A Short Introduction to the Byzantine Empire - A Crusader Kings III Documentary

We sat down with Professor Anthony Kaldellis from the University of Chicago to talk about the Byzantine Empire, the medieval incarnation of the Roman Empire and the inspiration behind our upcoming expansion for Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power.

Learn more about the history, system of government, and religions of one of history's greatest empires!

00:00 - Introduction
01:49 - Constantinople
02:29 - A Shared Agenda
03:31 - A Proper State
04:29 - The Government
05:09 - Dynasties
06:17 - The Emperor
07:43 - Names
08:06 - The Army
09:19 - Aristocracy
10:11 - The Pronoia
10:41 - The Church
11:25 - The Byzantine Legacy
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[sreckom]

"Medieval cities come in three categories. There's un-walled cities. There's walled cities. And there's Constantinople."
Very well said. xD

[ExtradaemonYT]

Funny how this video talks about how crucial a strong fleet was for defending Constantinople... for a game that doesn't include naval battles of any kind.

[mathy]

Very glad to see Julius Caesar himself explain the New Rome to us.

[BaronVonMott]

"I swear I'm not a Byzantophile."

*3 drinks later:*

[Hunteromega]

Kaldellis rocking the Roman Fade haircut from the ruler designer

[kaloyanvankov]

Oh wow, I'm very happy to see Anthony Kaldellis here, honestly it gives me a lot of hope for the DLC

[VoiceInHisHead]

Fire. Kaldellis and the Romans are a pair made in heaven

[cadeturner]

Just seeing Kaldellis working with paradox made my hope for the dlc sky rocket

[Entropy]

I love this guy, I hope you have more from him in the future! He's very articulate and down-to-earth while tackling these really wide-spanning subjects. He clearly knows his stuff and I'd be interested to hear even deeper dives from him.

[enclavesoldier]

“All political systems are based…” Too true, too true.

[bradley]

Anthony Kaldellis wrote an amazing book on the Eastern Roman Empire!

[byzantinetales]

Kaldellis is top! We are really glad and honored he has written book burbs in the back of our graphic novels. He's got a unique charisma to communicate history to a popular audience.

[bergman]

Prof Kaldellis! One of my favorite lecturers back at OSU, and a great writer and communicator. Glad to see him working with Paradox to give some history, nobody could be better!

[heatherwilliams]

One feature I love about ck3 that I bet hardly anyone else has looked back is how far back you can go when looking at the title of the eastern roman empire, you can even see Augustus and see all the traits he had if you want to design him and play as him and ruler designer, its awesome that you can go back that far.

[GreenMarkoulis]

God you brought Antony Kaldelis for this? You guys made the best decision that could be made, literally. Can’t wait for the expansion

[nubnubdubdeh]

THANK YOU FOR CALLING IT THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

[Henry-lvuu]

Seeing Kaldellis involved has made me very hopeful that the Romans will finally get the proper treatment. His books Romanland and the Byzantine Republic are A+

[TheDAWinz]

the GOAT himself Anthony Kaldellis, fantastic video/collaberation

[aarengraves]

Chad Greek historian explains Byzantium. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT?

[CaptainMyron]

Μπράβο ρε Καλδέλλη. Είσαι μεγάλος μάγκας !