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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AussieCollector, post: 3299141, member: 81093&quot;]Thanks for listening to the podcast [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the narrator&#039;s point, and my point, is that he gets an overly bad, and somewhat unfair, rap.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not for one second saying he wasn&#039;t a poor leader, both militarily and administratively. All I&#039;m saying is that it&#039;s somewhat unjustified to simply write him off as a tyrant. </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, the history books were largely written, or commissioned, by those who overthrew him. Even your reference to Phocas forcing Jews to convert to Christianity is based on the fairly dubious testimony of Pseudo-Dionysus of Tel Mahre in the 8th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problems of history. </p><p><br /></p><p>But thank you again for taking the time to listen to the podcast.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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