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A documentary about the life and reign of Romanos II 'the younger'.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Romanos II's Government and Reforms
04:34 The Reconquest of Crete
12:06 Basil Peteinos' Conspiracy
13:32 Breaking the Hamdanids
16:06 Death and Assessment
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Romanos II, Novels, edited and translated by E. McGeer, (2000).
Theodosius the Deacon, The Capture of Crete, edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Theophanes Continuatus, Book VI, translated by edited and translated by
M. Featherstone and J. Signes-Codoner, (2025).
Symeon the Logothete, Chronicle - Version B, partially edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, Toronto.
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.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, (Washington D. C).
Treadgold, W. (1995) Byzantium and Its Army 284-1081, Stanford.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'War Situation', 'Theme of the WLO', 'Three Kings', 'VENDETTA', 'White Storm', 'Showdown' and 'Notice of Death' by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoshimi Kudo, Azusa Chiba and Mitsuhiro Kaneda.
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 life and reign of Romanos II 'the younger'.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Romanos II's Government and Reforms
04:34 The Reconquest of Crete
12:06 Basil Peteinos' Conspiracy
13:32 Breaking the Hamdanids
16:06 Death and Assessment
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Romanos II, Novels, edited and translated by E. McGeer, (2000).
Theodosius the Deacon, The Capture of Crete, edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Theophanes Continuatus, Book VI, translated by edited and translated by
M. Featherstone and J. Signes-Codoner, (2025).
Symeon the Logothete, Chronicle - Version B, partially edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, Toronto.
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.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, (Washington D. C).
Treadgold, W. (1995) Byzantium and Its Army 284-1081, Stanford.
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'War Situation', 'Theme of the WLO', 'Three Kings', 'VENDETTA', 'White Storm', 'Showdown' and 'Notice of Death' by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoshimi Kudo, Azusa Chiba and Mitsuhiro Kaneda.
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.
