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Theodore I Laskaris held power for a while, and he was pretty decent
Holding off Turks and expanding territory
His successor John III Doukas Vatatzes was even more better
A pious emperor who made territorial gains and was canonized as a saint in Christianity later
His son Theodore II Laskaris lasted 4 years; albeit he too was brilliant in his own sense. The previous two emperors were epileptic
Despite his epilepsy, John III and Theodore II managed to keep the empire going on
They handed their throne off to John IV Laskaris, Theodore’s 8 year old son who had a regent for 3 years.
On his 11th birthday, he was blinded and exiled.
The man who ordered this was Michael VIII Palaiologos
He was brutal but an ok emperor
Not great
But he did reconquer constantinople by 1260.
His successors weren’t amazing.
Andronikos II Komnenos had a long reign but he was ineffective.
A lot of lost territory happened during his reign
In 1320, his grandson Andronikos III ended up accidentally killing his own brother
And Andronikos II’s son, his Co Emperor John IX died of grief
Andronikos ended up disowning his grandson and a civil war happened
The latter won and he ruled for a bit.
His son, John V was pathetic
He didn’t know when to give up
Eventually he died of a nervous breakdown after a series of humiliating defeats.
His successors had very little territory. Manuel II Palaiologos held onto them for 25 years.
John VIII Palaiologos made some gains but lost them in the end
And in 1453, Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos led the Byzantine into a final charge against Sultan Mehmet II of the ottomans.
He died, and the light of rome was extinguished.
That’s the end of the story.
I recapped the entire history of rome from 193 AD to 1453 AD.
Oh and
Regarding the great schism
Not much to talk about, the latin west divided with the greek east in 1054
The west was Catholic, the east was Orthodox
It was mostly political based and ecclesiastical
Nothing too big
Only catch is that I could’ve been just Christian instead of Orthodox if it hadn’t happened.
Ping me if you have questions about the mega long history recap I just did
@!?_Quantum_Physics How do you remember all that?
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