Byzantines

Started by fsn, 24 February 2018, 01:39:35 PM

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fsn

Good afternoon gentlemen.

I've been reading the Alexiad of Anna Comnena again, and so, of course, I now want Byzantines of the Dyrrachium period (1081).  I've been looking at the Late Roman and Sassanids; the Dark Age range and possibly the Silhidars from the C16 Ottoman Turks. 

Any suggestions?
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
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FierceKitty

Some of the competition do have Byzantine ranges; two companies at least.
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fsn

Get thee behind me, Kitty!

Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

FierceKitty

They look very good on the field; my favourite medieval army.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

DanJ

Also one of my top two or three armies, built up a huge collection for Warmaster Ancients and I'm slowly rebasing a chunk of them for SAGA.

Unfortunately I had to stray from Pendraken......

I'll go and get the sack cloth and ashes.

urbancohort

(Got an error message on my previous attempt to reply - apologies if this is a duplicate.)

Does anyone else ever wonder whether, had the Western Empire not collapsed in 476AD, and instead survived a significant period longer, either in its full state, or as a 'rump' Southern European state, it would have resembled the Byzantine in its strictures and military?

Imagine if the Romans in the late 460s or 470s had managed to recover the provinces of Africa between them, (not so far fetched; it was done by Justinian and Belisarius 60/70 years later)? What might the Western Roman Empire have looked like?

Counterfactual history, I know, but I have never derailed a post before and I am anxious to do so.

:D
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fsn

Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

urbancohort

One should try everything in life, except for incest and folk-dancing....

paulr

Lord Lensman of Wellington
2018 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!
2022 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!
2023 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Techno