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Episode 282 - The New Roman Empire with ...

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Professor Kaldellis' new history of Byzantium is out now in the USA and on Kindle everywhere.


In this episode he answers your questions. Including succession mechanisms, taxation, the Senate, usurpers, Belisarius, Maurice and many more topics.



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