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Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well.

I have a quick update about a couple of things.

I'm going to host another set of Patreon Zoom calls on Sunday the 7th of September.

There will be calls at 1, 5 and 9 p.m.

UK time.

Hopefully that gives your time zone a shot at being awake.

You can join Patreon for a dollar and still get on the calls where I'll be answering any questions you have.

And I'm also interested in finding out your opinion on the earlier Roman Empire and what areas of research interest you the most.

If you're missing the podcast and would like to hear more from me then I've recently been interviewed on two different podcasts.

I spoke with Jeremy and Alex from the In Bed by Nine podcast.

We spoke about the narrative coming to an end, the business side of podcasting and the ups and downs of being a content creator.

And I was then on the Badass of the Week podcast talking about Nicephorus Phokus, who I nominated as the most badass Byzantine general, and we talked about his life.

So, go check out those shows if you're interested.

I also just wanted to say thank you again to all the patrons for their support and to those of you who've been donating via the link at thehistory of Byzantium.com.

Lots of you sent lovely messages, which I can't reply to, but I have seen them all, and I'm very grateful.

And I will get to all the emails eventually.

I also see lots of you have bought podcast t-shirts from etsy.com forward slash shop forward slash imperial wares which is great

i i'm told that the belisarius t-shirts are neck and neck with the julius caesar t-shirts which i don't think would happen with any other group of people so that's fun

so thank you all again for your support and i really look forward to speaking to some of you on sunday the 7th of september

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