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Encyclopedia - Empire Of Trebizond: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Trebizond - Foundation
When Constantinople fell to the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Empire of Trebizond was one of the three smaller Greek states that emerged fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire
Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων Roman (Byzantine) Empire Motto: Βασιλεὺς Βασιλέων Βασιλεύων Βασιλευόν...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Age Of Justinian I
The reign of Justinian I, which began in 527, saw a period of extensive imperial conquests of former Roman territories (indicated in gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Age Of Justinian I
The reign of Justinian I, which began in 527, saw a period of extensive imperial conquests of former Roman territories (indicated in gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Term Byzantine Empire
Main article: Names of the Greeks The name Byzantine Empire is derived from the original Greek name for Constantinople, Byzantium. The na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Identity Continuity And Consciousness
"Byzantium may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, soon comprised the Hellenized empire of the East a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Origin
Caracalla's decree in 212, the Constitutio Antoniniana, extended citizenship outside of Italy to all free adult males in the entire Roman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Golden Era
The Eastern Roman Empire reached its height under the Macedonian emperors of the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. During these ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Comneni And The Crusaders
After Manzikert, a partial recovery was made possible due to the efforts of the Comnenian dynasty. The first emperor of this royal line, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Early History
The Eastern Roman Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries (see Crisis of the Third Century) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Fight For Survival
The Eastern Roman Empire's loss of territory was offset to a degree by consolidation and an increased uniformity of rule. Emperor Heracli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Legacy And Importance
Byzantium was arguably the only stable state in Europe during the Middle Ages. Its expert military and diplomatic power ensured inadverte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1461: Encyclopedia - 1461
1461 - Events. February 2 - Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire: Encyclopedia - Empire
An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as "imperium") comprise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Decline And Fall Of The Byzantine Empire
Of all the turbulent events that occurred during its long life, The Fourth Crusade had the most devastating effect on the empire. Althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Underlying Reasons For Decline
Although the three competent Comnenan emperors, especially Manuel, had the power to expel the outnumbered Seljuks, there were a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Golden Era
The Eastern Roman Empire reached its height under the Macedonian emperors of the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. During these ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Comneni And The Crusaders
After Manzikert, a partial recovery was made possible due to the efforts of the Comnenian dynasty. The first emperor of this royal line, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Decline And Fall Of The Byzantine Empire
Of all the turbulent events that occurred during its long life, The Fourth Crusade had the most devastating effect on the empire. Althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Legacy And Importance
It is said history is written by the winners, and no better example of this statement is shown in the treatment of the Byzantine Empire i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Origin
Caracalla's decree in 212, the Constitutio Antoniniana, extended citizenship outside of Italy to all free adult males in the entire Roman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Identity Continuity And Consciousness
"Byzantium may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, soon comprised the Hellenized empire of the East a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Underlying Reasons For Decline
Although the three competent Comnenan emperors, especially Manuel, had the power to expel the outnumbered Seljuks, there were a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia - Emperor
An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Early History
The Eastern Roman Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries (see Crisis of the Third Century) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Term Byzantine Empire
Main article: Names of the Greeks The name Byzantine Empire is derived from the original Greek name for Constantinople; Byzantium. The na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Fight For Survival
The Eastern Roman Empire's loss of territory was offset to a degree by consolidation and an increased uniformity of rule. Emperor Heracli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - Ancient And Medieval Georgia
The region was settled early by a neolithic culture. In the 1970s, archaeological excavations revealed a number of ancient settlements th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trabzon: Encyclopedia Ii - Trabzon - History
Originally founded as Trapezus by traders from Miletus (traditionally in 756 BC), the city was one of a number (about ten) of Milesian em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Modern Entities
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year. Lists of office-holders - Middle East & North Africa. Alger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Background
After the failure of the Third Crusade, there was little interest in Europe for another crusade against the Muslims. The Fourth Crusade w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giresun: Encyclopedia Ii - Giresun - Etymology
Giresun < Kerason < Kerasounta < Kerasus "horn" (for peninsula) in Greek + ounta "Greek toponomical suffix" Source: Özhan Özt�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire - Murad Ii
Murad spent his early years on the throne disposing off rivals and rebellions, most notably the revolts of the Serbs. In 1423 he paid a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Preparations
Mehmed, whose great-grandfather Bayezid I had previously built a fortress on the Asian side of the Bosporus called Anadolu Hisarı, now b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Country - Incomplete List Of Fictional Countries
Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it — as op...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - From Roman To Byzantine In The East
