Message from @!?_Quantum_Physics
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In 636, at the mouth of the Yarmouk river
The Arabs completely smashed an army that outnumbered them
Heraclius was broken, and he died years later. Poor soul, all he worked for was destroyed
His successor did his best to hold off the Arabs and did perfectly fine.
Constans II Pogonatos became unpopular towards the end of his reign in 668.
He was killed in his own tub by his chamberlain with a bucket.
Whoops!
Lol of course you would be here troll
Coming around to uhh
700 AD
The emperors were fine off
Some bloke named Justinian II came up
Dont waste your time
Florida man is a troll
He’s not even disrupting my flow of words
I don’t mind
He doesnt debate and only uses rhetoric if he loses
Bro
I’m not debatin
My mistake
From empire to 1453
The church?
Not only.
Alas
Justinian II was a well meaning ruler
Ah
Until, 698 when a general named Leontius overthrew him and cut his nose off
Now normally, mutilation means you can’t be emperor
People would be blinded, have their balls or nose cut off
Etc
Oof
F
An anarchy continued until 712 when someone was back
Justinian II was back with a golden prosthetic on his nose and he was pissed
His second reign lasted a short time before he was executed
Credits to Leo III the Khazar for fixing the anarchy
Otherwise the Byzantines would have collapsed earlier
Most of the 8th Century onward was a bit quiet since nothing was happening due to ok emperors
Constantine V The dung named was good; despite his name which was given by hostile historians