Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine: One Empire, Two Empires, Three Empires, Four Empires.

Manuel II goes a-calling on the heads of state of the major European powers in order to find some support in saving his dying empire.

21 Nov 201820min

A lot has been going on in the former Western Roman Empire in the 300 years between 1100 and 1400!

4 Nov 201813min

Introducing the Hokey Cokey Emperor. Is he in power or out? In, out, in, out!

21 Okt 201821min

Fractious and incompetent behaviour from the ruling family plunge the Empire into crisis. It’s not going to get any better!

31 Jul 201817min

A brilliant general becomes Emperor of Nicaea. It only takes him a few years to regain the great city of Constantinople.  Unfortunately everyone is out to get him and it takes a lifetime of juggling t...

1 Jul 201818min

The Angeli prove themselves to be so incompetent that the capital of the Empire cannot withstand the crusading armies.  Calamity results.

22 Apr 201818min

Andronicus Comnenus could not, quite obviously, be allowed to continue as Basileus. If only his demise, like that of Domitian for example, had been planned. Then, perhaps, the chaos and incompetence t...

1 Apr 201816min