Roman Empire - Under Constantine 330–337 and his sons 337–361. Constantinople would serve as the capital of Constantine the Great f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Biography
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Early years. Fallmerayer was born, the son of a poor peasant, at Pairdorf, near Brixen in Tirol. In 1809 he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Conquest Of The Byzantine Empire
Two years after reclaiming the throne in 1451, Mehmed brought an end to the Byzantine Empire by capturing Constantinople in 1453 (during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Despotate Of Epirus: Encyclopedia Ii - Despotate Of Epirus - Foundation
The Despotate was founded in by Michael I Ducas, cousin of the Byzantine emperors Isaac II Angelus and Alexius III. At first Michael alli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Historical Development Of The Roman & Christian Tradition
Emperor - Europe & Byzantium. In the Roman tradition a large variety in the meaning and importance of the Imperial form of monarch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Georgia-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Georgia-related Topics - 0-9
.ge ... See also:List of Georgia-related topics, List of Georgia-related topics - 0-9, List of Georgia-related topics - A, List of Geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Vi Narin: Encyclopedia Ii - David Vi Narin - Life
Son of Queen Rusudan by her husband, Muhammad Mughis ud-din Turkan Shah, he was crowned at Kutaisi, as joint sovereign by his mother in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Modern States
List of extinct states - States and territories grouped by geographical location. In and around what is now Bulgaria Third Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Modern Entities
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year. Lists of office-holders - Africa. Algeria Heads of state of Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Historical Development
Emperor - Europe. In the Roman tradition a large variety in the meaning and importance of the Imperial form of monarchy developed: in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trabzon Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Trabzon Province - Population History
Trabzon Province - Ottoman era 1903 census. (This refers to a previous province which covered a wider area of NE Turkey) Muslim 972,98...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire - European Imperialism
The modern term "empire" derives from the Latin word imperium, a word coined in what became possibly the most famous example of this sort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trabzon: Encyclopedia Ii - Trabzon - History
Trabzon - Ancient and Medieval. Originally founded as Trapezus by traders from Miletus (traditionally in 756 BC), the city was one of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - The Empire After Constantine 337–395
Roman Empire - The sons of Constantine 337–361. The Empire was parted again among his three surviving sons. The Western Roman Empire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Five Good Emperors - The Antonine Dynasty 96 – 180
The next century came is known as the period of the "Five Good Emperors", in which the succession was peaceful though not dynastic and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Severan Dynasty 193–235
The Severan dynasty includes the increasingly troubled reigns of Septimius Severus (193–211), Caracalla (211–217), Macrinus (217–21...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - History On Other Imperial Traditions
Emperor - Pre-Columbian American traditions. The only pre-Columbian North American rulers to be commonly called emperors were the Huey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Lists Of Emperors
Emperor - Emperors of traditional empires. Persian Empire (559 BC–330 BC) - see List of kings of Persia Empire of Alexander the Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Contributions
The value of his contributions to the medieval history of Greece is now diminished by association with his discredited thesis that the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Flavian Dynasty
The Flavians, although a relatively short lived dynasty, helped restore stability to an empire on its knees. Although there are criticism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Crisis Of The 3rd Century 235–284
The Crisis of the is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the between . It is also called the period of the "mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Distinction Between Emperor And Other Types Of Monarch
Both kings and emperors are monarchs. There is no single rule to distinguish the one from the other: several factors, like interpretation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - The End Of The Western Empire 395–476
The year 476 AD is generally accepted as the end of the Western Roman Empire. In that year, Odoacer deposed his puppet Romulus Augustus (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Legacy Of The Roman Empire
Several states claiming to be the Roman Empire's successor arose, before as well as after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire - Beyazid I
Beyazid I succeeded to the sultanship upon the assassination of his father Murad. In a rage over the attack, he ordered all Serbian capti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Historians' Viewpoints On The Evolution Of Imperial Rome
Because the empire of Rome lasted for such a long period of time (31 BC– 1453 AD), there are certain alternative names used by historia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Tetrarchy 285–324 And Constantine The Great 324-337
The transition from a single united empire to the later divided Western and Eastern empires was a gradual transformation. In July, 285, D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Works
After his death there appeared at Leipzig in 1861, under the editorship of G. M. Thomas, three volumes of Gesammelte Werke, containing Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire - Mehmed I
When Mehmed Çelebi stood as victor in 1413 he crowned himself in Edirne (Adrianople) as Mehmed I. His was the duty to restore the Ottoma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Early Reign
He was born in Edirne (Adrianople, Jedreno), then a capital city of the Ottoman State, on March 30, 1432; his mother Huma Hatun was a dau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of International Organizations
See also international organization leaders by year. President of the European Commission United Nations Secretary-General United Nation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Age Of Augustus 31 Bc–ad 14
Roman Empire - Political developments. As a matter of convenience, the Roman Empire is said to have begun with the constitutional settl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - Georgia After Shevardnadze
A powerful coalition of reformists headed by Mikhail Saakashvili, Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania united to oppose Shevardnadze's gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Defunct Entities
