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A documentary about the reign of Nikephoros II Phokas, a tenth-century warrior-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Chapters:
00:00 Taron and the Fatimids
03:55 A Tale of Two Emperors
06:31 The Church vs Nikephoros II
09:45 The Laws and Reforms of Nikephoros II
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
John Zonaras, Epitome of Histories, edited by T. Buttner-Wobst, (1897).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Luidprand of Cremona, The Works of Luidprand of Cremona, translated by F. A. Wright (1930).
Michael Psellus, Historia Syntamos, edited and translated by W. J. Aerts (1990).
Nikephoros II, Novels, translated by E. McGeer, (2000).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Kaldellis, A. (2017) Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. To the First Crusade. Oxford.
McGeer, E. (2000), The Land Legislation of the Macedonian Emperors, Toronto.
McGeer, E. (1994), Sowing the Gragons Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
Morris, R. (1988) 'The Two Faces of Nikephoros Phokas', in BMGS 12, 83-115.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
A documentary about the reign of Nikephoros II Phokas, a tenth-century warrior-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Chapters:
00:00 Taron and the Fatimids
03:55 A Tale of Two Emperors
06:31 The Church vs Nikephoros II
09:45 The Laws and Reforms of Nikephoros II
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
John Zonaras, Epitome of Histories, edited by T. Buttner-Wobst, (1897).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Luidprand of Cremona, The Works of Luidprand of Cremona, translated by F. A. Wright (1930).
Michael Psellus, Historia Syntamos, edited and translated by W. J. Aerts (1990).
Nikephoros II, Novels, translated by E. McGeer, (2000).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Kaldellis, A. (2017) Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. To the First Crusade. Oxford.
McGeer, E. (2000), The Land Legislation of the Macedonian Emperors, Toronto.
McGeer, E. (1994), Sowing the Gragons Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
Morris, R. (1988) 'The Two Faces of Nikephoros Phokas', in BMGS 12, 83-115.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
