"Ten Reasons Why Byzantium Was The Greatest Empire" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Feb 2019 9:12 p.m. PST |
"In 285 AD, the Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in two because it had grown so large that a single capital was no longer sufficient. Rome continued to administer the western portion, while Byzantium held sway over the eastern half. When Rome fell in 476, Byzantium lived on, struggling to maintain a territory that kept dwindling because of constant invasions and internal strife. The Crusades then devastated it further still. By the time it fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, it had endured for more than 1,100 years; even the British Empire never came close to matching its Byzantine predecessor. There are ten factors which can explain Byzantium's success…."
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| Perris0707 | 03 Feb 2019 10:19 a.m. PST |
Technically the Roman Empire. In which case, YES! |
dilettante  | 03 Feb 2019 11:53 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 03 Feb 2019 3:42 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!.
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| FatherOfAllLogic | 04 Feb 2019 8:11 a.m. PST |
A lot of blather. Viking guards? Eunuchs? Advanced weapons (exactly one)? Centralized bureaucracy? Pish and tosh I say! |
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