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Posted by Dante (Member # 1106) on :

I've been a huge fan of Norwich's brilliant narrative history of Byzantium for some years now and even enjoyed Treadgold's dull but valuable textbook, but only recently did I finally get around to starting Ostrogorsky's seminal history, and I've found it extremely interesting.

So, I guess my question is: who is everyone's favorite Constantine? The first is an obvious choice, of course, but I think I have to go with Constantine XI Palaeologus; there's something heroic about the final emperor making his doomed last stand against the Turks.

What do you think? The great iconoclast and general Constantine V? Constantine Porphyrogenitus? Who?

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

You should probably say something about how this is about the emperors. As of now there are numerous threads entitled Constantine. A few about the movie, a few about the American Idol contestant, and a few on this subject. Just add "the Emperors" to the title and you'll be okay.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Or perhaps everyone other than you would recognize it as a really bad dobie of the others, and ignore it.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Oh, Steve. *tussles his hair*

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Just don't reach behind his ears...you will need a towel to dry off afterwards if you do. [Big Grin]

[ February 22, 2005, 08:34 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Or maybe Dante doesn't realize that he has just made a really bad dobie of all the others! [Razz]

Oh!

Edit: My ears are kind of pointy so don't touch the tips. It might hurt just a little. And don't mind the penguin living in my hair. He only bites people who touch my ears. [Big Grin]

[ February 22, 2005, 08:41 PM: Message edited by: SteveRogers ]

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

quote:

Just don't reach behind his ears...you will need a towel to dry off afterwards if you do. [Big Grin]

TMI! TMI!

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

Miss you, Dante. Good to see you, even if it isn't a dobie. [Smile]

edit:

[ February 22, 2005, 11:24 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]

Posted by Dante (Member # 1106) on :

<sigh> Kwea et al., this isn't a dobie, good or bad. I just thought I'd take a popular current thread title and jokingly use it because it was closely linked to what I wanted to talk about: the Byzantine empire and texts that treat it. I thought this would be a mildly amusing way to start such a discussion.

Damn my witty, urbane subtlety. It's a curse. It really is.

P.S. Hi, Ralphie.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I knew it! Aha! Eat that! Sorry I got a little overwhelmed at my correctness. [Big Grin]

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

You people should have known that Dante would not stoop to Dobies.

I can't actually discuss the Byzantium empire, so I'll go ahead and leave now.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Silly me, I thought this was about the continous insertions of consumer brand name products in modern motion pictures, and the cross branding of merchandise to pictures and televisions shows, especially those aimed at children.

You know what I mean.

Constant Tie-Ins.

Posted by John Van Pelt (Member # 5767) on :

Rampant commercialism wouldn't be a problem if everyone just caveat emperor.