Byzantines

Engineering an Empire - The Byzantine Greeks 1/5

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Duration: 9:31
Published: 03 Jul 2007
Uploaded: 08 Aug 2011
Author: Spartan307

Engineering an Empire - The Byzantine Greeks 1

BYZANTINE EMPIRE - [476 AD - 1453 AD]

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Duration: 6:38
Published: 09 Feb 2010
Uploaded: 11 Aug 2011
Author: CroPETROforever

BYZANTINE ROMAN EMPIRE - The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire, was the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on the capital of Constantinople, and ruled by Emperors. It was called the Roman Empire, and also as Romania (Greek: Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía), by its inhabitants and its neighbours. As the distinction between "Roman Empire" and "Byzantine Empire" is purely a modern convention, it is not possible to assign a date of separation, but an important point is the Emperor Constantine I's transfer in 324 of the capital from Nicomedia (in Anatolia) to Byzantium on the Bosphorus, which became Constantinople (alternatively "New Rome"). The Empire remained one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe, despite setbacks and territorial losses, especially during the RomanPersian and ByzantineArab Wars. The Empire recovered during the Macedonian dynasty, rising again to become the pre-eminent power in the Eastern Mediterranean by the late 10th century. After 1071 however, much of Asia Minor, the Empire's heartland, was lost to the Seljuk Turks. The Komnenian restoration regained some ground and briefly re-established dominance in the 12th century, but declined again under their successors. The Empire received a mortal blow in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade, when it was dissolved and divided into competing Byzantine Greek and Latin realms. Despite the eventual recovery of Constantinople and re-establishment of the Empire in 1261, under the ...

Why the Byzantine empire was a Greek empire

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Duration: 5:15
Published: 11 May 2011
Uploaded: 08 Aug 2011
Author: Zorro11144

The Byzantine empire was the ark of the ancient Greek knowledge, the empire had a Greek character, while the official language was the Greek from the 7th century AD. The name Hellas and Graecia never stopped to be mentioned both in Byzantine and Western documents, While the theme of Hellas was founded at 687 AD. For the eastern people the Eastern Roman empire was considered as a Greek empire. For the Armenians, Georgians and other people of the near and middle east the byzantines were called as yoni, Javan and yavani, which means Greeks. In many islamic sources the Byzantine empire is also called Ighrigiyah and yunaniyun. In one passage of the history of Ibn Zabala which was written at 814 AD it is mentioned that the king of the Greeks sent to Αl-Walid help, for the reconstruction of Mohamed's mosque in Medina. The Arab historian and Geographer Ali al-Mascuch reffering to the period of Emperor Romanus Lekapenus and his policy, he characterizes the empire as homeland of the Greeks and the emperor as king of the Greeks. Al-Tabari calls the Byzantine emperor as lord of the Greeks.At the same period , the Arab geographer Shams ad Din, also known and as Mukaddasi, writes "we will exclude now the description of Tarsus city and its periphery because for now is at the hand of the Greeks".Tarsus was capured by Emperor Nikiphorus Phokas at 965 AD. For Pope Gregory the great, Gregory of Tours, Isidore of Seville, Liutprand of Cremona, Paul the Deacon the chronicler of the lombards ...

Medieval II Total War Online Battle #60: Byzantines vs the Turks (siege)

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Duration: 16:47
Published: 12 Mar 2011
Uploaded: 11 Aug 2011
Author: PrinceofMacedon

I command the Byzantines at 15000 Florins (defender). My opponent, ohship, commands the Turks at 21000 Florins (attacker).

Greek fire-Byzantine flamethrower

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Duration: 2:42
Published: 12 Apr 2011
Uploaded: 04 Aug 2011
Author: Zorro11144

Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even under water. It provided a technological advantage, and was responsible for many key Byzantine military victories, most notably the salvation of Constantinople from two Arab sieges, thus securing the Empire's survival. The impression made by Greek fire on the European Crusaders was such that the name was applied to any sort of incendiary weapon,[1] including those used by Arabs, the Chinese, and the Mongols. These, however, were different mixtures and not the Byzantine formula, which was a closely guarded state secret, whose composition has now been lost. As a result, its ingredients are a much debated topic, with proposals including naphtha, quicklime, sulphur, and niter. What set the Byzantine usage of incendiary mixtures apart was their use of pressurized siphons to project the liquid onto the enemy.

