047: Byzantine Golden Age: Bookworm Emperor

Send us a textAfter securing the throne, writing a law code, taking back old land, and building many churches… Basil is forced to leave the empire to the son who preferred to stay inside and read books, instead of his warrior son. Basil… in many ways, is similar to Justinian the Great, only on a smaller scale. But his story is far more impressive, and his Bookworm son turned out to be another great emperor.The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events of the Greek People from the fal...