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Byzantium: Last of the Romans
Paul Cooper · 2 hr 4 min
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Visit Fall of CivilizationsWhy it’s worth your time
Paul Cooper writes history the way a novelist writes a slow ending, and this is his most patient work: an empire that took a thousand years to fall, told without hurry and without hindsight cleverness. It is the rare long episode that never asks for your patience twice.
Listen for this question
What does a civilisation notice, and refuse to notice, while it is ending?
Best way to listen
A long evening, headphones, lights low. Do not split it across a week.
After the episode
Look at one institution you assume is permanent and ask what it depends on.
Who it’s for: People who want history that feels lived in rather than summarised.
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