Byzantium & Friends
Hosted by [Host Name] and Byzantium · Byzantium & Friends
4.9from 517 ratings
- 161
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 517
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Byzantium & Friends
Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.
- Publisher
- Byzantium & Friends
- Category
- education · history · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Sept 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 161 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
161. The politics of ignorance between theology and imperial power, with Lea Niccolai
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
160. Symeon the New Theologian: Queer desire in devotional poetry, with Derek Krueger
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
159. The art of the empire of Nicaea, with Naomi Pitamber
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161. The politics of ignorance between theology and imperial power, with Lea Niccolai
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But you're absolutely right in saying that the emperor, the emperor is a leader, is a political leader, is a military leader. He doesn't, of course, the emperors of the principate like to tap into the archetype of the philosopher king, like to play with patronage of artists and philosophers say that they like that kind of stuff, but it's not their job to know. They delegate mostly if they are undecided about something. So I think that with Constantine, who is the first Christian emperor in Roman history, things change very suddenly. because Constantine is in a sense legitimizing his power by claiming that he's connected to truth of a higher order. […]
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- Lea Niccolai
- Derek Krueger
- Naomi Pitamber
- Christopher Bonura
- Jeremy Swist
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- 4.8 / 5
- 195 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 322 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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