Tekfur Palace Kasikci Diamond Site Istanbul Byzantine Walls by BK Bazhe.com

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Duration: 3:57
Published: 22 Jun 2011
Uploaded: 01 Jul 2011
Author: BAZHE

Tekfur Palace - www.BAZHE.com The Blakhernai Palaces, known today as Tekfur Palace, was built by the Byzantines in the 12th century and used as an imperial residence until the Conquest of Constantinople in the 15th century. The palace complex was built next to the city walls at the ancient Blakherna district, in todays Egrikapi. 17th century, a zoo was established here. 18th century, the palace was used as a ceramic workshop. 19th century glass production atelier. The world famous Kasikci Diamond, was found in the garbage of the premise. BKBAZHE is a writer, poet, and artist. He is the author of DAMAGES (creative nonfiction) —Winner in the Writers Digest Awards and IDENTITIES (poetry). He is published and exhibited in Europe and America. More info at: BK Bazhe Website: www.bazhe.com Amazon Books & Art by BK Bazhe astore.amazon.com YouTube Videos by BK Bazhe: www.youtube.com Google Blog by BK Bazhe: bazhe.blogspot.com

Were Byzantines Roman or Greek? - Lars Brownworth

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Duration: 2:27
Published: 19 Jul 2011
Uploaded: 20 Jul 2011
Author: anders94

Edward Gibbon refers to the Byzantines as Greeks but the Empire is made up of a commonwealth of people. Do they all speak Greek and do they all see themselves as Greek?

Medeieval 2 Total War Multiplayer Battle Byzantine Empire vs. Holy Roman Empire (Early Period)

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Duration: 9:22
Published: 19 Mar 2011
Uploaded: 23 Mar 2011
Author: AcoDaGr8

Medieval 2 Total War Online Battle: Byzantine Empire vs Holy Roman Empire (HRE) A very fun battle against a cheating opponent (i'm not even sure he spoke English or understood what 6/2 means). 10k, early period, standard rules. Anyway my army is composed of: - 3 Trebizond Archer - 1 Peseant Archer - 4 Dismounted Byzantine Lancers - 4 Varangian Guard - 1 Byzantine Cavalry - 4 Cataphracts - 1 General Bodyguard unit Used FRAPS to capture it and Windows Live Movie Maker to edit it so it's nothing "fancy". My PC is also crappy so it affects the quality naturally. Thank you for watching and i hope you'll enjoy/already enjoyed. PS: Sorry for any typos.

The Byzantines - Anastas

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Duration: 2:09
Published: 10 Apr 2011
Uploaded: 27 Jul 2011
Author: DrNastas

Electro ambiental with ethno motifs.

The Byzantines

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Duration: 49:27
Published: 26 Mar 2011
Uploaded: 05 Aug 2011
Author: Iran88Arya

The Byzantine Monastery at Khirbet el-Maqatir

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Duration: 1:02
Published: 02 Jun 2011
Uploaded: 05 Jun 2011
Author: BibleArchaeology

Scott Stripling briefly explains the work being done on the Byzantine Monastery at Khirbet el-Maqatir. The Byzantines were infamous for building churches at sites where they believe significant Biblical events took place. Could this Monastery be here because this is where the Israelites defeated the King of Ai and his army in Joshua 7-8?

M2TW, Broken Crescent: Roman Empire (Byzantines) vs Seljuk Turks HD

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Duration: 22:16
Published: 14 Jan 2011
Uploaded: 25 Mar 2011
Author: Suppressingfire

NOTICE: AT THE REQUEST OF SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS VID IS MORE TO SHOW THE UNITS IN IT THAN FOR THE BATTLE ITSELF, SO IF U WISH TO ONLY WATCH THE BATTLE JUST SKIP THE FIRST 9 MINS... THANK YOU!!! WooHooo... No more part 1s & part 2s in my battle/siege vids, i can upload vids now much longer than just 15mins, i already tested a 33min vid & removed it, thats why this vid takes around 22 mins hehehe. Now i need to check how long max i can upload cos it only tells me "you can upload vids longer than 15 mins" but already knowing i can upload as long as 30mins i'm already much glad, & from now on i will post my battles & sieges in HD... Here are the Eastern Romans (Byzantines) vs the Seljuk Turks in Broken Crescent, first showing the units as requested, then they battle it out. Since this is a custom battle the commander is just a captain, cos the General, faction heir & Emperor in the campaign look much better & awesome, i chose the best & better units on both sides rather than levies & they really look amazing especially the Byzantines, even the muslim units, the seljuks look so awesome & really historically accurate. I'm really loving this mod for its units & skins but now, later on, i will upload the Byzantines (Eastern Romans) from Stainless Steel 6.3 also cos even on stainless steel they look amazing. I didn't choose the Byzantine Toxotai archers as they look very plain, simple & unprotected, instead i choose Armenian Azat Archers who are better protected ...

