Byzantium and the Ghosts of Rome (TRIH ep 157)
1453 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multipart discussion about when — and how — the Roman Empire ended. They examine the late antique and medieval transitions around Heraclius, the Persian wars, the Arab conquests (including the Battle of Yarmouk, August 636) and the consequent territorial and cultural contraction of Constantinople's empire. They debate key punctuation points (1204, 1453, 1461) and the persistence of Roman identity in Byzantium.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1453
- Spanish Reconquista last campaign (1482)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Martin Luther (1483)
- The Last Supper (1495)