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Justinian amp Theodora Lies 2 Extra History
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📜 Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - Lies Part 2 - Extra History • By the time Narses was sent to join him Italy, Belisarius had been away from Constantinople for a very long time. The royal family wasn't sure if they could still trust him, or if his repeated victories had gone to his head, so they sent Narses (who had been in Constantinople and earned their trust) to keep an eye on him. But this laid the groundwork for disputes that would unravel the military effort there. John looked down on the barbarian Ostrogoths and did not consider them a threat, so he viewed the war in Italy as a political battlefield between his friend Narses and his commander Belisarius. Although Procopius defends John's courage and capability as a cavalry commander, John did not see the bigger picture in Italy and his actions interfered with Belisarius's overall strategy even though Narses and his family connection to the previous emperor helped keep him safe from repercussions. Belisarius wound up doing the same thing when he refused Justinian's orders to leave Italy immediately. And in the end, the arrival of the plague - Bubonic Plague, the Black Death - interfered with all their plans. Although we believe Theodora's actions helped hold the empire together, historians like Procopius take a much darker view: he thought she went power-mad and ruined everything. It's also worth taking a moment to point out that Theodora was a miaphysite Christian, not a monophysite as we described her in this series. We'll clarify the difference in a future series on Early Christian Heresies, but for right now we decided to simplify. And there was one thing we left out of this series, a story we love about how Justinian succeeded (where so many had failed) in getting silk worms out of China by bribing monks to smuggle silk worm eggs away in their canes. He helped found a silk industry that brought a lot of money to the empire, and helped it survive longer than it might have otherwise. • Watch Extra History ad-free get 1-week early access on NEBULA https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory • Suggest Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content 24-hour early access on PATREON https://bit.ly/EHPatreon • Show off your fandom with MERCH from our store! http://extracredits.store/ • Interested in sponsoring an episode? Email us: [email protected] • TWITTER: http://bit.ly/ECTweet I FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage • INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram I TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/ECtiktokz • GAMING: / @extracredits I TWITCH: https://bit.ly/ECtwitch • Miss an episode in our Justinian Theodora Series? • Part 1 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 2 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 3 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 4 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 5 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 6 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Part 7 - • Justinian Theodora - The Cracks Beg... • Part 8 - • Justinian Theodora - Bad Faith - Ex... • Part 9 - • Justinian Theodora - Justinian's Ri... • Part 10 - • Theodora - This is My Empire - Extra ... • Part 11 - • Justinian Theodora - The Emperor Wh... • Part 12 - • Justinian - Caesar I was, and am Just... • Series Wrap-up Lies Episode Part 1 - • Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theod... • Series Wrap-up Lies Episode Part 2 - • Justinian Theodora - Lies 2 - Extra... • ♪ Monogenes Pais by Sean and Dean Kiner - • ♫ Justinian Theodora: Monogenes Pa... - Available on Patreon! • Thanks for the high-quality conversations for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice • Host/Extra History Writer: James Portnow • #ExtraHistory #ByzantineEmpire #History
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