M2TW, Broken Crescent: Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenus vs Asen & the Bulgarian Rebels 1/2

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Duration: 13:28
Published: 06 Jan 2011
Uploaded: 20 Jul 2011
Author: KnightoftheCross1

For those total war gamers, like me, that love Byzantium & Byzantines they have to play Broken Crescent 2.02, the Byzantine units & their skins in it are amazingly awesome, without doubt the best i'v seen so far. Even in Stainless Steel 6.3 mod Byzantines look awesome but those in Broken Crescent rule in both greatness & strenght. To be honest, the purpose of this vid is more for showing the byzantine units that for the battle but i just realised that the 'Spatharioi Emperor's Guard' are not included, damn i should'v included them aswell cos they have some of the best awesome skins in all the byzantine units. However, the 'Pelekyphoroi' (Native) Varangoi look as much as great as the 'Spatharioi Emperor's Guard' even the foreign mercenary 'Varangian Guard' look awesome, & the 'Royal Kataphractoi' , Proniarioi' & the 'Vestiaritai Swordsmen' look amazing, in other words i like them all hehehe. Here, during my Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) campaign, i took Emperor Manuel I Komnenus & went to kick some rebel butt to the north before moving to conquer the whole of Anatolia & beyond from the Turkish Sultanate of Rum & the Seljuks.

Chanel's 2011 Byzantine Makeup Palette Haul

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Duration: 0:50
Published: 28 Apr 2011
Uploaded: 06 Jul 2011
Author: makeupandbeautyvideo

A sneak peek at Chanel's $250 Lumie'res Byzantines de Chanel Palette only released in limited Edition quanities of 1500 and only 200 to the US Will be available in June 2011!

M2TW, Broken Crescent: Roman-Byzantines vs Ghorids

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Duration: 25:06
Published: 18 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 30 Mar 2011
Author: Suppressingfire

This is my very 1st time i played against the Ghorids. I realised that besides they have some really good muslim units, if i'm not mistaken, from all muslim factions, only they have the 'Emir's Jihad Ghulam Warriors' who are really tough warriors.. so this time i chose the Ghorids against my Roman-Byzantines. To tell the truth, i know very little on Ghorids or Ghurids. If i'm not mistaken the Ghorids were Afghan/Persians or something like that & in this mod their faction has some great units & their flag looking similar to the Turkish one with the crescent & star (which the Turks took from Ancient Byzantium's Symbol) on red background but the Ghorid flag has the crescent facing upwards & the star on top instead of the side & with 2 crossed black sabres, so they'r not to be confused with turks. As for my Roman-Byzantines, i realised i wasn't deploying my infantry units the right way & not accurately at all (tho the byzantines had many reforms & changes) so after a bit of research i made (cos i'm still learning on the weapons, reformes, formations, armies, Emperors, battles, armour, tactics & equipment of the Roman-Byzantine Empire) i found some web pages info & on my books showing some early, middle & late Roman-Byzantine formations & the units deployed according to what line, era, enemy, terrain & formation they faced, among other info. The Basic formation was similar to this one here, with 3 lines of infantry in a 'Refused Center Formation' flanked by 2 wings of Heavy ...

