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An exploration of the Byzantine Empire (330-1461), both through historical posts and by means of historically-informed role-play. |
The Emperors
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 The Comneni (1081-1185 C.E.)
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The House of Comneni stabilized and partially restored the Empire's position in Anatolia after the disastrous defeat by the Turks at Manzikert in 1071. In the end, however, Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180) overextended the Empire, and his charismatic but vengeful cousin and successor Andronicus I Comnenus (1182-85) started the Empire on the disastrous course that ended with the arrival of the Fourth Crusade. A collateral branch of the Comneni family managed to re-establish itself along the southeastern shores of the Black Sea, however, where the Empire of Trebizond (1205-1461) outlasted even Constantinople itself.
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The Historical Accuracy of Andronicus's "Memoirs" - ( * Aurelian Junius )Memoirs of Andronicus Comnenus (VII): The Massacre of the Latins (April 1182 C.E.) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Information on John II Comnenus - ( * Aurelian Junius )Memoirs of Andronicus Comnenus (VI): The Path to Power (1180 - 1182 C.E.) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Nicetas Choniates on the Protosebastos Alexius - ( * Aurelian Junius )Andronicus Marches on Constantinople (Fall 1181 - Spring 1182) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Andronicus Comnenus Issues a Warning (June 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Maria Porphyrogenita Appeals to a Possible Ally (May 16, 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Crisis in Constantinople (3): The Economist Reports (May 9, 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Crisis in Constantinople (2): The Protosebastos Strikes (Saturday, May 2, 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Crisis in Constantinople (1): CNN Reports (April 15, 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Two Big Fish Escape the Net (March 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )A Murderous Plot is Exposed! (February 1181) - ( * Aurelian Junius )The Emperor Manuel's Daughter Reflects Back Over the Year (Part 2) (December 1180) - ( * Aurelian Junius )The Emperor Manuel's Daughter Reflects Back Over the Year (Part 1) (December 1180) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Catfight in the Great Palace: Maria of Antioch versus Maria Porphyrogenita (September 1180 - late 1182) - ( * Aurelian Junius )A Popularly-Oriented Article on Andronicus I Comnenus - ( * Aurelian Junius )Memoirs of Andronicus Comnenus (V): Love, Wanderings, and a Reconciliation (1166-1180 C.E.) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Memoirs of Andronicus Comnenus (IV): Exile, War, and a Dangerous Liaison (1164-1166 C.E.) - ( * Aurelian Junius )Memoirs of Andronicus Comnenus (III): The Prisoner (1158-1164 C.E.) - ( * Aurelian Junius )| 5 more |
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