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Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
0:34- Here's why I don't think the Eastern Roman Empire is a military dictatorship. Even though, again, the emperors control the armies,1:24- The following is a conversation with Anthony Kaldellis, a historian of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire.1:52You've described that the Byzantine Empire is the Roman Empire, that calling it the Byzantine Empire is an invention of
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch
2:27>> Good morning, and welcome to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where we will soon launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Really an exciting2:59when we just had Roman as pencil and paper sketches, dry erase boards, PowerPoint. >> Presentations.3:24>> Telescope unlike any other in NASA's fleet. The Roman Space Telescope is designed to take wide view panoramic images
“Secret Link!” - Ancient Rome Expert on Vatican Egypt Tie, Cleopatra & Odyssey | Toldinstone • 380
0:00Our idea of the Roman Empire really comes down to a couple moments. A large part of why Octavian such as Augustus0:05manages to establish Roman Empire is everyone's just sick of this constant civil war and he brings peace. That is0:11his propaganda. I'm the one who ends the wars. The Romans admire the Greeks culturally. Herodotus the father of
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NASA successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, marking the beginning of a mission to map the universe's dark matter and dark energy while discovering up to 100,000 nsummaryRoman Telescope Capabilities: The telescope features a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble's while maintaining similar sharpness, enabled by the largest infrared detector ever built (300 million pixels). Images wiltakeawayDark Matter Visualization: Dark matter is invisible but exerts gravitational pull that distorts light from distant galaxies. Roman will map this by measuring these distortions (gravitational lensing), effectively creatintakeaway
Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
Anthony Kaldellis argues that the Eastern Roman Empire was not a distinct 'Byzantine' entity but a continuous, resilient Roman state that survived for over 2,000 years due to its institutional stability, taxation system,summaryThe empire's longevity stemmed from its ability to integrate diverse populations under a unified Roman and Orthodox identity, avoiding internal fragmentation until external invasions became insurmountable in the 14th censummaryThe Eastern Roman Empire was legally and culturally the Roman Empire; the term 'Byzantine' is a later historiographical invention. Citizens identified as Romans throughout its 2,200-year history.takeaway
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Overview News Conference (Aug. 29, 2026)
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is launching to revolutionize cosmology and exoplanet science with a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble, enabling surveys of 2 billion galaxies and a census of 20 billion summaryRoman utilizes a cloud-based data infrastructure (Roman Research Nexus) to provide immediate, equal access to massive datasets for global scientists and students, with science results expected to roll out in waves over tsummaryRoman's Wide Field Instrument will survey the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble, allowing it to complete in one month what would take Hubble a century, covering 45 Manhattan blocks or El Capitan in a single image.takeaway
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Postlaunch News Conference
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket, ahead of schedule and under budget, marking a major milestone for NASA's science mission.summaryRoman Telescope Specifications: The telescope has a field of view at least 100 times that of Hubble and a scan rate over 1,000 times faster, designed to discover up to 100,000 new exoplanets and map billions of galaxies.takeawayOn-Orbit Servicing Strategy: Roman includes a grapple fixture for potential future robotic servicing or refueling, building on lessons learned from the Swift mission attempt.takeaway
All About The New Telescope NASA Just Launched, with Jason Rhodes
NASA scientist Jason Rhodes details the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's mission to investigate dark energy through three primary methods: supernova surveys, galaxy clustering, and weak gravitational lensing.summaryThree Measurement Techniques: Roman measures dark energy via (1) supernova standard candles to track expansion over time, (2) galaxy clustering to see how gravity and dark energy compete, and (3) weak gravitational lensitakeawaySatellite Pollution: The proliferation of low-Earth orbit satellites (e.g., Starlink) creates image streaks that interfere with ground-based and low-orbit telescopes, reinforcing the need for space-based observatories litakeaway