Modern Sources on Rome & Byzantium
A curated reference of modern scholars, authors, podcasters, YouTubers, and online voices illuminating the late Roman and Byzantine worlds — from peer-reviewed historians to lively public communicators.
49 of 49 entries
| Name / Figure▲ | Affiliation↕ | Type↕ | Field↕ | What's Covered↕ | Notable Work / Resource↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Goldsworthy | Independent scholar | Scholar / Author | Historian | Roman military and political history; biographies and surveys. | How Rome Fell; The Punic Wars; Pax Romana |
| Ancient History Hub | Independent | Twitter / X | Popular historian | General look into the ancient world. | @ancientforyou on X |
| Ancient Rome Live | American Institute for Roman Culture | Website / Video | Archaeology | Free educational videos on Roman sites and material culture. | ancientromelive.org |
| Anthony Kaldellis | University of Chicago | Scholar / Podcaster | Byzantinist | Byzantine politics, identity, and historiography. | The New Roman Empire; Byzantium & Friends podcast |
| Antigone Journal | Independent | Online Journal | Classics | Open-access essays on the classical world, including Rome and late antiquity. | antigonejournal.com |
| Archaeology & Art | Independent | Twitter / X | Ancient art / archaeology | Archaeology, art, museums, and historical photography. | @archaeologyart on X |
| Averil Cameron | Oxford | Scholar | Historian | Focus on the Byzantine era; biographies of Agathias and Procopius. | Numerous monographs on late antiquity & Byzantium |
| Bryan Ward-Perkins | Oxford | Scholar | Historian / Archaeologist | Material decline of the post-Roman West. | The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization |
| Chompu's Boring Empire | Independent | YouTube | Popular historian | Deep-dive videos on the later Roman and Byzantine empires. | Chompu's Boring Empire YouTube channel |
| Chris Wickham | Oxford (emeritus) | Scholar | Historian | Economic and social transformation of the post-Roman Mediterranean. | Framing the Early Middle Ages; The Inheritance of Rome |
| Cullen Murphy | The Atlantic | Scholar / Author | Historian / Journalist | Comparisons between Rome and the modern United States. | Are We Rome? |
| Daily Stoic | Independent (Ryan Holiday) | Website / Newsletter | Stoic philosophy | Daily reflections on Stoic philosophy drawn from Roman thinkers like Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. | dailystoic.com |
| Dan Snow / History Hit | History Hit | Podcast / Streaming | Popular historian | Documentary interviews on Rome, Byzantium, and antiquity. | The Ancients & History Hit |
| Darius Arya | American Institute for Roman Culture | Twitter / YouTube | Archaeologist | Live tours and field archaeology; runs Ancient Rome Live. | linktr.ee/DariusAryaDigs |
| Dumbarton Oaks | Harvard | Institute / Library | Byzantine studies | Premier research center for Byzantine art, history, and texts. | doaks.org |
| Eastern Roman History | Independent | YouTube | Historian | Dedicated channel on the Eastern Roman / Byzantine Empire. | Eastern Roman History YouTube channel |
| Edward Gibbon | — | Scholar (Classic) | Historian | The foundational narrative of Rome's long decline, 18th c. | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Following Hadrian | Independent | Twitter / X / Blog | Hadrian / Roman travel | Following the journeys of Hadrian across the empire. | followinghadrian.com |
| Gareth Harney | Independent | Twitter / X / Books | Historian | Material culture and the wonders of the classical world. | Moneta — A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins |
| Ghost of Hellas | Independent | Twitter / X | Popular historian | Greek art and culture across the ages. | @GhostofHellas on X |
| Guy Halsall | University of York | Scholar | Historian / Archaeologist | Barbarian migrations and the end of the western empire. | Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West |
| Invicta | Independent | YouTube | Historian | High-quality documentaries on daily life and figures of ancient Rome. | Invicta YouTube channel |
| John Haldon | Princeton (emeritus) | Scholar | Byzantinist | Byzantine state, military, and the seventh-century crisis. | The Empire That Would Not Die; Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World |
