Byzantine Emporiaさんのイラストまとめ

A lot of Machiavelli quotes have been making the rounds the past day or two, only to look completely silly less than 24 hours later.

But Machiavelli himself had already discredited his ideas by the time he even put pen to paper.

Cyprus, Byzantium, and Richard the Lionheart

Richard’s conquest of the island en route to the Holy Land was more than a chivalrous sideshow. It marked a major shift in the region, presaging Byzantium’s rapid loss of influence with the 1204 sack of Constantinople. Thread.

A similar arrangement existed in the Exarchate of Africa, where Greek-speaking administrators ruled over a population that spoke other languages (Latin and local languages), while defending against Visigothic and Berber encroachments.

There’s a ton of conflicting evidence about events, so I’ll largely follow Kaegi’s “Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests” and Haldon’s “The Byzantine Wars”, which are the best reconstructions.

The siege effectively ended the Republic of Florence and also closed the High Renaissance. Fittingly, the fortifications that Michelangelo designed for the city are visible in the background.

The spears and pennons of the Turkish cavalry in WWI changed very little from what they used 800 years before.

On another note, 'Saladin the Strategist' will be out very soon! https://t.co/VU4vuQPhdS

France declares war, joined by her ally Spain (Belarus). Louis XV sends an expedition to Danzig (the Donbas) where Stanislaus is holding out, but this quickly runs into trouble (long distance from France = long-outdated military equipment).

When Augustus II of Poland dies in 1733, the question of succession comes up. The Sejm elects the French candidate Stanislaus Leszczyński (Louis XV’s father-in-law), but he is overthrown by the eastern powers in favor of Augustus of Saxony—the Maidan Revolution!

Since there are a lot of completely inappropriate historical analogies floating around to describe current events, I thought I would have a crack:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is just like the War of the Polish Succession. Thread

Krum attacked the imperial camp before dawn. The rest of Byzantine army was too scattered to come to Nicephorus’ aid. The emperor was killed in the ensuing slaughter and his skull made into a drinking gourd by Krum. In a panic, many of Nicephorus' household fled south.