Good effort
There is not much out there on The Byzantine Empire, so this fills a void. Unfortunately, the podcast comes off like Byzantine cheerleading, not very objective. He also fails to remove bias against the female historical figures. They are generally described with pejorative terms that would certainly apply to the men but are rarely applied to them.
Gomo4444 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/03/15
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