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Putting michael VIII over Manuel II is literally a joke Manuel deserves S or at least A

Eudoxia Ingerina was allready pregnant with Leon VI before she was married with Basil I under the will of Michael III to avoid Leon be taged as a bastard, which would have made his ascension on the throne impossible

"Huh"

It's pronounced ny - SEE - ah

I love europe

The Triumph of Othodoxy has been the feit of my pious ancestrix Emperess Theodora Mamikonian, the Widow of the last Iconoclast, Emperor Theophilos. She put the decisive end to iconoclasm and was proclamed a Saint by the Orthodox Church. For this her rests in the church in Corfu remain intact !

Because they were imbeciles. Sultan Melikshah offered to return most of the territory Turks conquered in return for a permanent peace treaty between Turks and Byzantines. The Byzantines weren't interested because they had this brilliant idea: "Hey why don't we invite every psychopath in Europe and open our capital city's gates to them? I am sure they will help us fight Turks and not loot the city instead!"

The Byzantine Empire will always live in our hearts

Turkey is a barbaric, uncivilized state that suppresses the rights of its minority people as well as their religious beliefs.

Must say that Alexios is far too low.

That was very well done, thank you

Because they couldn’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's funny how Arcadius was more active in bed (he had at least 4 children) than as a ruler, considering his weak health.

If Manuel had reconsidered his policies a little, been less ambitious, and focused entirely on the East instead of the West, Anatolia would have been recovered

The Ducas dynasty was a complete disaster (1059 to 1081) because it gave up Italy in the west and Anatolia in the east, but the Komnenians rebuilt the empire. If Manuel the Great had turned his attention to the east throughout his reign, the situation would have been reversed. The Anatolian Seljuks would have been overthrown and Byzantium would have been restored, stronger than ever. But alas, that did not happen..

It's also because the Turks were very successful in assimilating

Monkish? I prefer monkey 🐒

Nikephoros I often seems to get a pass because he *meant well*. But Pliska was a disaster which crippled The Empire for several years.

these videos are still gonna be watched in 10 years, amazing

Phocas in D tier? WTF? That man should be in F tier! Like, mention any east Roman emperor worse than that guy? Killed a competent Roman emperor, ruled like a spoilt overgrown baby bully, killed competent generals, did nothing to solve any of the empire's woes, did nothing to stop the early Persian incursions, thus making them to grow wings and really fly away, was disinterested in offering leadership except it had to do with killing perceived opponents, bro was probably the worst Roman emperor after the likes of Caligula, Nero and what not

Justinian's re-conquest of Italy actually made more sense than people realize. If you look at what happened after the Byzantines lost control of Sicily to the Arabs in the 9th century or Apulia to the Normans in the 11th century, you will see that hostile powers in Italy posed a huge threat to the Byzantine Empire. There is a reason why Manuel Komnenos spent a fortune trying to take back Apulia from the Normans.

Alexios I: We need to take Anatolia John II: We Are Almost Winning! All we need is the middle! Manuel I: i give up

Bro stop calling it the Byzantine Empire. It's the Roman empire. It doesn't matter they ended up Greek. The Eastern Roman Empire never fell and the Eastern Part is just as much Roman as the Western Part

Byzantines had such terrible management. If they were better managed, they would still exist today

Nicholas Kanabos and Matthew Kantakuzenos: what about us Great video 👍👍

Interesting choices for S-tier, I do think Constantine and Anastasius deserve the leg up on your picks but I certainly can't argue with them. I can also see Justinian in A-tier much more clearly than I can in S, which is where people usually rank him (although I do think B would've been more appropriate).

Hell yeah

Romanus 1 is an easy *A*, borderline *S*.

Poor old Beardy Constans deserves a higher grade. He began the fightback after the disaster of Yarmuk.

Phocas wasn't just "vaguely incompetent" he was flagrantly inept and straight up satanic and brutally EVIL. Look at what he did to Maurice and his family. A downright murderous devil to his own people.

too bad

why? they cant bro

For Constantine Palaiologos you could have used the icon displaying him, which was recently found and is dated during the time of his reign

(Hits obligatory medieval Roman imperial griddy)

Basil lost Sicily, not secured it 🤨

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Iconoclast Emperor V murdered on Christmas Day 820 AD Christmas Day 2024

Serapeum historia is the real goat emperor

9;10 Its weird cause, what Marious did to Sulla was underhanded...but legal, just, as command kept getting stolen from Marious was unfair, but legal... So... Sulla bad!

I really do find the 3rd Punic "War" hard to swallow. If you ever want to get feel of, how horrible the "carthaginian solution" really was, listen to dan carlin's Punic Nightmares part 3. Actually puts a lump in my throat to think about sometimes.

As always I appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos, much love from Florida

Konstantinos VIII hatte drei Töchter: die erste wurde durch die Variola gezeichnet.Die zweite, Zoe, wollte er mit Kaiser Otto III begatten. Otto III starb aber als Zoe Brindisi mit ihrer Suite erreicht hatte. Als sie den ersten ihrer vier künftigen Gatten heiraten durfte, war sie bereits menopausiert.Sie. versuchte alle möglichen Methoden um schwanger zu werden, als ob sie nicht gewusst hätte, dass eine Schwangerschaft unmöglich geworden war. Die dritte, Kaiserin Theodora ist die beste Herrscherin nach Theodora Mamikonian gewesen, starb aber als Virgo intacta und mit ihr erlosch die bedeutendste Amoriden Dynastie. Es gab keine "makedonische" Dynastie, da der Usurpator Basileios I kein makedonier war und keine Dynastie gegründet hat, da sein erster Sohn Sebatios mit 18 Jahren gestorben ist, und der zweite, Aleksandros, unverheiratet und ohne Nachkommen gestorben ist.

There is a theory that claims that Basil I was descended from the Parthian kings of Armenia, who were also descended from the Parthian kings of Iran. Is this correct in your opinion? But the biggest and most popular theory is that she was born in a village in Macedonia and was probably a horse herder

Looks suspishes lol

Never understand this why the Skandinavien dont take Britannia like the turks or the romans dont figth the City was so 1000 people lol vs 10000 i know is Hard or where 50000 man eat drink water the horses drink water to and eat how mutch kg they need for a day and how they do they come in the ciys say djlruöeum they say dont understand ( in latin ) lol or the turks have skools to lern latin or they make turk skools so the romans need to lern turkish lol

Just on plagues and war: the outbreak of the Black Death coincided with the Hundred Years' War, and didn't stop the Battle of Poitiers or activities around that time (1356). Justinian being able to field armies may not mean the plague was minor, the Black Death's first arrival in England was, I think, 1346-47 with repeated waves for a long time thereafter. Interesting rating for Monomachos. I haven't quite got to him in Kaldellis' The New Roman Empire but it'll be interesting to see if I agree with him or you when I do. Agree with you that Romanos IV was more unlucky than incompetent. Been a while since I read about John III but will have to revisit him, seeing as he got an S. I'd probably have Heraclius as an S tier.

Julian was an idiot