04-30-2007, 12:11 PM
We didn't really.
But look here:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... light=1071
For me, 1204 would also be a good date, but 1071 is in my view better because the loss of Anatolia in my personal view really ended the Empire-status of Byzantium.
Actually, I find 636 (Yarmuk and the loss of Syria, Palestine and Egypt) an even better date, or 650 to round it off.
I understand your wish, and actually no one will stop anyone discussing the Byzantine Empire until 1453, but i dare say that most members on this forum will not have general knowledge that reaches so far. Maybe a specialist Byzantine forum would serve that purpose better?
But look here:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... light=1071
For me, 1204 would also be a good date, but 1071 is in my view better because the loss of Anatolia in my personal view really ended the Empire-status of Byzantium.
Actually, I find 636 (Yarmuk and the loss of Syria, Palestine and Egypt) an even better date, or 650 to round it off.
I understand your wish, and actually no one will stop anyone discussing the Byzantine Empire until 1453, but i dare say that most members on this forum will not have general knowledge that reaches so far. Maybe a specialist Byzantine forum would serve that purpose better?
Robert Vermaat
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)