Lion.Kanzen Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 From Byzantines for me or IMHO must be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius Defeat Persians(Doom of Sasanids dynasty) Recover lost Byzantine territories. Greek becomes official languages (administrative) Justinian or Belisarius. because the golden age of Byzantine Empire. Many interesting fights and battles under both. Carolingian Charlemagne Charles Martel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) Last Persian Byzantine War. Have unique crown. Edited May 15, 2018 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 15 hours ago, Lion.Kanzen said: Justinian or Belisarius. because the golden age of Byzantine Empire. For some reason, I imagine these guys as "The Last Romans", like they were the final hurrah of the ancient world before we can definitely say "now we're in the middle ages." But that's just my own bias. I'd think Heraclius is a definite though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II Is serious contender. Quote The early years of his long reign were dominated by civil war against powerful generals from the Anatolian aristocracy. Following their submission, Basil oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire, and above all, the final and complete subjugation of Bulgaria, the Empire's foremost European foe, after a prolonged struggle. For this he was nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: Βουλγαροκτόνος, Boulgaroktonos), by which he is popularly known. At his death, the Empire stretched from southern Italy to the Caucasus and from the Danube to the borders of Palestine, its greatest territorial extent since the Muslim conquests four centuries earlier. His reign is therefore often seen as the medieval apogee of the Empire. Beginning in 1000, Basil II was free to focus on a war of outright conquest against Bulgaria, a war he prosecuted with grinding persistence and strategic insight. In 1000 the Byzantine generals Nikephoros Xiphias and Theodorokanos took the old Bulgarian capital of Great Preslav and the towns of Lesser Preslav and Pliskova.[27] In 1001, Basil himself, operating from Thessalonica, was able to regain control of Vodena, Verrhoia, and Servia.[28] The following year he based his army in Philippopolis and occupied the length of the military road from the western Haemus Mountains to the Danube, thereby cutting off communications between Samuel's Macedonian heartland and Moesia. Following this success Basil laid siege to Vidin, which eventually fell following a prolonged resistance.[29] Samuel reacted to the Byzantine campaign with a daring stroke; he launched a large-scale raid into the heart of Byzantine Thrace and surprised the major city of Adrianople 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lion.Kanzen said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II Is serious contender. Excellent choice. His war against the Bulgars even starts at the nice, even 1000 A.D. Edited May 15, 2018 by wowgetoffyourcellphone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Another alternative are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas Quote was Byzantine Emperor from 963 to 969. His brilliant military exploits contributed to the resurgence of the Byzantine Empire during the 10th century. His reign, however, included controversy. In the west, he inflamed conflict with the Bulgarians and saw Sicily completely turn over to the Muslims, while he failed to make any serious gains in Italy following the incursions of Otto I. Meanwhile, in the east, he completed the conquest of Cilicia and even retook the island of Cyprus, thus opening the path for subsequent Byzantine incursions reaching as far as the Jazira and the Levant. His administrative policy was less successful, as in order to finance these wars he increased taxes both on the people and on the church, while maintaining unpopular theological positions and alienating many of his most powerful allies, including the future emperor John I Tzimiskes, who would go on to kill Nikephoros in his sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kourkouas Quote was one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire. His success in battles against the Muslim states in the East definitively reversed the course of the centuries-long Byzantine–Arab Wars and began Byzantium's 10th century "Age of Conquest". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlauick_19 Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 11:00 PM, Lion.Kanzen said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II Is serious contender. On 5/15/2018 at 12:10 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: Excellent choice. His war against the Bulgars even starts at the nice, even 1000 A.D. creo que basilio represento el poder imperial y esa imagen es chidisima con su corona y su lorica de escamas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasaavawar Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Why Carolingians and not Franks (or Frankish)? Anyway another (possible) hero for them (*for Carolingians): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_the_Great Edited October 11, 2021 by Dasaavawar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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