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There’s not really a lot of bad blood between the Aragonese and the Lascarids. The bad blood was mainly with the WESTERN Sicilians and Frederick’s line. From the perspective of the Aragonese, Frederick and co. were largely just a renegade cadet whom they occasionally supported. Otherwise, the...

By this point in time, the title Kaisar was a title that could be freely distributed to nobles. I am guessing that Basil might have given the title of Kaisarissa to his niece.

Constantinos, given it’s a far more appropriate name for a Roman Emperor.

That said, only a part of this strength could be considered ‘mobile’, as in forces that could be redeployed from a front without barbarians across the border or the locals getting the wrong idea. Trying to supply armies on different fronts on campaigns is also a burden on logistical infrastructure.

NAVARRESE, her brother/mother’s subjects. Led by her baby brother.

No better title than Emperor of the Roman Empire. They have grown to the point where they should flex.

They straight up conquer the city with little resistance when they arrive is what I foresee . No need for ‘steep price’.

Butterflies…..Without the influx of the Eastern wealth, the dynamics of the Republic just changed entirely.

Prior to the annexation of Pergamon, which was an accident,the Romans had shown very little interests in official annexation of any territory in the east,

An intentional way to uproot the local nobility to stop them from causing trouble. That said, it didn’t quite make sense because most European powers were generally lazy and were content for the native elite to serve as collaborators instead of staffing government offices with their own people...

Speaking of the Cretans, are the Cretans of this time still as famed for their archery as their ancestors did in the antiquity?

Take care.

I don’t think so, but there was precedence for a brother in law to inherit, like how Wessex took over Mercia?! That said, if the Wittengamot rubber stamps it, then screw precedence,. After Canute became king though, I don’t think people really cared about precedence.

More like they enforced a lot of Manchu customs on the Chinese like the clothing as well. That’s why when the Taiping Rebellion broke out, the rebels caste away their qipaos in favour of theatre customes(theatre customs were the only lingering Hanfu that remained legal, as well the clothing of...

Border gore in Roman Anatolia.