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The fact that the Byzantines basically forgot they ruled Sardinia will always be funny to me.
Varangian Chronicler
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Varangian Chronicler
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Medieval stories from Europe’s eastern frontier
- I wonder what Plato would think of how much time & effort has been invested in uncovering a kingdom he made up as a literary device.They're saying Atlantis was in Spain.
- Mind-blowing. I just learned that Samurai, Conquistadors, Ottomans, and Aztecs fought one another.
- Today, 570 years ago, Ottoman Janissaries poured over the Theodosian Walls. The Genoese fled when their leader, Giovanni Giustiniani, was injured. The Emperor threw himself into the hopeless struggle & died with his men. After over 2,000 years, the Roman Empire was no more.
- In 711 AD a Muslim army landed on Gibraltar. Within a few years Islam seemed destined to absorb Iberia… However, one holdout remained in the mountains of the North. The survival of Christian Iberia fell to a few warriors. Or, as the Muslims described them; “30 wild donkeys.”
- You are vastly underestimating how interconnected the ancient world was.
- Did you know Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India were once home to Greek Kingdoms? A thread on the Greco-Bactrians and the “Land of One Thousand Golden Cities.”
