What would byzantium have to do to survive?

The "first trade war" which in fact, was actually the beginning a a series of wars, had begun during the end of the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo The Wise's reign, versus Czar Simeon The Great of Bulgaria. The Czar had systematically ended up occupying most of Greece, reaching Constantinople and stopping at Athens. Some say that the conflict itself could have been avoided if Leo hadnt turned back the Czar's embassey, however, we must also keep in mind that the Czar ultimatly wanted to capture Constantinople itself. So there is a good possibility that a war wouldve occured no matter what.

Edited by Penelope - 24-Dec-2008 at 07:36

The problem of many historians is that they sum up all the conquest of Syria in one battle, Yarmouk and think that if Arabs were defeated they will never try again.

Hello Leo

Just what happened in the Italian / Roman world that allowed an incursion of Arabs into Rome proper? Do any of you think that these Arabs actually sacked the Temple of Rome, which we today call the Vatican?

Did, Rome's walls protect the Lateran?

Were all Romans of those times cowards? Or were they gone? Was Rome basically deserted at that time?
Regards,

It really depends upon just which Rome was being discussed.

One really needs to understand that the Fomenko thesis is that there exists overlapping chronologies/histories that displace some events into the distant past. Some of these "overlaps" involve more than 1,800 years. And, because of this, the same basic history is oft thrown back into a world of which we know nothing else of.

Of course one has to understand that Fomenko and company, consider that Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all budded at about the same time in the past, and that time was in medieval times.

The Fomenko group places no belief in the list of Popes as now promoted by the church. They also believe that there was no great city in Italy now called Rome before Medieval times, and the same for Jerusalem in Israel. Even Russia is credited by having a city called Rome in the Middle Ages, and that its great age is also fake, it is considered as was Rome in Italy to be a Medieval creation.

Most everything we call Ancient History today was created by Italian humanists, such as Scaliger and Petavius.

Just a few things I thought you'd like to know.

Regards,
Ron

Edited by opuslola - 14-Dec-2013 at 18:51