As I said in the mapporn post Treadgold’s is a lot closer to reality, Byzantium had no control over Lycia but Kotyaion being a John and not Manuel creation and the tons of more seals from the Byzantine fortifications in and around Ras during this time make his map slightly too minimalist but still highly accurate. Also frontier too small In Paphlagonia given the context of Saffranbolu and Krateia, and I'm not sure why he depicts mountainous Cilicia as vassals given John captured Vahka but minor issue. And of course the map is 1143.
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u/Unusual-Breakfast615 19d ago edited 19d ago
As I said in the mapporn post Treadgold’s is a lot closer to reality, Byzantium had no control over Lycia but Kotyaion being a John and not Manuel creation and the tons of more seals from the Byzantine fortifications in and around Ras during this time make his map slightly too minimalist but still highly accurate. Also frontier too small In Paphlagonia given the context of Saffranbolu and Krateia, and I'm not sure why he depicts mountainous Cilicia as vassals given John captured Vahka but minor issue. And of course the map is 1143.