Hikanatoi - Epic Byzantine Music

You can buy this song and all my music here: Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Hikanatoi were an elite section of the Byzantine army based near Constantinople. They were founded in the 9th century and ended in the 11th. Take note that this isn’t actual Byzantine music, nor does it seek to be--it’s modern “Epic“ music which mixes a “film soundtrack“ style with Modern Greek musical language to produce an image of Byzantine civilisation, not a reconstructive work. Transliterated lyrics and translation: To patazanti basilis megalus, Alliluia! (To him who defeated great kings, Aleluiah!) Roma invicta, Roma aeterna, Roma caput mundi (Rome undefeated, eternal Rome, Rome capital of the world) Polataetiton vasileon! (Many years to the Kings) Vivat Imperator! (Long live the Emperor) En Christō tō Theō pistós basileus kai autokratōr Rhōmaíōn (In Christ the God faithful Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans)