Re:What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
by svilen_dobrev on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @10:20AM
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from wikipedia on 674-678 siege:
> the mounting Bulgar menace
hah. At that time, everyone there has been "friend" for a while then "enemy" for a while, then again. +-10 years, repeat. That has been like schoolyard's everyday play. But Arabs.. No, thanks. That "Bulgar menace" Khan Tervel went and helped Byzantians get-arabs-off-the-lawn completely.. no matter was-it-friend-or-foe. Then went back to schoolyard's games/wars as usual.
> the mounting Bulgar menace
hah. At that time, everyone there has been "friend" for a while then "enemy" for a while, then again. +-10 years, repeat. That has been like schoolyard's everyday play. But Arabs.. No, thanks. That "Bulgar menace" Khan Tervel went and helped Byzantians get-arabs-off-the-lawn completely.. no matter was-it-friend-or-foe. Then went back to schoolyard's games/wars as usual.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(717...