Byzantium thread!
Viva!
>>53823638
here's a pity (You)
i hope you find your greek friends to post here
>>53823638
Fucking Germans claiming they are rightful heirs to the Roman Imperial Throne, just because the P*pe says so, man fuck 'em.
>1000 A.D problems
>>53824130
You've been bantering like crazy these last few days Paraguay, chill οιkογένεια.
>>53824925
>>53824171
WAS ROME
>>53824234
>>53824952
After being raided by the "friendly" crusaders, sacking our town, destroying our empire and leaving us with almost no navy or manpower, it would be easy for some fucking arabs to siege us...
>>53825030
>>53824952
>>53823638
Byzantium is dead
forever.
>>53823638
>greeks claiming that our empire was something that they made AGAIN
>>53823638
http://www.countryballplushies.com/
>this is real
not sure how to feel
>>53825978
Pollack-Litkushuianian Commonwealth is also dead.
Forever.
>>53825852
WE
>>53826122
Your Empire?
Italians are not Romans, get your head out of your ass. You Germanic barbar.
>>53824234
>that guy later pretended to be a roman
Silly Gaius..
>>53826178
WUZ
>>53826296
OTTOMANZ
>>53826251
your empire?
greeks are not romans, get your head out of your ass. you turkroach
i can do the very same thing you thief
>>53826251
And you are not ancient greek but just half-slavic turk. Who cares.
>>53826388
Greeks were honorary Romans.
>>53826434
Seriously you mongol pollack? We can play the same game, but the thing is, western Turks are white from our genes inside them.
>>53826497
more like pretty slaves
>>53826589
More like idols to the Romans.
>>53826713
oh yes, so idolized that we enslaved them all
battle of pydna best day of my life
Can I join
t. vlach
We defend the mountain passes against the heathen invaders
WE
>>53826800
The Romans wouldn't have won against Macedon if it weren't for the other Greek states' support. But honestly, I'm glad cynocephalae happened, because we showed the Romans how to be Greeks and the Kingdom of Macedon then, was tyrranical.
Italians are traitors to the Roman throne, by making Germans, "legitimate" Romans.
>>53826135
sooo... /his/ thread?
>>53826990
Well, nationalism, which is /pol/'s thing, is based on history, so yes...
>>53826952
the franks were french, first.
second
do you even know how pydna happened?
44000 makedonian troops agains 29000 legionaries and the romans just mopped the floor with them
>>53826130
Guess you weren't around when this was crowdfunded. Big discussion about once more monetizing the fruits of 4chan. We pointed to icanhazcheeseburger and moved on, mad that we hadn't come up with the idea.
Haven't checked in a long time though. I see the hypercube is alive and well though.
>>53827039
It was the Macedonian zeal and them not changing their "tactics" which "copied" Alexander, and using almost only phalangites. If half these troops were Hypaspists, the battle would've been much different.
Hell, I'd fight for Rome back then, it might've not been Greek, but it was founded with Greek values.
HREians were not Franks, and Franks were Goths, so in extension, Germanics.
>>53827208
Hypaspistai were too elite to even be considered as a whole army
charlemagne was french
>Greeks claiming the Byzantine Empire
When will this meme end?
Who's your favourite Emperor? Mine's either Heraclius or Basil ll.
>>53827309
Frankly, the post-argead Macedonian Greeks were fucking assholes.
Charlemagne was a Frank, Franks descended from Goths.
Modern French are Germanics. Charlemagne didn't found the HRE.
>>53827329
Justinian, Basil and Alexius Komnenos.
>>53826905
step right in Blaxo
>>53827329
Is there really any other answer than justinian?
Seriously is there? I don't know much about them, but certainly the best claytaker is the best emeror.
>>53827486
modern french are latin, and we always called the HRE "emopire of the germans"
>>53827562
>modern french are latin
welp, thread derailed, get ready, they are coming...
>>53827562
After your gay ass pope "gave" Charlemagne the Roman throne?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks <--- Read
>>53827562
Now you've done it
>hire catalan mercenaries
>not paying them
>killing their leader
dumb byzantines
>>53827525
Having more clay=/=greatness
Justinian spent all of the Empire's wealth and almost made it bankrupt just to reconquer Italy and some other former Roman lands only to lose them later on. This hurt them in the long run, especially during the war with the Sassanids.
