byzantium

Sure they made alliances with Byzantium when it seemed convenient, but Byzantium usually didn't care enough to actually send any troops to help with things.

The fact that Byzantium held out as long as they did is a testament to their skill.

With certain exceptions, the ruling dynasties of Byzantium continued the oligarchical policy of Diocletian and Constantine.

In 867, the Macedonian dynasty took over Byzantium and started its golden age.

It does solve the Byzantium generals problem rather neatly, which is good.

FYI, I've really enjoyed the History of Rome and the History of Byzantium podcasts.

Actually Byzantium was Bulgaria's arch-enemy during most of our existence.

History of Byzantium - Nice accent, dude, no sarcasm.

Holly shit a podcast about Byzantium I dont know, how is this possible.

They had more important things to deal with, like not getting killed by invading Turks (which they ultimated failed at...) Venice even fought against Byzantium in 1296, and probably other times that I'm forgetting.

Personaly I think the idea of shining cities holding out (and some falling) against the forces of evil is an echo of Byzantium succumbing to the Turkish invasion and subsequently Vienna standing against further Turkish encroachment.

You get a better context if you say that the two countries have a sweet little history going back to byzantium, where turks invaded, greeks invaded, turks invaded, greeks invaded, turks invaded,...

Surely, the question you mean to ask is if it was originally called "Byzantium".

Then "the history of rome" podcast begat "the history of byzantium" podcast.

For example, we say "Istanbul was founded in the 7th century BC" when speaking of the present-day city, But we say "Byzantium was founded" when we wish to limit the discussion to the pre-Constantine era.

But both of them would have insisted that they were "Roman." (The idea of "Byzantium" itself as something distinct from the Roman Empire is a purely modern construction -- no Byzantine would have conceived of themselves as such.) So the idea of "Romanness" was socially constructed; it meant whatever people living in the empire at a particular time collectively decided it meant.

Byzantium retained its integrity, but Rome, the city, did collapse thanks to invasions by Germanic tribes and the Huns.

Indeed, when Alexios Comnenus needed to bribe his way into Byzantium, he didn't even bother trying the Varangians, figuring that it was pointless.

A Byzantium) last another 1000 years after the western roman empire had collapsed.