Byzantium: The Lost Empire

Name: Byzantium: The Lost Empire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-09-07
Rating: 7.4
Cast: John Romer

TV ShowTV-PG1997•45dk•star7.4(5)•trending_up1

Documentary

John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks in Venice.

IMDb

Details

StatusEnded

First AiredSeptember 7, 1997

Last AiredSeptember 28, 1997

Episode Runtime45dk

Seasons1

Episodes4

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

ancient history byzantine empire

Production Companies

Ibis Film

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E4 • 9/28/1997

Forever and Ever

In the last programme in the series, John Romer tells how the Byzantium empire finally crumbled. Already weakened by the ravages of rogue Crusaders it succumbed to the invasion of the Ottoman empire of Turkey and the Christian centre of the world became the Islamic city of Istanbul. The scattered refugees took their art and culture worldwide, including Florence, Rome and even Romania to give the world a lasting artistic and cultural legacy that is the link between ancient Rome and Greece and the modern world.