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Episode 2

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Historian Bettany Hughes turns to archaeology to reveal the public and private life of the Byzantines. From October 2008.

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.

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Sun 25 Feb 201805:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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