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Article aside, an Empire that manages to last hundreds of years (1100+ in their case, and even more depending how you calculate it) must've been doing quite a f
by tryingagainbro 9y ago
Article aside, an Empire that manages to last hundreds of years (1100+ in their case, and even more depending how you calculate it) must've been doing quite a few things right.
Imagine how many enemies, crisis and emperors they had to go through, yet they survived for a very, very long time.
- zeveb 9y ago> Article aside, an Empire that manages to last hundreds of years (1100+ in their case, and even more depending how you calculate it) must be doing quite a few things right. I think it's fairest to calculate it from the founding of Rome (21 Apr 753 BC) to the fall of Constantinople (29 May AD 1453): 2,205 years. In that time it went from a kingdom to a republic to an empire, but the Roman government continued in one form or another.
- lostboys67 9y agoYes if only they had been obsessed with internal religious divisions and fighting the Persians (ignoring the new threat from the west). Not to mention the forth crusade!!
- tryingagainbro 9y agoQuite a few old fashion Orthodox are still upset over it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204) . Like in Islam....different factions debate and hold grudges for ever.