| Judith Herrin | King's College London | Scholar | Byzantinist | Accessible introductions and women in Byzantium. | Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire; Ravenna |
| Kings and Generals | Independent | YouTube | Military historian | Military campaigns across history including Rome & Byzantium. | Kings and Generals YouTube channel |
| Kyle Harper | University of Oklahoma | Scholar | Historian | Climate, pandemics, and the end of the Roman world. | The Fate of Rome |
| Livius.org (Jona Lendering) | Independent | Website / Articles | Ancient history | Encyclopedic articles on the ancient world, including Rome and late antiquity. | livius.org |
| Maiorianus | Independent | YouTube | Popular historian | Deep explorations of the late Roman Empire. | Maiorianus YouTube channel |
| Majorian | Independent | Twitter / X | Popular historian | Roman history from a Texan perspective. | @Majorianus on X |
| Mary Beard | Cambridge | Twitter / X / Books | Historian | Established public voice covering the entire Roman era. | A Don's Life (TLS) |
| Mike Duncan | Independent | Podcast / Books | Popular historian | The definitive narrative podcast covering all of Roman history. | The History of Rome podcast; The Storm Before the Storm |
| Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research | University of Oxford | Research Centre | Byzantine studies | Hub for Byzantine scholarship at Oxford; affiliated faculty, seminars, and projects. | ocbr.ox.ac.uk |
| Patrick Wyman | Independent | Podcast | Historian | Late Rome, the fall of the West, and long-arc history. | Tides of History; The Fall of Rome podcast |
| Peter Brown | Princeton (emeritus) | Scholar | Historian | Founder of modern Late Antiquity studies; religion & society 200–800 CE. | The World of Late Antiquity; The Rise of Western Christendom |
| Peter Heather | King's College London | Scholar | Historian | Fall of Rome, migrations, and the rise of post-Roman Europe. | Why Empires Fall; The Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Robin Pierson | Independent | Podcast | Popular historian | Episode-by-episode narrative from 476 to 1453. | The History of Byzantium podcast |
| Roman Helmet Guy | Independent | Twitter / X | Popular historian | Obscure history and material culture from the Roman past. | romanhelmetguy.com |
| Sententiae Antiquae | Independent | Twitter / X / Blog | Classicist | Tidbits from Archaic Greece through imperial Rome and the fall of Byzantium. | sententiaeantiquae.com |
| Society for Late Antiquity | Academic society | Society / Journal | Late antiquity | Publishes the Journal of Late Antiquity (JHU Press). | Journal of Late Antiquity |
| Tertullian Project (Roger Pearse) | Independent | Website / Texts | Patristics / Late Roman | Open-access translations of late antique and patristic texts. | tertullian.org |
| The Ancients | History Hit (Tristan Hughes) | Podcast | Ancient history | Interviews with leading scholars on the ancient world, including Rome, Byzantium, and late antiquity. | The Ancients podcast |
| The Classics Library | Independent | Twitter / X | Classics community | Hub for Classics teachers and resources. | theclassicslibrary.com |
| The Partial Historians | Independent (Greenfield & Rollason) | Podcast | Classicists | Roman history with humour, from the kings onward. | The Partial Historians podcast |
| Told in Stone | Independent (Garrett Ryan) | YouTube | Historian | History, monuments, and legacies of ancient Greece and Rome. | Told in Stone YouTube channel |
| Tom Holland | Independent / The Rest Is History | Author / Podcaster | Popular historian | Sweeping narratives of Rome and its long shadow. | Pax; Dynasty; Dominion; The Rest Is History podcast |
| Turkish Museums | Türkiye Ministry of Culture | Twitter / X | Museums | Anatolian archaeology including Roman & Byzantine sites. | linktr.ee/turkishmuseums |
| Vindolanda Trust | Vindolanda Charitable Trust | Twitter / X / Site | Archaeology / Hadrian's Wall | Roman Army Museum and the Vindolanda fort, Hadrian's Wall. | vindolanda.com |
| Walter Goffart | Yale (emeritus) | Scholar | Historian | Revisionist accounts of the 'barbarian' settlements. | Barbarians and Romans; Barbarian Tides |
| Warren Treadgold | Saint Louis University | Scholar | Byzantinist | Comprehensive narrative of the Byzantine state. | A History of the Byzantine State and Society |