080: The Alexiad: Part Five: A call for Help

Send us a textEmperor Alexios can't catch a break, and just as one problem is solved, another two pop up in its place. With the Normans ejected from Greece, the Pechenegs launched an attack against hr Roman Empire. And still, the East's trouble was growing more grave. Alexios needed some outside help. Anyone really... and so he sent a desperate letter, asking the Pope in Rome for aid.The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events of the Greek People from the fall of Constantinople in ...