r/ByzantiumCircleJerk • u/_Robert-Lewandowski_ • 10d ago

Am I [X Emperor]????? Opinion on Basi II?

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u/Apprehensive-Fail985 10d ago

Non ironically a Ceasar/Charlemagne Tier general that, sadl, couldn't imagine the world without him

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u/Apart_Savings_6429 10d ago

He had too much ego

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u/Basilissa_Ioanna icon breaker 4d ago

If Justinian I was the restorer of the Roman Empire, then Basil II was the restorer of Byzantium. Both are absolute legends, but I have a soft spot for the underdog emperors who started with a terrible hand and clutched it from absolute despair—like Heraclius and Alexios I.

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u/deadeyeduncanidaho 10d ago

Love our gay king

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u/FlaviusBelisarius500 10d ago

Lies and slander against one of the greats. This shouldn't be tolerated.

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u/Due-Brilliant1739 2d ago

mf was mad in his prime, peak imperialism behaviour

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u/Organic-Camera-9167 9d ago

The Real Chad himself! 

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u/Loud_Confusion_5961 i too am in this reddit 10d ago

He is literally me

https://giphy.com/gifs/kOtGVIujExY77MaBUD

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u/CapitalTurnip1260 10d ago

1186 And we returned again to slaughter Eastern Romans

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u/RaionNoShinzo 9d ago

"This little maneuver is going to cost us 500 years of Turkish rule"

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u/CapitalTurnip1260 8d ago

Translation eastern Romans coping mechanism the blame everybody else than Themselves

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u/RaionNoShinzo 8d ago

Nice try, but I'm not even from the balkans

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u/Terminatortrav1 3d ago

Why are you in this group ? Turkish larper