No, Byzantine Empire was broken by battle of Manzikert in 1071, and then by Fourth Crusade in 1204. After that it was hardly an “Empire” any more—it was a minor country surrounded by much bigger powers.
And the plague story doesn’t work at all—Byzantium fell over a century after the plague.
No, Byzantine Empire was broken by battle of Manzikert in 1071, and then by Fourth Crusade in 1204. After that it was hardly an “Empire” any more—it was a minor country surrounded by much bigger powers.
And the plague story doesn’t work at all—Byzantium fell over a century after the plague.
Meh, maybe.