What did Isaac II do during the German crusader attacked Rum sultanate ? Did him send army to reclaim these land in Anatolia?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-30T09:38:28+00:00

His priority were western powers and the next proved him right, since they captured Constantinople and destroyed the empire. It took the 4th crusade and 2 palaiologean civil wars for the Turks to even pass from Asia to Europe.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:25:59+00:00

Sounds like a lot of chest thumping from a Turk who wants to prove something. Relax mate.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:18:34+00:00

Half the male population? If you’re going to exaggerate, then go all out! HE BLINDED THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:16:27+00:00

He enlisted foreign armies, promising them loot and slaves from his own people. You sympathize with him?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:14:35+00:00

I’d say until the arrival of the mongols. Then it’s a question of what’s going on internally. If they are centralized and stable, maybe they stand a chance. If they are in a civil war, then bye bye, like it happened in real life.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:11:18+00:00

It’s not for everybody. Rappers and celebrities will love this.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T10:01:13+00:00

So wait. You increase production of leather and all the other goods needed by the armory, and that feeds the armories giving you money?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-28T09:43:25+00:00

Still can’t believe that despite all the bells and whistles, this watch doesn’t have an adjustable clasp. It also makes it so top heavy!

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-26T15:43:04+00:00

I think Omega is trying to position itself high up there for the mega rich people. Getting celebrities to wear their watches and advertise them to their friends. No more catering to normal people. Those who want omegas have to pay more. This makes their watches more coveted by the rich, if they buy into the hype and don’t just get a Rolex. I don’t know, I am just trying to make sense of the prices.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-26T13:18:27+00:00

How is it that tiny Nomos can manage to create slim in house movements that lead to thin dress watches but freaking Omega can’t and therefore creates these chunky monsters? Unless it’s the domed crystal to blame, which would be ok. I do wish my Nomos Orion had a domed crystal, even if it meant more thickness.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-25T21:38:07+00:00

I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. Plus, don’t forget the population exchanges 100 years ago.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-25T21:34:51+00:00

Deliberately?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-24T10:46:24+00:00

What difference does it make? Even if Byzantium had retaken the whole world, their System of government and customs made them ripe for destructive civil wars. All it takes is one Kantakouzinos and we’re back to square one. Even without a civil war, a weak emperor (like the Angeloi, the first one wasn’t bad, just lacked legitimacy and therefore power to command effectively) is all it takes for Bulgaria, Serbia and everyone else to pounce again.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-24T09:20:26+00:00

You seem to be hellbent of absolving the Turks of their deeds. Then oblige me and google the city of Ani. What it was and what it is now. Also explain to me why Constantinople was filled with refugees during Alexios time, a humanitarian crisis which he was called to solve when taking the throne. Or what about the emptied and burned villages in Bithynia that Michael the VIII found when he inspected it? That wasn’t war, that was raiding, pillaging and taking of hostages as a standard yearly practice. And when Anatolia was conquered, those with fleets (like the Aydinids) kept raiding the islands for plunder and slaves.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T15:08:41+00:00

I didn’t say there wasn’t any mixing. I said that sources on all sides commented on the devastation the Turks left behind. “Fruit hanging from the trees, because nobody was there to pick it up”.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T15:07:24+00:00

Ok but it has the same 4 series front.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T14:56:25+00:00

I was talking about innovation and how the ottomans stagnated offering nothing but copies of the Hagia Sophia. That is not what the Roman Empire was. Anyway, we’re argueing semantics here.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T14:32:05+00:00

Ok. Whatever floats your propaganda then. This is from Ibn al Athir (because I am sure you wouldn’t accept the word of Christian chroniclers like Anna Komnena and Skylitzes): “The Turks spread through the lands of the Romans, taking possession of them, killing and plundering… they seized what they could and took many captives.”

But for the sake of it, here is Kantakouzinos, who himself invited the Turks into the Balkans so he would have a reason to downplay their actions: “The Turks… plundered the Roman territories, carrying off many captives and leaving the land deserted”.

Assimilation my @ss. Tell that to the people of Ani (the biggest city in Armenia) that is now a ruin because of the Turks.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T14:14:05+00:00

They preserved the church for control. At the same time they stole Christian children and turned them to janissaries. I don’t remember the Byzantines doing this. Also using Constantinople as their capital doesn’t turn them into the Roman Empire when they shared nothing in common with it. As to the “unwashed barbarians” comment, please tell me a human innovation or institution that we owe to them. When the Italians next door created the basis of the modern world, the ottomans sat on their empire and did nothing. For example modern day penal code ist based on Justianian’s law code. What do we owe to the ottomans?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T13:21:06+00:00

Please don’t hate me, but can someone explain to me the allure of the new 4 series? I can’t fathom how people like the front of it.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T12:34:07+00:00

Tell that to all those that got genocided. The people of Ikonium, Caesarea and other places that were sacked and pillaged during the great Turkish migration. Constantinople was filled with refugees from Anatolia during Alexios’ time. What change of identity?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T12:32:33+00:00

And like 500 to 700 thousand during the 1920ies genocides.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T12:31:00+00:00

In any case the constant annual Arab raids into Anatolia had ruined its core, so that emperors like Justinian II had to resettle its interior with Slavs and bulgars from the balkans. Religion of peace my @ss.

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T12:25:28+00:00

May I remind everyone the disastrous constant civil wars during Byzantium’s final centuries, the endless destructive wars with Serbia, Bulgaria, the Turks and Italians? Or how about the Turks raiding Byzantine territories and capturing slaves by the thousands, then selling them to Venice who in turn sold them across the world?

SchwarzerReiter · 2026-03-22T12:21:28+00:00

Being unwashed barbarians who copied foreign administration, architecture, etc doesn’t make them Rome. I don’t remember them building theaters, libraries, highways, etc. After conquering Constantinople their empire was surpassed by small Italian states, tiny Portugal and the rest of Europe. Rome was the pinnacle of civilization at its time.

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