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Legacy of the last Roman Emperor – Final battle of Basil II (Part 7)

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🚩 Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He crushed rebellions, subdued feudal landowners and conquered the enemies of the Empire. Italy was reorganized and a campaign to retake Sicily was prepared. The might of Roman armies was again respected and feared.

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🎼 Music:
Epidemic Sounds
Filmstro
Impact Allegretto – Kevin MacLeod

📚 Sources:
John Haldon – Byzantium at War AD 600 – 1463
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 1118 – 1461
Judith Herring – Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
David Nicholle – Manzikert 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich – The Normans in the South
Paul Stephenson – The Legend of Basil the Bulgar Slayer

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March 15, 2024
Basil II – The Emperor who restored the power of Rome (ALL PARTS) 2 hour documentary

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
Instinct – Bensound
Impact Allegretto – Kevin MacLeod
Crypto – Kevin MacLeod
Epidemic Sounds
Volatile Reaction – Kevin MacLeod
Filmstro

📚 Sources:
John Haldon – Byzantium at War AD 600 – 1463
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 1118 – 1461
Judith Herring – Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
David Nicholle – Manzikert 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich – The Normans in the South
Paul Stephenson – The Legend of Basil the Bulgar Slayer

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March 3, 2024
Were they Emperor Basil II’s greatest enemy? – Battle of Setina, 1017 AD

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🚩 Emperor Basil defeated the Bulgarians time and again. But they stubbornly kept getting back on their feet, proving that the greatest threat to Constantinople lay in the west. Now, Basil and his army are once more tied down fighting a brutal attritional war in the Balkans.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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Epidemic Sounds
Filmstro

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February 8, 2024
Battle of Kleidion, 1014 – Basil breaks the Bulgarian Empire – Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 5)

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🚩 Coming back to you with the next installment of the Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer series. In part 5, Basil decisively defeats Samuel of Bulgaria at Kleidion. The victory was a turning point. It is also during this period that Basil blinded 15,000 Bulgarian troops as punishment, an act that largely contributed to later getting the nickname “the Bulgar-slayer”.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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Epidemic Sounds
Filmstro

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December 22, 2023
Basil retakes Macedonia! The tide turns ⚔ Battle of Skopje, 1004 ⚔ Basil II the Bulgar Slayer Part 4

🚩 By the end of the 10th, Emperor Basil realized he cannot fight a two-front war. So he began consolidating his position against the Fatimids in the east and shifted his focus west. Between the years 998 and 1004, Basil the Bulgar Slayer began the destruction of the Bulgarian Empire.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
Instinct – Bensound
Impact Allegretto – Kevin MacLeod
Crypto – Kevin MacLeod
Epidemic Sounds
Volatile Reaction – Kevin MacLeod
Filmstro

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November 16, 2023
Battle of Spercheios, 997 ⚔️ How to wage war on two fronts ⚔️ Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 3)

🚩 Basil had successfully stabilized the empire after the civil war, exacerbated by the conflict with the Fatimids in Syria. Samuel of Bulgaria took advantage of the situation to invade the Byzantine Empire in the west. Meanwhile, the Fatimids were preparing to push Romans out of Syria. Emperor Basil now faced a fight on two fronts against two formidable opponents. In this episode we will show the Battle of Spercheios (997 AD) and the Battle of Apamea (998 AD), as Basil tries to organize his army to stave off multiple incursions into Byzantine territory.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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Instinct – Bensound
Impact Allegretto – Kevin MacLeod
Crypto – Kevin MacLeod
Epidemic Sounds
Volatile Reaction – Kevin MacLeod

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October 5, 2023
Byzantine Emperor Basil II leading his Scandinavian mercenaries ⚔️

🚩 A clip from our video “Battle of Apamea, 998”, see the full video here https://youtu.be/dDSKplZvYeM

This is episode 2 of our Basil II series that covers major battles of one of the most famous Byzantine Emperors.

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March 1, 2023
Battle of Apamea, 998 ⚔️ Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 2) ⚔️ Byzantium Documentary

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🚩 After his debacle at the Gates of Trajan, Basil has come into his own over the years. He defended Constantinople and had successfully managed the civil war in Anatolia, the Fatimid invasion in the east, and had made inroads into Bulgaria as well.

🚩 I work with History Rhymes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD-0LPbxri4fSvd0UoisIfg on this series and am very happy with how it’s shaping up. We have 5 episodes completed and another 2 in the making. The 7 episodes in total will document the fascinating rule of Basil II and cover some of the key battles during his reign.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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January 22, 2023
Battle of the Gates of Trajan, 986 ⚔️ Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 1) ⚔️ Byzantium Documentary

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🚩 Over the past decade, Bulgarian armies under Samuel had conquered much of the European possessions of the Byzantine Empire. In 986, Basil II led the campaign personally with 30,000 soldiers. This much larger than average Roman field army showed the importance the Emperor placed on the threat from Bulgaria and the intent to subdue the Bulgarians with one strike…

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🖌 Thumbnail image of Basil II by Theodoros Giannakopoulos

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November 12, 2022