Our best primary source for Alexios Komnenos reign is The Alexiad written by his daughter Anna Komnene. I talk to Professor Leonora Neville about Anna's life and writing and how she overcame the obstacles facing a woman trying to write history.
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Episode 62 - God's Punishment
Episode 61 - Why did the Romans Survive?
Episode 60 - Looking West
Episode 59 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 4: The Conquest Society
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Episode 57 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 2: In the Shadow of the Sword
Episode 56 - Why did the Arabs win? Part 1: The Sources
Episode 55 - Why did the Romans lose?
Episode 54 - Justinian II
Episode 53 - The Bulgars are Coming
Episode 52 - The Non-Siege of Constantinople
Episode 51 - The Themes
Episode 50 - The Teenage Emperor
Episode 49 - The Man Who Lived Too Long
Episode 48 - The Battle of Hieromyax
Episode 47 - A Brief Respite
Episode 46 - The Final War
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