Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger! As the first post for this year 2025, I will do another interview with fellow content creators, on historical topics, not specifically Byzantine history this time. Last year, I have done an article like this wherein I interviewed 4 content creators on their passion forContinue reading “Insights from 3 New Content Creators on Popularizing History”
Category Archives: Special Edition Articles
A Time Traveller’s Guide to Byzantium: 62 Years that Shook and Shaped the Eastern Roman Empire- What to Expect?
Posted by Powee Celdran Ever since I first got fascinated with the rich and colorful history of the Byzantine Empire back in 2019, my interest for it never stopped, hence my life became all about the Byzantine Empire. For the past 5 years, I have read endlessly about Byzantine history whether through books, posted videosContinue reading “A Time Traveller’s Guide to Byzantium: 62 Years that Shook and Shaped the Eastern Roman Empire- What to Expect?”
A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine Graphic Novel “Basil: Basileus- Trajan’s Gate” from a Byzantine History Fan
Posted by Powee Celdran “Trajan’s Gate, the fourth part of the Basil: Basileus series I have to say is the best so far in the series! It not only has well-done illustrations that bring the world of Byzantium to life but its story is so well-written and intense with action packed battle scenes, exciting courtContinue reading “A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine Graphic Novel “Basil: Basileus- Trajan’s Gate” from a Byzantine History Fan”
Everything Wrong in the Byzantine Empire Arc in Netflix’s “Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and this time we are doing a special edition article critiquing the recently released season 3 of Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla! It’s been a while since I have done an article which is a review and reaction to something Byzantine, but just last month the latestContinue reading “Everything Wrong in the Byzantine Empire Arc in Netflix’s “Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3″
Arabs as High Officials in the Byzantine Empire- A Guest Post by Natalie Mallat
Posted by Natalie Mallat About me Natalie Mallat is a freelance writer with a particular interest in Medieval Arab history. She enjoys running the history blog You can follow her Instagram @medievalarabhistory and Linkedin @bibliotecanatalie for regular posts. Abbasid and Byzantine sources are filled with names of Arabs in Byzantium. Capturing Arabs and transferring themContinue reading “Arabs as High Officials in the Byzantine Empire- A Guest Post by Natalie Mallat”
A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine graphic novel “Basil: Basileus- Son of Cappadocia” from a Byzantine history fan
Posted by Powee Celdran “Son of Cappadocia, the third part of the Basil: Basileus series again does an excellent job in bringing the complex world of 10th century Byzantium to life especially when it comes to the intensity of the battles in this epic civil war fought by the forces of the imperial administration ofContinue reading “A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine graphic novel “Basil: Basileus- Son of Cappadocia” from a Byzantine history fan”
Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- Game Mechanics and Elements
Posted by Powee Celdran Got to byzantinetimetraveller.com if you’re interested n ordering the game. As the board game I created Battle for Byzantium is now finally out, here’s another article I made that I would like to share with you all about the game! In the past few months leading up to the game’s release,Continue reading “Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- Game Mechanics and Elements”
Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- A Tour of the Game’s 18 Cities
Posted by Powee Celdran See previous article on the “Battle for Byzantium” board game here. The board game Battle for Byzantium is soon to be released! Last time, I wrote an article on the board game I am producing, how I came up with the idea of it, and what to expect from it. NowContinue reading “Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- A Tour of the Game’s 18 Cities”
Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- How it All Started and What to Expect
Posted by Powee Celdran The idea for the game began in 2019 when I found myself immersed in the rich and colorful history of the Byzantine Empire after reading about the Eastern Romans and traveling to some of their historic cities in Europe. This sparked a journey of discovery that led me to discover evenContinue reading “Battle for Byzantium: The Board Game- How it All Started and What to Expect”
A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine graphic novel “Basil: Basileus- Nothos” from a Byzantine history fan
Posted by Powee Celdran “Nothos, the second part of the Basil: Basileus series once more does an excellent job in bringing the complex history and politics of the 10th century Byzantine Empire to life whether it be with the luxuries of the imperial palace or the intensity of the civil war battles. It truly givesContinue reading “A Review and Reaction to the Byzantine graphic novel “Basil: Basileus- Nothos” from a Byzantine history fan”
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