Byzantine Knowledge of Roman History

How much did the Byzantines know about the classical Roman Empire?
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Chapters:
0:00 Defining Byzantium
0:38 The crisis of the seventh century
1:09 Popular ignorance about the past
1:36 The loss of Latin
1:57 Byzantine education
2:30 Masterworks
4:07 Roman texts in Constantinople
4:41 Roman history in Byzantine chronicles
5:40 Michael Psellus' summary
6:17 The disappearance of texts
6:42 A lingering sense of Roman history

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