#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires

“you have written one of the books is Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade. So this period has, we talk about survival and some low points”

“that are connecting these peaks together? And that's how I tried to write the big history, The New Roman Empire, is to tell the story by casting light in those darker places. That is to show how, especially, institutions and ideologies sort of tie, you know, people's lives together.”