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?”
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”
10 Key Moments in the Life of Nikephoros II Phokas
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 15th and final part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas (r.Continue reading “10 Key Moments in the Life of Nikephoros II Phokas”
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”
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”
7 Times Empress Irene of Athens 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 11th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of certain emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Irene of Athens (r. 797-802), theContinue reading “7 Times Empress Irene of Athens Exercised Political Power”
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″
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”
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