After facing decades of civil wars and invasions following the death of Alexander, peace was restored in Macedonia by the capable Antigonid king Antigonus II 'Gonatas', who strengthened the kingdom's hegemony over the Greek Peninsula in a reign that lasted an impressive 40 years. Despite this, we know very little about the man and his exploits. Author and independent scholar Robin Waterfield ("Dividing the Spoils", "Taken at the Flood") joins the show to discuss his new book "The Making of a King: Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks", which seeks to chronicle the life of Antigonus and provide a guide through the often-hazy period of the 3rd century BC. Episode Notes: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/interview-on-antigonus-ii-gonatas-w-robin-waterfield/) Robin Waterfield Website: (https://www.robinwaterfield.com/) "The Making of a King: Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks" University of Chicago Press: (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo35461992.html) Amazon: (https://www.amazon.com/Making-King-Antigonus-Gonatas-Macedon/dp/022661137X/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Making+of+a+king&qid=1618777213&sr=8-5) Social Media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/) Show Merchandise: Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod) Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u) Donations: Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)
<p>Our sixteenth Kickstarter backers reward episode looks at the relationship between Byzantium and the Rus and later Russia in conversation with Professor Sergey Ivanov.</p><p>Professor Ivanov is a Russian scholar who has been studying Byzantium for many decades. He currently works in the Institute of Oriental and Ancient Studies at the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow. </p><p>He has written several books about Byzantium as well as contributing hundreds of articles to the field. His areas of study include Byzantine religious missions, the cultural influence of Byzantium on the Rus', Holy Fools and Constantinople itself. He has also taken part in public lectures and debates on the legacy of Byzantium in modern Russia.</p><p>To see his full list of publications please click <a href="https://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/77284674" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> . His books <a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272518.001.0001/acprof-9780199272518" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond’</a> and <a href="https://books.google.ru/books/about/Pearls_Before_Swine.html?id=c-krjgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Pearls before Swine: Missionary Work in Byzantium’</a> have been translated into English. As have a number of articles and other book chapters. </p><p>To read a public lecture which Professor Ivanov gave in 2009 about “The Second Rome as Seen by the Third: Russian Debates on the “Byzantine Legacy” please click <a href="http://polit.ru/article/2009/04/14/vizant/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
<p>The Highlands of New Guinea are one of the most remote places on the planet, a maze of crosscutting valleys and enormous mountains that weren't reached by outsiders until the 1930s. Yet they're also one of the world's original centers of agriculture, a place responsible for domesticating crops like taro and the omnipresent banana. Crops on which millions of people rely today trace their origin all the way back to the isolated high valleys of New Guinea many thousands of years ago.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out in July! You can preorder (in hard copy, e-book, or audiobook) <a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em> here.</a></p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
Herodotus described Egypt as the gift of the Nile River, and without a doubt the Ptolemaic rulers took full advantage of the land’s agricultural prosperity. In addition to their exploitation of the Nile’s annual inundation, the Ptolemies would introduce the most rigorously developed (or exploitative) taxation system ever seen in Egypt, and would enable them to become the wealthiest people in the world of the 3rd century BC. We will take a look at the administrative layout of Hellenistic Egypt in order to see how the Ptolemaic dynasty oversaw such a financial juggernaut, ranging from the day-to-day operations of their many officials to grand imperial projects such as the reclamation of the Fayyum Oasis. Show Links Episode Notes: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/059-ptolemaic-egypt-kingdom-of-gold-kingdom-of-the-nile/) Episode 059 Transcript: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/059-ptolemaic-egypt-kingdom-of-gold-kingdom-of-the-nile-transcript.pdf) The Ozymandias Project: iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ozymandias-project/id1537896277) Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5BomB9FPUjX2nPzXazYk1E) Twitter (https://twitter.com/TheOzymandiasP1) Social Media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/hellenisticagepodcast) Show Merchandise: Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod) Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u) Donations: Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)
<p>Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο έχουμε καλεσμένο τον Dr Γεώργιο Θεοτόκη και συζητάμε για τα σύμβολα στο Bυζάντιο, τις σημαίες και την ιδεολογία πίσω από την χρήση τους. Ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζει το ερώτημα εάν η ιδεολογία δημιούργησε τα σύμβολα ή τα σύμβολα διαμόρφωσαν την ιδεολογία. Αδιαμφισβήτητα, η σημαία του Βυζαντίου δεν ήταν μία, κληρονόμησε τα σύμβολα της Ρωμαϊκής αυτοκρατορίας και συνέχισε αυτή την κληρονομιά σε όλη την ιστορία της.