Episode 265 - The 10 Greatest Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis
The History of Byzantium
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The Importance of Being Isolationist
His pro Latin policy was unpopular at home. And it indicates just how deeply rooted this anti quote Greek bias was in the West and among the Latins that they really admired him. Of course, they also took his money, but that good will did not extend to his subjects at all. He wasn't actually thinking I'm going to be Emperor, he had he imagined being Emperor would have thought I'll be fighting in Anatolia. That's what we're doing. We'll be trying to get Antioch back. Now I like it very much.
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