Just finished part one and thought "Damn, I wish part two was out now" Lo and behold

I must say I only found your podcast about a month ago and it has captivated me ever since, I listen to it at work and have managed to get to episode 201 in that timeframe. I will be devastated to say the least when i get toward the end.. but still have a good while to go! mainly wanted to say thank you so much for the professional and extremely detailed podcasts you make. what youve done for people like me who have always loved this time in history but dont have the time to dedicate to fully learning the ins and outs is wonderful. Easily the best media to date on the overall history of Byzantium in my personal opinion! I would recommend it in a heart beat to anybody even slightly interested in history. Thank you again Robin your a true legend!

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

7 ай бұрын

That's so kind of you, thank you so much

@HistoryHD0301

7 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast You deserve it mate. You should be proud of yourself!

What a great video. Waffle-free narration, good photos, and a good map, frequently re-shown, to illustrate where the photos were taken. I congratulate you on producing a tutorial which is an example of how TV programmes should be made [ but are not ]. Thank you.

I walked the part 2 wall long before I saw this video, great stuff thanks.

Much nicer than Occasionalinople.

@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded

8 ай бұрын

Haha

Very good. Thank you!

Wonderful video, thank you.

thank you taking me on a walk I would love to take, but shall probably never have the opportunity to do.

This is so awesome. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge

What A Video!...Excellent work and very informative. Thanks

Been listening to the podcast for a long time, good to see moving to the medium of video and it looks great! Keep it up Robin

This channel is great. just subscribed

Great video and greetings from Hong Kong. Can't wait for further episodes. Do you find it difficult to find roads or paths walking along the entire wall? Planning to spend a morning for that when visiting Istanbul.

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

Жыл бұрын

No not difficult. There are a couple of points where you can't continue on but you can switch to the other side of the walls and carry on

Very good videos, thank you. I followed some of your tips when I visited the walls.

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. It's funny how out of date my advice already is. I don't know if you were able to see the Golden Gate up close but it is now open to the public.

Kudos 👏

I'm surprised that you didn't mention the postern gate mistakenly left open through which the Ottomans entered.

I wonder why the Ottoman Palace at the other end of the city came to be known as Topkapi.

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's odd, wikipedia doesn't seem to know

@SirPeterKozlov

9 ай бұрын

One of the Ottoman Sultans built a summer palace near the Land walls. It was named Topkapı (Cannon Gate) Palace because of the salute cannons in front of it. The palace was wooden and it was destroyed completely in a fire. Then they gave its name to the other palace. Before then, current Topkapi Palace was known as Yeni Saray (The New Palace)

Is there any episode where the mosaics of the church of sant Vitale in ravenna are talked about? I seem to remever one but can't fint it anymore :(

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

Жыл бұрын

I haven't made a video about them but I showed them briefly in the video on the Church of St Sergius and Bacchus

Nice presentation! Is there any remains which may suggest where the Constantinian walls were located or is it just a scholarly speculation?

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

9 ай бұрын

Not remains that I know of but I think scholars have a good sense of where it was. www.youtube.com/@TheByzantineLegacy would know more than me

From brothel to museum. A long way downhill, sadly.

Thank you sir for showing Great walls o f modern turkey n China etc.

One day Greek will rise again ❤❤❤

Why do people live in the ruins of those walls? I'm assuming they're homeless, but you never know. Do they seem to "respect" the ruins? Is it common in ancient cities for people to live in ruins that way? It's very surprising to me.

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

3 ай бұрын

Yes homeless people or refugees. Most cities don't have walls that are as large as this so it's not typical for most cities

Loved it. thank you The Fall of Constantinople always fills me with sadness...

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It sucks that all is this ended up in Turkey.

@zaferzaferoglu978

8 ай бұрын

Zoruna mı gitti

Will never ever listen to your podcast on spotify ever again. I sleep to it, and waking up to some idiot yelling about driving for Uber 3 times last night was more than enough. What a waste.

The colonizers will be removed one day

@aaronburr2816

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think so

Was walking the walls near the Gate of Charisius back in January. Went under/through a couple of gated-off sections from the city-side... didn't realise access may have been easier on the other side. No harm. But there were a lot of dodgy looking 'gentlemen' around the outside of the Gate. Didn't give us any problems, but I was on high alert. Not sure what that was all about...

@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast

3 ай бұрын

There is a history of drug dealing and homelessness around different parts of the walls. Not that it was necessarily either of those things.