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Episode 501 ·

“Rome NEVER Fell!” - The Hidden Roman Empire, The Vatican & Crusades

Anthony Kaldellis 3:09:12

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(***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~Anthony Kaldellis is a Greek-American historian and Byzantinist who serves as the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Lesvos, Sappho, Athens’ growth, WWII, physics to philosophy
10:53 - Ancient vs. modern Greek, Thucydides, Rome to Byzantium
24:26 - Roman, Greek & Christian society, church HR, Byzantine term
37:49 - Roman melting pot, East vs. West, year 212, Zorro
47:55 - Caracalla, Nazis & Byzantine law, Constantine, naming Italy
58:09 - Constantine’s conversion, Chi-Rho, Roman peak, East vs. West
1:12:36 - Roads from Rome, absent emperors, Julian, mobile Rome
1:23:28 - Romania, Carthage, another Rome, Egyptomania & tourism
1:35:00 - Obelisk damage, tetrarchy, East-West drift, fall of the West
1:49:20 - Unplanned cycles, fast empire collapse, wrapping it up
2:01:45 - Armies, crisis & unity, America’s culture war, 9/11
2:11:06 - Baghdad, petitioning for leniency, suffering as rhetoric, taxes
2:21:38 - Taxes & armies, billionaires, the self-made myth
2:24:58 - Elite separation, provincial emperors, Julian, Justinian, Vatican archives
2:41:46 - Church split, Justinian’s Italy invasion, Byzantine legacy
2:51:44 - Byzantines & Crusades, Alexius, Fourth Crusade, Trabzon
3:03:27 - Slow Latin recovery, Orthodoxy, the light bulb joke
3:08:01 - Anthony’s Work

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 501 - Anthony Kaldellis
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  1. 0:00 Lesvos, Sappho, Athens’ growth, WWII, physics to philosophy
  2. 10:53 Ancient vs. modern Greek, Thucydides, Rome to Byzantium
  3. 24:26 Roman, Greek & Christian society, church HR, Byzantine term
  4. 37:49 Roman melting pot, East vs. West, year 212, Zorro
  5. 47:55 Caracalla, Nazis & Byzantine law, Constantine, naming Italy
  6. 58:09 Constantine’s conversion, Chi-Rho, Roman peak, East vs. West
  7. 1:12:36 Roads from Rome, absent emperors, Julian, mobile Rome
  8. 1:23:28 Romania, Carthage, another Rome, Egyptomania & tourism
  9. 1:35:00 Obelisk damage, tetrarchy, East-West drift, fall of the West
  10. 1:49:20 Unplanned cycles, fast empire collapse, wrapping it up
  11. 2:01:45 Armies, crisis & unity, America’s culture war, 9/11
  12. 2:11:06 Baghdad, petitioning for leniency, suffering as rhetoric, taxes
  13. 2:21:38 Taxes & armies, billionaires, the self-made myth
  14. 2:24:58 Elite separation, provincial emperors, Julian, Justinian, Vatican archives
  15. 2:41:46 Church split, Justinian’s Italy invasion, Byzantine legacy
  16. 2:51:44 Byzantines & Crusades, Alexius, Fourth Crusade, Trabzon
  17. 3:03:27 Slow Latin recovery, Orthodoxy, the light bulb joke
  18. 3:08:01 Anthony's Work
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