Insights from 3 New Content Creators on Popularizing History

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”

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”

7 Key Moments in the Life of Basil I the Macedonian

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 12th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867-886),Continue reading “7 Key Moments in the Life of Basil I the Macedonian”

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″

6 Times Empress Theodora Exercised Political Power

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 9th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, it will be a spin-off article to the previous articleContinue reading “6 Times Empress Theodora Exercised Political Power”

10 Unknown Facts about Emperor Justinian I

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 fourth part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over probably the most famous Byzantine,Continue reading “10 Unknown Facts about Emperor Justinian I”

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”

The Legacy of the Byzantine Empire- An Epilogue to the Byzantine Alternate History Series; Featuring Interviews with 3 Byzantine History Enthusiasts

Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger! It’s now been over 2 weeks since I finished the final chapter of my 12-part Byzantine Alternate History series that had been going on for almost 8 months! Now since I have just finished the finale (chapter XII) of my 12-part Byzantine Alternate History series,Continue reading “The Legacy of the Byzantine Empire- An Epilogue to the Byzantine Alternate History Series; Featuring Interviews with 3 Byzantine History Enthusiasts”