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minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoByzantium joins China and later Belgium who had entirely too much faith in their “impregnable fortifications”.
minus-squareKusimulkkulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoFor a long time their faith was warranted. And not like they could do much in that situation from what I remember, they didn’t have much power to go on the offensive.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoYe, it was a dying empire at that point anyway. But we’re just shitposting here :D
minus-squareRolando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoLight novel idea: someone like Bismarck or Cavour is isekaid into Byzantium of this era, and has to diplomacy it back into a world power.
Byzantium joins China and later Belgium who had entirely too much faith in their “impregnable fortifications”.
For a long time their faith was warranted. And not like they could do much in that situation from what I remember, they didn’t have much power to go on the offensive.
Ye, it was a dying empire at that point anyway. But we’re just shitposting here :D
Light novel idea: someone like Bismarck or Cavour is isekaid into Byzantium of this era, and has to diplomacy it back into a world power.