Justinian & Theodora - Lies - Extra History
Added 2016-03-04 18:31:41 +0000 UTCLast week, we bid farewell to Justinian and Theodora. Today, we look back on the lies we told in exploring his story!
P.S. The audio pop has now been fixed!
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They were until the Crusades! During the Second Crusade, the king of Sicily took over some old Byzantine silk centers and imported the industry to Italy. Later Crusades helped break down and spread the silk industry even further.
Extra History
2016-03-06 17:29:44 +0000 UTCWow, the story of the silk worm eggs was awesome. Were the Byzantines able to prevent other European empires from stealing silk worms from them? Is that why it helped them so much financially?
Chase Denecke
2016-03-05 20:51:16 +0000 UTCI blame Justinian for having so many accomplishments that it was hard (narratively) to encompass them all!
Extra History
2016-03-05 18:30:23 +0000 UTCSometimes we do choose what makes a clear (and attention-getting) title for the series in order to get people to check the videos out and hopefully learn something - at which point it becomes our goal to do right by the subject matter and present it with more nuance than the title might convey. :)
Extra History
2016-03-05 18:30:06 +0000 UTCI'm so glad James mentioned the Silk, that felt like one of the more unusual beneficial achievements of Rome.
RMS Oceanic
2016-03-04 21:22:55 +0000 UTC"Eary Christian Heresies" sounds like a great subject, but the title is a little bit problematic in my opinion. Heresy is a very negatively charged term, and also it makes it seem like these were short-lived, excessive and violent affairs. But that's a conception of the word "heresy" that stems from the way medieval (and later) heresies were often looked upon. Early Christian denominations like Arianism or Monophysites or Nestorites, on the contrary, were well-established faiths that sometimes lasted for centuries. Of course, in the eyes of the denominations that later prevailed, they were heretical, but yeah... I know it makes for a clearer title for a series, I just hope it will be clear that for some centuries Arianism, Monophysites etc were actual parallel forms of Christianity. Anyway, sorry for the rant, and thanks again for a great show!
Matt Lakits doesn't have the mental energy to update their Patreon name anymore, but still listens to every episode avidly!
2016-03-04 20:57:35 +0000 UTCWe pulled the original link to fix the audio issue at the start of the episode, but it took a while for YouTube to process the upload on the replacement. So it was down for a bit, but the link (and audio) is fixed so we're back now! Sorry for that.
Extra History
2016-03-04 19:09:45 +0000 UTCNah, we had an audio issue at the start of the episode. We had to pull the original upload in order to make a new one, and it took a while for the new version to be ready. Sorry about that - it's ready now!
Extra History
2016-03-04 19:09:05 +0000 UTCWe were re-uploading to fix the audio pop! It's fixed now, so try the new link!
Extra History
2016-03-04 19:07:55 +0000 UTCOH, nevermind! Hope you can figure out the issue!
Turlas85
2016-03-04 19:07:34 +0000 UTCCan't watch it. What happened?
Turlas85
2016-03-04 19:07:05 +0000 UTCDid you guys accidentally post it publicly or something?
Sylvia Argent
2016-03-04 18:55:31 +0000 UTCVideo has been removed by user?
Forrest Venable
2016-03-04 18:52:26 +0000 UTCOh, and at the end, James references the vote for the next series topic! That vote will go live on Saturday, when the video's released to the rest of the world. Early Access creates some interesting confusion.
Extra History
2016-03-04 18:34:28 +0000 UTC
