Honorius

By any chance are you talking about the doco called "the Crescent And The Cross"?

Onosander do you have the links to these websites?

Paladin 51% Combativeness, 30% Sneakiness, 38% Intellect, 77% Spirituality Valorous! Noble! Or possibly just a self-righteous jerk

mine is Valandil Faelivrin ok....lol

i know this is going to sound weird but i would probably be a Court Eunuch. It would be a cool job being very wealthy and high up in the government. It would be good if u take out the castration part of it. I would probably be around in the Byzantine era.

mine would have to be either Mother Theresa or Princess Diana both for humanitarian

Who is your favourite woman throughout the history of Byzantium? Irene has to be my favourite women in Byzantine history. For her desire and lsut for the throne. She acted as regent but was later dethroned by her son. She was very cunning in gaining revenge on her son Constantine by having his eyes out. Gotta love that evil Irene. It is said that she had agents feed her son false intelligence about the enemy and so he returned to constantinople and soon found out that the saracens had not retreated and had broken into asia minor. Many despised him after this (Coward). She easily gained alot of support

Oh my God is it already out? man i ben dieying for the expansion does anyone know if it out in australia yet? fafnir are there any historical battles?

Well as Pilus i got about half way through the first one and jsut gave up. i started reading the second book (death of the kings) its extremely exciting and fast paced at the begininning of the book which was entertaining but i soon also gave it up about half way through.. i dont know it jsut got a bit boring for me...hmmm maybe im a bit fussy

Which emperor are u referring to? Isaac II, Alexius III, Alexius Angelus (Alexius IV) or Alexius Ducas (Murtzuplus)

Hey, thankyou guys for all the suggestions. I was also wondering by chance if any of you guys have read "The Secret History"-Procopius. Is it worth the read or not? Also are there any books based around Belisarius' campaigns in the west and also the fall of Constantinople to the Turks? ps. im still looking for AHM jones books lol

ah yes thankyou viggen i will look into that book.. How do u mean abridged Ursus? Ah Yes Tobias i have read the last legion by Valerio Massimo manfredi- an incredible fiction book... Well at the moment i am reading Lord norwichs books on the rise and fall of the Byzantine empire but are interested also in the fall of the west.. Thanks guys

Hey, I was jsut wondering if anyone could recommend me books about the fall of the western empire.. Also is Gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire a essential book to read if i plan on going to university and studying byzantine history? thanks for any help

If would have to agree with you guys.. Heraclius's campiagns and victories were magnificent..... Also i think it was Heraclius' brother Theodore was superb as was the Patriarch Sergius in the defence of constantinople after it was beseiged by both the Avars and the Persians when Heraclius was off in persia. I liked the way that they messed with the minds of the persians and the Avars when they imprisoned some of the persian ambassadors and changed all the messages. Jus superb

wow, George these are truly great pictures, by any chance could you scan a few more. lol please!!!.. these are so cool.. keep up the good work at that scanner of yours lol... thankyou man for these mad pics by any chance is that column in front of Hagia Sophia the column of Constantine the great?

heya mate, thankyou for posting pics of the byzantines i alwasy wondered what their troops looked like.....could you by anychance tell me what book you got these from?? thankyou again,

I choose Manzikert...After this defeat i guess it begun The byzantine empires downfall as the Emperor asked the west for help. This Ulimately led to the sack of constantinople and the fall of Constantinople in 1453

ah ok thankyou pilus- was planning to study later roman empire and Byzantine studies

hey, im a student in Australia-only 15 and plan to go to college and study history to become either a teacher or historian Just a quick question...Does anyone know if Historians get paid much?

Ah ok, ty I am more interested in military and the politics of the Byzantine empire so it should be a great book for me..thankyou

hey, i was jsut wondering if any of you guys own or have read Norwichs books on byzantium? and are they any good?....are they pretty accurate? thankyou for any help

Im sorry if this topic isnt meant to be here but i didnt know where else to post it... Do any of you guys know any good books on the knights of the Hospital-Knights of St John who were in the crusades and on the island of rhodes and malta... And any good boooks on the battle of Lepanto thanx..

my interest in history began when my brother had to create a board game for a school project and he based it on a castle and a seige. i then got hooked onto medieval history after watching the battle of stirling in the movie braveheart-i mustve watched that scene over 1000 times because i wrecked the video after rewinding it so much and playing it. I was just amazed by the cavalry charge. this began when i was in grade 3. My school library had a very small section on history but i found a book on world history which i memorised in my remaining years in primary school. And at the moment i am reading a novel written by David Anthony Durham called Pride of Carthage. The board game and braveheart triggered my love for ancient warfare and history..

my favourtie battle has to be Agincourt or seige of Acre

thanks pilus