Empire of Gold: A History of the Byzantine Empire

Lecture 1. The emerging empire of new Rome, 284-457

Lecture 2. Justinian and the reconquest of the West, 457-565

Lecture 3. The city of Constantinople: a guided tour of the greatest city in the western world

Lecture 4. The turn eastward, 565-717

Lecture 5. Survival, 717-867

Lecture 6. A golden age: the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1025

Lecture 7. Weakness and wealth, 1025-1081

Lecture 8. The turn to the West: the Comnenan Dynasty, 1081-1180

Lecture 9. Decline, decay, and destruction, 1180-1204

Lecture 10. Struggle for Byzantium's corpse, 1204-1261

Lecture 11. The empire reborn, 1261-1328

Lecture 12. The final decline, 1328-1391

Lecture 13. The fall of Rome, 1391-1453

Lecture 14. Aftermath and legacy.