildly underrated period. Great video!
Just discovered this channel, great summary of a period I was only vaguely aware of. Keep up the good work!
I absolutely love every bit of this channel, it's extremely underrated. I'm glad I stumbled upon it, keep up the great work!
Give us some more of this videos. Great content 👍
Great video as always!
Great video!
Awesome video :)
any plans for a video about Trebizond or other roman rump states?
Wow.
With something to absorb your voice near the mic (even pillows or egg cartons) and you'd be (legit) trading punches with bigger channels.
Not that its to the point of distraction!!!
Far from it!
I just brought it up b/c its something you can easily augment.
Shakesperian character - Justinian II
Is there a chance you could mention where you got your sources for your information on Anastasius II? I'm doing a project on him and would like to read where you got your information.
Justinian II had his mugshot taken while in Crimea?
I understand why justinian was hated by upper class,but why from the lower?
Heavy taxes
@@Serapeum i think that Justinian the second had done the right tinghs,but if he kept the Alliance with bulgar and kazar could had pushed away the Arabs from Borders..giving tervel the rank of Caesar could had helped Roman Empire securing danube frontiers..
@@alessandrogini5283 If you think Bulgaria would give up everything south of the Danube (more than 2/3 of the country and Pliska) fir the Caesar title, you are totally misled.
Bulgaria wouldn't want to ally against the Caliphate because it didn't affect it, but was beneficial to it. And Khazaria and Rome wouldn't be enough.
Justinian, my beloved
I think Titus could have Been a good leader if he was able to control his anger
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the map in the start is inaccurate, the slavs never owned lands that far south, they were only raided once
From what I've read, most of the Peleponnese was lost to migrating Slavic tribes, with direct imperial control being mostly non-existent in the region by 747. There probably weren't huge numbers of Slavs moving into the region, but they were a potent and restless force. It was only during the regency of Irene for her son Constantine VI that direct imperial control was reasserted over the lands of Greece.
Then, during the reign of Irene's successor Nikephoros I, the city of Patras was attacked by locals Slavs. This spooked the authorities and Nikephoros decided to resettle the region. Thousands of Greek settlers were brought over to the Peloponnese from Anatolia; this re-Hellenised and re-Christianised the region, and the locals Slavs were assimilated. (There are still quite a few place names in the Peleponnese which have Slavic origins.)
It was worse. All of Mainland Greece was more or less abandoned. Refugees were taken to Italy, Sicily, and the Aegean. Only a few strongholds were left, like Dyrrachium, Thessaloniki, and parts of the southern Aegean coasts. Thessaloniki was actually cut off by land, and traveling there needed to be accomplished either by sea, or with an army in tow.
As stated above, mainland Greece had to be recolonized in the 9th century. Citizens from Anatolia were forcibly relocated, as well as people returning from Italy, Sicily, etc.
Slavs lingered on in the inner parts of the peloponnese for a while before being fully hellenized/romanized, read up on the Melingoi
Iconoclasm
not yet
Based Bulgars🌝
Love em, they and the eastern romans loved punching each other in the face when the other wasn’t looking.
@@cjthebeesknees i guess Basil the Bulgar slayer would be the equivalent of a kick to the balls lol.
*Basil II the Based would like to know your location*