M2TW, Broken Crescent: Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenus vs Asen & the Bulgarian Rebels 2/2

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Duration: 6:48
Published: 06 Jan 2011
Uploaded: 26 May 2011
Author: KnightoftheCross1

For those total war gamers, like me, that love Byzantium & Byzantines they have to play Broken Crescent 2.02, the Byzantine units & their skins in it are amazingly awesome, without doubt the best i'v seen so far. Even in Stainless Steel 6.3 mod Byzantines look awesome but those in Broken Crescent rule in both greatness & strenght. To be honest, the purpose of this vid is more for showing the byzantine units that for the battle but i just realised that the 'Spatharioi Emperor's Guard' are not included, damn i should'v included them aswell cos they have some of the best awesome skins in all the byzantine units. However, the 'Pelekyphoroi' (Native) Varangoi look as much as great as the 'Spatharioi Emperor's Guard' even the foreign mercenary 'Varangian Guard' look awesome, & the 'Royal Kataphractoi' , Proniarioi' & the 'Vestiaritai Swordsmen' look amazing, in other words i like them all hehehe. Here, during my Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) campaign, i took Emperor Manuel I Komnenus & went to kick some rebel butt to the north before moving to conquer the whole of Anatolia & beyond from the Turkish Sultanate of Rum & the Seljuks.

Medieval 2 Total War Multiplayer Commentary Battle England vs Byzantine Empire (High Period)

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Duration: 21:38
Published: 25 Apr 2011
Uploaded: 07 Jul 2011
Author: AcoDaGr8

Medieval 2 Total War Online Commentary Battle: England vs The Byzantine Empire 10k, high period, standard rules. My army is composed of: - 2 Yeoman Archers - 2 Longbowmen - 4 Armoured Swordsmen - 3 Dismounted English Knights - 3 Levy Spearmen - 2 English Knights - 1 General Bodyguard unit Used FRAPS to capture it and Windows Live Movie Maker to edit it so it's nothing "fancy". My PC is also crappy so it affects the quality naturally. Thank you for watching and i hope you'll enjoy/already enjoyed. PS: Sorry for any typos.

The Byzantines - Part 1 of 3 (Engineering an Empire)

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Duration: 15:01
Published: 24 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 09 Aug 2011
Author: learntruth85

Medieval 2 Total War Online Battle #1 - The Byzantines vs. The Holy Roman Empire

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Duration: 11:55
Published: 12 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 12 Feb 2011
Author: androidi16

This is a Medieval 2 Total War battle played on Township. I command the Byzantines. My opponent, A6784 commands the Holy Roman Empire. My army has: 4 Units of Kataphractoi 2 Units of Trebizond Archers 4 Units of Byzantine Guard Archers 2 Units of Byzantine Lancers 3 Units of Dismounted Byzantine Lancers 4 Units of Varangian Guard My opponent's army has: 1 Unit of General's Bodyguard 2 Units of Pavise Crossbowmen 2 Units of Arquebusiers 1 Unit of Peasant Crossbowmen 2 Units of Dismounted Gothic Knights 2 Units of Dismounted Imperial Knights 2 Units of Forlorn Hope 3 Units of Gothic Knights 3 Units of Reiters 2 Units of Teutonic Knights

The Byzantines - Part 2 of 3 (Engineering an Empire)

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Duration: 15:01
Published: 24 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 19 Jul 2011
Author: learntruth85

M2TW Kingdoms: Balian of Ibelin & Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus vs the Venetians 1/2

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Duration: 14:24
Published: 13 Dec 2010
Uploaded: 25 Mar 2011
Author: Suppressingfire

Here as my Byzantine allies had the capital Constantinople besieged by the Venetians of the 4th Crusade, i took Balian of Ibelin with an army & rushed to aid the Byzantines. It turns out, my army faced all 3 Venetian armies alone, tho they were not full armies, & the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus arrived with his small force near the end of the battle. To piss me off even more, after the battle, it said "Byzantine alliance in tatters" what the hell? i saved your capital & Emperor lol. Next time, i'll lend the Venetians a hand. Seems that Doge Enrico, one of the leaders of the Venetians, was killed some time before this battle & replaced by Fantino, cos the real 3 Venetian leaders of the 4th Crusade were Boniface I of Montferrat, Doge Enrico Donaldo & Louis I Count of Blois, now here they are Boniface I of Montferrat, Doge Fantino & a Captain Antonio. Even on the Byzantine side during the 4th Crusade wasn't Manuel I Comnenus as Emperor but the Emperors mentioned are Isaac II Angelos, Alexios III Angelos & Alexios V Doukas, but as u know, i'm not trying to recreate the 4th Crusade, especially with Balian of Ibelin lol. Sadly, after the sack of Constantinople in 1204 by the Venetians, the Byzantine Empire never fully recovered & rose back on its feet. The Byzantines took the throne back years later but it needed time & money, which it lack, to rebuild itself to its former position, especially with many enemies around it including Christians & Muslims. No wonder it ...