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”
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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?”
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”
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”
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”
7 Times Constantine XI Palaiologos Exemplified Bravery
Posted by Powee Celdran “As to surrendering the city to you, it is not for me to decide or for anyone else of its citizens; for all of us have reached the mutual decision to die of our own free will, without any regard for our lives“. -Constantine XI Palaiologos, 1453 Welcome back to theContinue reading “7 Times Constantine XI Palaiologos Exemplified Bravery”
Insights from 4 Content Creators on Popularizing Byzantine History
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger! For this post, I would be taking a break from my recent series on the top lists concerning Byzantine emperors and will thus return to doing an interactive article wherein this one will feature interviews with fellow content creators on Byzantine history such as myself.Continue reading “Insights from 4 Content Creators on Popularizing Byzantine History”
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”
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”
5 Reasons to Feel Bad for Justinian II and 5 Reasons to Hate Him
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are back again after a rather long time with a Byzantine history article! This time around, I have decided to revive my usual blog posts on Byzantium but this time with a unique feature on top 10s concerning the lives of certainContinue reading “5 Reasons to Feel Bad for Justinian II and 5 Reasons to Hate Him”
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