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”
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5 Victories and 5 Defeats of Isaac II Angelos
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the 14th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Emperor Isaac II Angelos (r. 1185-1195/ 1203-1204)Continue reading “5 Victories and 5 Defeats of Isaac II Angelos”
10 Times Alexios I Komnenos Saved the Byzantine Empire
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the 13th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118) whoContinue reading “10 Times Alexios I Komnenos Saved the Byzantine Empire”
10 Key Moments in the Life of Emperor Heraclius
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the 10th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over the 7th century Byzantine emperor HeracliusContinue reading “10 Key Moments in the Life of Emperor Heraclius”
8 Times Emperor Zeno was a Survivor
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the 8th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will talk about Zeno (r. 474-475/ 476-491), the EasternContinue reading “8 Times Emperor Zeno was a Survivor”
8 Times Michael VIII Palaiologos was an “Evil Genius”
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the third part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will talk about possibly one of the most schemingContinue reading “8 Times Michael VIII Palaiologos was an “Evil Genius””
10 Surprising Facts About Basil II
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are once again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the second part of this series featuring top 10s concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will talk about the longest reigning and oneContinue reading “10 Surprising Facts About Basil II”
The Battle for the Fate of the World- Byzantine Alternate History Spin-off (Finale Story)
Posted by Powee Celdran DISCLAIMER: Although this is almost entirely a work of fiction, it is based on true events and characters. This story alters events that transpired in the 4th century using real historical figures but having a totally different story altogether. READ THE ROMAN-GOTHIC WAR SPIN-OFF and BYZANTINE ALTERNATE HISTORY CHAPTER I BEFOREContinue reading “The Battle for the Fate of the World- Byzantine Alternate History Spin-off (Finale Story)”
The Byzantine Renaissance: Byzantium in the 16th Century- An Epilogue to Byzantine Alternate History
Posted by Powee Celdran DISCLAIMER: Although this story is based on historical events and characters, it is mostly based on my own personal theories and hypotheses on how things would be if Byzantium was around in the 16th century, thus it will be half fictional. READ BYZANTINE ALTERNATE HISTORY CHAPTER XII FIRST! Welcome to theContinue reading “The Byzantine Renaissance: Byzantium in the 16th Century- An Epilogue to Byzantine Alternate History”
A Fan Fiction Retelling of Justinian the Great’s Early Life- Byzantine Alternate History Spin-off
Posted by Powee Celdran DISCLAIMER: Although this story is based on historical events, it adds a few fictional elements to the 5th and 6th century history with both real historical figures and fictional ones. READ BYZANTINE ALTERNATE HISTORY CHAPTER III FIRST Welcome to the third part of the spin-off stories to the Byzantine Alternate HistoryContinue reading “A Fan Fiction Retelling of Justinian the Great’s Early Life- Byzantine Alternate History Spin-off”
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