>>53826497
>russian flag
>Seriously you mongol pollack?
Finally someone gets it.
>>53827615
>>53827710
>that was my plan all along
>>53827673
aaand what would you have done?
>>53827673
>iconoclasm
>shoo away patriarchs to the monastery when they refuse to listen to you
>put a woman on the throne
>act confused when the Pope crowns someone else
>>53827761
I just said it because Huns and LitPols were the ones that conquered Moscow, Rus/Ruthenians are good slavs.
>LOOK AT DEM PUSSIES, LOOK!
how does it feel i'm having fun at your city :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
>>53827832
>Rus/Ruthenians are good slavs.
They were. Untill they got Russified by Moskalshits.
>>53827711
post 1300 Byzantium was just a mere shell of its former self
>>53827829
After the Iconomachy, the actual Christianity overcame. Plus, Theodora was only a regent you fag.
>>53827871
At least they aren't Catholic heretics...
>>53827963
>At least they aren't Catholic heretics...
I don't give a shit about pussy latin religions.
>>53827823
Abide to my standards, and not give the people that brought the unified Empire into ruin, the throne of said Empire. Plus, I couldn't technically do it since I couldn't crown anyone, as a Roman Emperor.
>>53828006
Are you a filthy pagan, then?
>>53828037
>Are you a filthy pagan, then?
I'm a filthy human. I despise all religionfags and atheishits.
>>53828037
as if you would have had any choice in the matter
>>53827890
I also liked Theodore Laskaris the 2nd, but he wasn't a Byzantine Emperor, just a Nicean Emperor.
>>53828120
I can't mend the schism unfortunately.
>>53828081
>I'm a filthy human
Hey, you said it, not me...
>>53827963
>After the Iconomachy, the actual Christianity overcame
It was enough to give the Popes a valid reason not to trust Emperors in Constantinople.
>Theodora was only a regent
I was talking about Irene who was a sole ruler, but you're wrong about Thedora as well.
>you fag.
Take deep breaths.
The Ottomans were a lot better at empire management than the Byzantines tbqh.
BREAK THIS GAVUR THREAD UP, THE KAISER-I RUM HAS ARRIVED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8thkA7KwXFM
true loyaty for true empire
>>53828209
The Pope was that much of an idiot, that he thought that Irene was not a leader, but a German Frank is a more legitimate king.
There had been distrust of the Patriarchy of Rome since the beginning. Since the Roman Church wanted eclesiastic power over all the other 4 Patriarchies. They did this by forging the Donation of Constantine.
Plus Irene was a good leader tbqh
still you guys welcome for 'touristic' visit kek
>>53828557
And get bombed in a busy square? No, thanks.
>>53828688
>>53828688
Better than getting raped, losing kidneys by nignogs in Rio de Janerio.
>Post yfw Byzantium never experienced lame-ass economic and social troubles like we see in modern-day Greece in more than 1500 years of history.
>>53829300
wat
I wonder, if Justinian didn't totally fuck up Italy with his campaigns, could've Italy possibly gone the way of France?
Like, being ruled by some Germanic leaders for a while during the post WRE collapse turmoil, to then unify into a single unit like it already was and go on from there on our way instead of being fragmented into little city states.
I mean, Italian city states were cool but this fragmentation certainly didn't help in terms of geopolitical relevance.
>>53830270
What? Justinian was an infallible emperor in his conquests, he and Belisarius did the opposite of fucking up in Italy. It's just that the Byzantines couldn't keep fighting 2 front wars all the time.
Anybody would like some ships?
>>53830412
Dude the peninsula was devastated by Belisarus campaigns, that period was probably the darkest period Italy ever went though.
Not saying he did it on purpose, but war does that.
>>53830516
Well if the fucking Germanics hadn't pillaged the shit out of his garrisons, then maybe it would've have been better for Italy.
Belisarius was a liberator, not a conqueror.
>>53830791
*around his garrisons
>>53830508
He looks like a child that had his candy stolen.
