Originally posted by Athanasios
toppled the Basileus "the boulgaroctonus"(obulgaroctonus is hes nikname in byzantine history for killing meny bulgarous solders at battle and for hes victory over boulgarary) i dont tink so as basileus was a great general with strong army and strong economy.
i like the hitorical dynastys of Angelous , komninous , paleologous ,
And as greece tradisional songs say Konstantinos founded constantinoupolis Konstantinos paleologos lost it and Konstandinos will wiin/bring it back to greece from wich the all the royal byzantyns dynastois has there root in peloponisos
When I said Basileus, I mean Basilias, as in King. That, in turn, means that it is not referrin to Basilios b' Boulgaroktonos.
What Maniakis did was conquer Sicily for an Emperor
(The Byzantines were naturally desirous of reconquering the island of Sicily, but the emperors of the West coveted it. Otho II had been negotiating with Venice about seizing it; Henry II, in the Treaty of Bamberg (1020), promised it to the popes. But it was the Normans who obtained it. Discord broke out in the Kebbidi family, and anarchy resulted: every alcalde and petty captain aspired to independence. Encouraged by these conditions, the Emperor Michael IV sent the catapan Leo Opus (1037) with a fleet, which, after varying fortunes, was forced to retire.
In the following year he sent George Maniakis with an army which contained some Normans who had chanced to be at Calabria. Messina and Syracuse were taken, and the Arabs badly defeated near Troina. But Maniakis offended the Normans; they returned to the peninsula, and then began their conquests there. The victories of Maniakis continued until 1040, but their fruits were lost when he was recalled.)
When recalled to Konstantinoupolis in 1040, he learned that he would be Killed on arrival. So, he rebelled and formed an army to claim the throne. It was that or he would be killed. In the ensuing battle, he won, but died fighting.
With him, died the chance that Byzantium would survive till now. Yes, he was that good. No, we will never know HOW good he was.
History's unexpected turns. As for taking back Polis, Kokkini milia, and all that, I think we had the best chance for 1000 years in 1919 till 1922 and we blew it to hell, through our own doing. (Civil war between Benizelos and Konstantinos). Let's leave it at that and get on with today. For any other wish, there is still
Europa Universalis 2. I highly recommend it.
not at the same time ) are more than 7 ( i thin that is 12 and the smolest have 4 members ? ) if a player like to play with a Byzantine dynastie he will choose from the Byzantine dynasties :
