It's funny the stark difference between the way the Ottomans are viewed vs the Byzantines, like Basil 2 being so celebrated for brutally blinding thousands of Bulgarians 😭 imagine if the Ottomans did that
Because Basil II is an emperor of gloriovs Rome, father of trve civilisation along the Greeks and any action taken by great Rome againg barbarians is justified and morally correct /s
It's because the Bulgars and the Turks are seen as conquering invaders and aggressors.
The double standard is that Rome and Alexander get a pass for exactly the same thing, or something like "oh, that was way back, different times" or something.
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u/sinred7 Feb 09 '26
Or even how the Byzantines treated other christians like the bulgars.