HISTORY
15 October 2008
Wednesday 15 October 2008 11:00-11:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it.
Bettany examines the public and private life of the Byzantines. Women had unprecedented power in the Empire, as did the mysterious 'third sex' of eunuchs. But, in this part Roman, part fundamentalist Christian state, dangerous political factions would keep the blood of political dynasties flowing.
