Bonus V- The Worst Byzantine Emperors (feat. Eastern Roman History)

Bonus V- The Worst Byzantine Emperors (feat. Eastern Roman History)

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Daniel from the YouTube channel Eastern Roman History! This is a collaboration where we discuss the best and the west that the Byzantine portion of Roman history has to offer us. We discussed our candidates for the greatest Byzantine emperors over on his channel- now let's turn to the worst rulers who have ever sat atop the imperial throne.


Sources used in our discussion during this collaboration:

  • Davis, L. D. (1990), The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787), Their History and Theology. Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier, Inc.
  • Dennis, G. T. (1984), Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Gibbon, E. (1905), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume IV. London: Methuen's Standard Library.
  • Hughes
  • Linn, J. (2012), The Roman Grain Supply, 442-455. Journal of Late Antiquity 5(2): 298-321.
  • Norwich, J. J. (2013), A Short History of Byzantium. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
  • Panou, Eirini (2023), Ensuring Childbirth in Byzantium: Deviant and non-deviant practices. Byzantina Symmeikta: 165-181.
  • Turtledove, H. (1982), The Chronicle of Theophanes: An English translation of anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602 813), with introduction and notes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Venning, T. (ed.) (2006), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Andronikos I (online) (Accessed 06/04/2024).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Basiliscus (online) (Accessed 06/04/2024).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Zoe Porphyrogennita (online) (Accessed 06/04/2024).

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