The eastern empire was essentially destroyed by Venice in 1204. While they regained Constatinolpe, some territory in the Balkans and Anatolia, the empire never

The eastern empire was essentially destroyed by Venice in 1204. While they regained Constatinolpe, some territory in the Balkans and Anatolia, the empire never truly recovered. During the last 250 years of its existence it was a mere shadow of its former self. It never regained its status as the preeminent cultural and political power in the Christian world.