</p> <p>_____________</p> <p><strong>Για να ακούσεις το podcast μας, κάνε click στο παρακάτω link:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast"><u><strong>https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:byzantioexplained@gmail.com"><u><strong>byzantioexplained@gmail.com</strong></u></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Ακολουθήστε το Podcast</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGZDM1dmdzBONmwtNVBNMDBwVjJOM2NVWjdVQXxBQ3Jtc0tsSWdYOFREUWVZYWd0WTVLV1V1S0JkRF9KanNqSVlrS2JpbU9pbnd1RGFJTlJyNzdia19meHZJeDlqOVhfdmF3QjBqUmwzQUtmVklic1ZZa09yXy1ES0ZKZ3ZWZjY0dlMzcnA2TXlwWURYMjZxX1R1WQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftrip.flakes%2F"><u><strong> </strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Instagram ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUNLaHpxMnNONnpwemlkTUV2NlNiR3N0OTRVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuMjV2V2stRjREX00xX0EzV0F4U1ZEREdIalhwcm1wNHJoakJFQkR0bURVdVEwOVJUR1lOM1B6TGNRRTFwMlA5RzEtNUxrVjhfMy1ZZXBhbE9oTWtDekxZV215Z2tTNWs3cUFQUUlTTVJobi1zQS00SQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgrecontrek%2F"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/"><u><strong>https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Twitter ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqay10YVNRUGwxeTduN3RDbGJNd3c0UGZEYmQwQXxBQ3Jtc0trWE1yZ0xrTXg5NUszNW8wWm1jX3ZOeVVCaHN3MEVUY3VKclhLUVpNNnk2dXRGU2hpdVJuV1hCcGhwWF85TXIwbFJRTW5BeXJLdENFOHJLMGNLUzl0RXpnQWNQcEJXSFNrOEpIZ2JheGJraUtEYVBrVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fgrecontrek"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ByzantioP"><u><strong>https://twitter.com/ByzantioP</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Spotify ► </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg"><u><strong>https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Apple Podcasts ► </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771"><u><strong>https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Anchor.FM ►</strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/byzantio"><u><strong>https://anchor.fm/byzantio</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>YouTube ► </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA"><u><strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA</strong></u></a></p>
A conversation with Elizabeth Dospěl Williams (Dumbarton Oaks, Museum Department) on how people in Byzantium experienced the materiality of the objects they used, especially jewelry and textiles. We look at some of those objects together, discuss their qualities, and situate our engagement with material culture in broader discussions of historical theory. You can see the objects that we discuss for yourself, including this earring and ring pair; a St. Demetrios reliquary; a child's tunic; and a garment with a clavus. The conversation is based partly on Betsy's study 'Appealing to the Senses: Experiencing Adornment in the Early Medieval Eastern Mediterranean,' in the volume Sensory Reflections: Traces of Experience in Medieval Artifacts (Berlin 2019) 77-96; and the textile exhibition Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt (The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, 2019).
<p>Professor David Wengrow is one of the world's leading experts on Egypt before the pharaohs. He's also one of the most creative and wide-ranging archaeologists working right now, and he has fascinating insights into the primordial emergence of inequality, hierarchies, states, and all of the other things. Check out his new book, co-authored with the late David Graeber: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity</em></a>.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out in July! You can preorder <a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em> here.</a></p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο και με αφορμή την ταινία «The Dig» (Netflix) συζητάμε και ανακαλύπτουμε τους λόγους ύπαρξης σκευών βυζαντινής προέλευσης στην Αγγλία και συγκεκριμένα τον τύμβο ενός Σάξωνα βασιλιά στο Sutton Hoo. Στο προσκήνιο υπάρχουν αρκετές θεωρίες τόσο για την ταυτότητα της σωρού όσο και τους λόγους ύπαρξης αυτών των σκευών σε ένα φαινομενικά απίθανο μέρος. _____________ Το άρθρο στο οποίο στηρίχθηκε η συζήτηση είναι του Michael D. J. Bintley, The byzantine silver bowls in the Sutton Hoo ship burial and tree-worship in Anglo - Saxon England. Βρετανικό Μουσείο: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/death-and-memory/anglo-saxon-ship-burial-sutton-hoo Για να ακούσεις το podcast μας, κάνε click στο παρακάτω link: https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast Email: byzantioexplained@gmail.com Ακολουθήστε το Podcast: Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/ByzantioP Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg Apple Podcasts ► https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771 Anchor.FM ►https://anchor.fm/byzantio YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA
<p>Tattoos, and other forms of body decoration, are as old as humanity itself. But what can we know about the skin of long-past people that no longer exists? I talk to Aaron Deter-Wolf, Prehistoric Archaeologist for the State of Tennessee’s Division of Archaeology and one of the world's experts on the archaeological study of tattooing, to get some answers.</p><p>Follow Aaron on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/archaeologyink/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@archaeologyink</a> - it's a fascinating page.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out in July! You can preorder <a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World here.</a></p><p>Support us by supporting out sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
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A conversation with Alexander Sarantis (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz) on the socio-economic impact of raiding on the lives of provincials as well as the military history of the empire and its finances. Who were these raiders? What did they want? How did provincials and the empire as a whole respond to them? A fear of marauders probably doesn't keep you up at night today, but this was a major anxiety in Byzantine life. The conversation is based on Alexander's study 'The Socio-Economic Impact of Raiding on the Eastern and Balkan Borderlands of the Eastern Roman Empire, 502-602,' Millennium 17 (2020) 203-264.
<p>Understanding the first migrants to the Americas more than 13,000 years ago is a big task. So is figuring out how the ancestors of indigenous peoples transformed themselves from hunters of mammoth and mastodon to farmers to the builders of complex societies. Professor Shane Miller, an archaeologist working in the American southeast (and a Tides listener!) joins me to talk about cutting-edge archaeology and how our understanding of the early Americas is changing.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out in July! You can preorder <a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World here.</a></p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
