Basil the Bulgar Slayer Appreciation Thread

[Eddie Riggs]

 

[Skitarii]

No complaints from me. We were t*rks back then therefore we deserved to be killed

 

[NvII iS 8ulLt f0R 88C]

I am a Alexios simp myself. I know the inherent irony.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

I am a Alexios simp myself. I know the inherent irony.
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The Komnenoi almost pulled it off too, if it hadn't been for those meddling Venetians. And infighting. But mostly Venetians.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

Got to side with Justinian, last native Latin speaking Emperor of the Roman Empire. If only he hadn't wasted his efforts in the West by fucking up Italy and just let the Ostrogoths cook to focus on Hispania and Gaul.

Also sorry but Theodora was beautiful and I am not afraid to say it.

 

[Admiral Throbnelius]

Based Basileios Boulgaroktonos

 

[karz]

Basil II the turbo ultra based
i wonder if he liked basil on his food

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

God, i am now manually remembering Badass of the Week. I need to check if that's still a thing.

 

[Squanto Airi]

God, i am now manually remembering Badass of the Week. I need to check if that's still a thing.

Ah, you remember too. I have one of the books.
Looks like it still is, but it looks to be in podcast form instead of the written word form.

 

[Skitarii]

The Komnenoi almost pulled it off too, if it hadn't been for those meddling Venetians. And infighting. But mostly Venetians.

The komnenians almost pulled it off if it weren't for other komnenians

 

[TruffleSpark]

Byzantine history is wild because there is either a massive restoration or a colossal fuckup collapse going on. They didn't know how to just chill out and be normal for a century or two.