Lists of office-holders - Ancient world. Akkad Kings of Akkad Gutian kings Assyria Kings of Assyria Athens King of Athens Archo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Historians' Viewpoints On The Evolution Of Imperial Rome
Because the empire of Rome lasted for such a long period of time (31 BC– 1453 AD), there are certain alternative names used by historia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of Modern Subnational Entities
Lists of office-holders - Australia. Premiers of New South Wales Premiers of Queensland Premiers of South Australia Premiers of Tasman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Flavian Dynasty
The Flavians, although a relatively short lived dynasty, helped restore stability to an empire on its knees. Although there are criticism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - Post-communist Georgia 1990 - 2003
Opposition pressure on the communist government was manifested in popular demonstrations and strikes, which ultimately resulted in an ope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire - Murat I
In the early 1360s the Ottoman armies marched into Thrace through Gallipoli and captured Adrianople (Edirne) and Philippopolis (Plovdiv) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Two Military Danger Zones Rebellions Uprisings And Political Consequences
It was relativly easy to rule the Roman Empire, from the central capital of Rome, during peacetime. An eventual rebellion was expected an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Two Military Danger Zones Rebellions Uprisings And Political Consequences
It was relativly easy to rule the Roman Empire, from the central capital of Rome, during peacetime. An eventual rebellion was expected an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Julio-claudian Dynasty: Augustus' Heirs
Augustus, leaving no sons, was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius, the son of his wife Livia from her first marriage. Augustus was a scion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - Georgia Under The Russian Empire 1801 - 1918
In 1801, the Russian Tsar Alexander I exiled the royal family of Kartl-Kakheti. It was fully absorbed into the Russian Empire by 1804. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - Georgia Under The Soviet Union 1921 - 1990
Georgia was forcibly incorporated into a Transcaucasian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic (TFSSR) comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Georgia Country: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Georgia Country - The Democratic Republic Of Georgia 1918 - 1921
The Russian Revolution of October 1917 plunged Russia into a bloody civil war during which several outlying Russian territories declared ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Political Impact Of Fallmerayer's Ethnic Theories
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer - Early critics. Fallmerayer's theory on ethnicity attracted criticism from many sides since its original pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - Julio-claudian Dynasty: Augustus' Heirs
Augustus, leaving no sons, was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius, the son of his wife Livia from her first marriage. Augustus was a scion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Country - Lands Of Robert E. Howard
While the map of Earth in the "Hyborian Age" differs markedly from today's, some of Howard's fictional, ancient countries are obviously s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of The Ottoman Empire - Orhan I
The son of Osman, Orhan I, conquered Nicaea in 1331 and Nicomedia in 1337 and established the capital in Bursa. During Orhan's reign the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Siege And Final Assault Of The City
Mehmed planned to attack the Theodosian Walls, the intricate series of walls and ditches protecting Constantinople from an attack from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Country - Lands Of Arda And Middle-earth
Though J. R. R. Tolkien indicated that he intended Arda to represent our Earth in a previous age, sometimes few correspondences exist bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Country - Semi-fictional Countries
Some lands exist uneasily on the borderlands of fiction and fact, of imagination and reality. There follows a list of places with a real ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Diversion To Constantinople
Boniface, meanwhile, had left the fleet before it sailed from Venice, and had visited his cousin Philip of Swabia. The reasons for his vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Attack On Zara
Main article: Siege of Zara Since there was no binding agreement amongst the crusaders that all should sail from Venice, many chose to sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Despotate Of Epirus: Encyclopedia Ii - Despotate Of Epirus - Despots Of Epirus
Despotate of Epirus - Ducas dynasty. Michael Angelus Comnenus Ducas (1204-1214) (Michael I Ducas) Theodore Ducas (1214-1230), emperor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Despotate Of Epirus: Encyclopedia Ii - Despotate Of Epirus - Collapse Of The Despotate
Anna succeeded in marrying Thomas to a daughter of Andronicus II, but Thomas was assassinated in 1318 by Nicholas Orsini, who married his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Lists Of Emperors
Emperor - Emperors of traditional empires. Persian Empire (559 BC–330 BC) - see List of kings of Persia Empire of Alexander the Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Distinction Between Emperor And Other Types Of Monarch
Both kings and emperors are monarchs. There is no single rule to distinguish the one from the other: several factors, like interpretation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire - Imperialism
The discovery of the New World provided an opportunity for many European states to embark upon programs of imperialism on a different mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire - Modern Empires
The concept of "empire" in the modern world, while still present politically, has begun to lose cohesion semantically. The only remaining...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Despotate Of Epirus: Encyclopedia Ii - Despotate Of Epirus - Italian Invasions
After Michael VIII restored the empire in Constantinople in 1261 he frequently harassed Epirus, and forced Michael's son Nicephorus to ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Despotate Of Epirus: Encyclopedia Ii - Despotate Of Epirus - Nicaean And Byzantine Suzerainty
Epirus never regained its power after this defeat. Michael II lost Thessalonica to Nicaea in 1246 and then allied with the Latins against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Further Attacks On Constantinople
The crusaders were opposed to Isaac, as they had never met him and did not believe he was part of their deal with Alexius, but the Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Aftermath
Mehmed had promised his troops they could loot the city for three days, in accordance with ancient military tradition. He had also threat...   » Read the article