History Summarized: Byzantine Empire — Beginnings

It's Rome! It's Greece! It's... The Byzantine Empire! Check out how late Imperial Rome transformed in the centuries from Constantine to Justinian, as it evolved into a new and unique iteration of Roman civilization. Watch as Byzantine craftsmen revolutionize artwork by throwing a megaton of gold onto every last mosaic in the mediterranean, and radically reimagine architecture by asking "But what if *dome*?"

[jamesspargo]

Blue: "This video is sponsored by: nobody!"
Odysseus: *kicks down door* "Do you need a giant wooden horse? Do you hate Trojans? Have a cyclops infestation? Call Nobody! Your one stop shop for all of your tactical needs!"

[cpom]

The Byzantines:
It was HOLY
It was ROMAN
And it was an EMPIRE.

[lunamalfoy]

"The Big Oof of Rome"
I want Blue to name all periods of history.

[Xersama]

"I wish I had more time to talk about Theadora but"
But nothing. Blue, you have a mic, a youtube channel, and a captive audience.
I doubt very much that anyone will mind if one day you were to pick a subject to ramble along at great lengths about, so long as you kept throwing up relevant pictures.
Give us an hour and a half long history lesson.

[carmacksanderson]

"Justinian and his -father- uncle Justin"

It's the tiniest of things, but still

[johnnyderp]

"I really wish I had more time to talk about Theodora" - then why not make a video about her?

[joesteinberg]

Best sponsorship ever. I hope you have a great day too.

[Lechuga]

10:20, "Greek Fire" for those wondering. It was supposedly much more dangerous than modern napalm and we're still not sure how to create it to this day.

[thehopeofeden]

“I just wanted to say hi and I hope you’re having a good day.”

We don’t deserve Blue. He’s too pure.

[nolynste]

You need to do a video all about Justinian and Theodora. They both were exceptional and we're surrounded by even more people like them who were also exceptional.

[cyanbloo]

Nobody:
Not a single person:
Blue: D O M E

[manuel-antoniomonteagudo]

The byzantines are so little know in the west that reading about them feels like alternate history. Love it. And love your work guys

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

_You ever lay awake at night thinking wistfully about the Roman Empire?_

Is this guy a psychic or something?

[thomasroutt]

Blue- “forget the Library of Alexandria”

Me “😢 never forget.”

[hisham]

Byzantium was like the sequal no one asked for but ended up liking

[anastasiyaivanova]

"this side of Cleopatra" is now my favourite sentence ever.

[yuuneeq]

Constantine: "Is loving Jesus legal yet?"

[PhilosophicalSomething]

Khosrau Anushirawan was actually a total badass and madlad, and the dynamic between him and Justinian was really interesting. Also the guy had to fix his father's mistakes, which there were A LOT of. A video on him would be nice.

[mythosandlogos]

You have officially redeemed Red for the time in Dante’s Paradiso when she called Justinian “Just some guy”.

[nickhorine]

He activated my Alexa when he said “Alexa play Empire 2.” 😂😂😂