We united once before in the cause of our blood and our beloved soil of Europe. Now the cause of your blood, your race, your ancestral land, the future of your descendants is at it's most perilous.
Arise Aryans of Europe, it is time to defend your land once and for all.
Isn't "Charlemagne the Great" a bit of a double thing to say? Seeing how Charlemagne is already an abbreviation of "Charles le Magne", which is basically French for "Charles the Great".
Nice video about Charlemagne, he also wanted to unite his empire with the Byzantine empire and revive the Roman empire. Charlamagne indeed tried to make the 1st enlightment in western Europe.
@gato123452 The Holy Roman Empire became a powerful "union" (if you wish) in the East, in todays Germany. The Empire Charlemagne ruled was "Francia", but when it split the Empire in the West was called "France/Francia" and in the East "The Holy Roman Empire".
@Zorro11144 He tried to marry Empress Irene, but despite her being a saint, when she began to soften up to the idea, the Byzantines overthrew her and replaced her with a pencil-pusher bureaucrat. The Byzantines also refused to recognize Charlemagne or help him enlighten Europe, despite Byzantium being the source of Islam's scientific proficiency to begin with; the Byzantines can be assholes sometimes. Just ask Enrico Dandolo, who was blinded by them simply for asking the Byzantines mercy.
@HolyknightVader999 To tell you the truth the Byzantines viewed the Franks as Barbarians who destroyed Rome and civilization. The didnt want to acknowledge Charlomagne as Roman emperor because they viewed themselves as the only heirs of Rome. The Byzantines tried to enlightened Europe many times.
Enrico Dandolo was the one who guided the crusaders in 1204 against Constantinople, his crusade created destroyed Byzantium and gave the chance to the Turks to invade Europe. So he got what he desreved
@Zorro11144 Actually, the Byzantines massacred innocent Ostrogoths who did nothing but befriend their Roman subjects. They abandoned the Pope later on to the Lombards, and they raided Venice's trading ships, which was why Dandolo wanted revenge on them in 1204. Byzantines didn't give two shits about Europe; they would either take them over or leave them to rot. They could've easily allowed a marriage to happen, then use the Frankish warriors as frontliners against the Muslims.
@HolyknightVader999 The "innocent" Ostrogoths had destroyed Thrace and tried to make a dictatorship with Gainas. They were not killed they were transfered to Anatolia. Actually Pope sent emissaries to the patriarch demanding to be acknowledged as supreme leader of Christianity so the patriarch kicked them out . The Venetians tried to take over the empire as they had aquired many privileges. Byzantium was the Christian front that deffended Europe and the west betrayed them.
@Zorro11144 The West betrayed them because they betrayed the west. The Pope tried to assuage Justinian, to try and make him peaceful, and justinian locked him up. Then the East abandoned the pope despite the pope being a Byzantine lapdog. So the Pope said "fuck it" and helped develop western Christianity. The Venetians were bullied by the Byzantines. The Ostrogoths befriended the Italian romans and helped them preserve Rome.....until Justinian ravaged Italy.
@HolyknightVader999 The truth is that Byzantium was a great empire which created the cyrilic alphabet, they had the first university in Europe, they had automatic machines and flamethrowers, they were an ark of knowledge and a Christian front. The western Europeans envied them and for that reason they betrayed the Byzantines and destroyed the empire. And that had as a result muslim armies to take Constantinople and march on Vienna. Still today there are muslims in Europe like in Bosnia.
@Zorro11144 But then again, it's the same Byzantium that annihilated the ostrogoth held Italy, killing thousands in their march and plunging the west into darkness. They refused to share their science and their knowledge with the West, while they were more than happy to share them with the Muslims. Then they blinded the defeated Bulgarian troops and bullied around the Italian city-states, most of whom were friends of the Crusaders. In fact, the Abbasids respected Europe more than Byzantium.
@Zorro11144 That and despite having all that knowledge, science and power, they only shared them with the West AFTER the Muslims took Constantinople. Those assholes could've done it anytime, having scholars and magisters travel across Europe and help them rebuild civilization in exchange for soldiers to help retake Palestine and Egypt. Instead, they chose to keep all that to themselves. If they saved the Western Empire from falling in the first place, then the Dark ages wouldn't exist.
@HolyknightVader999 That's how you see things and it's totally false. First the Byzantines tried to revive the western Roman empire but the Barbarians were too many, secondly italy was destroyed by the raids of the Lombards. Thirdly they shared their knowledge by civilizing the Slavs and the russ, they even made them an alphabet. The westerners were greedy for making profits they destroyed Byzantium and after that they raided America and destroyed unique civilizations there.
@Zorro11144 Actually, they could have easily assumed control of the Western Empire seeing as how it was spiraling out of control. They could have civilized the Franks, Ostrogoths and Visisgoths, all of whom tried to preserve Roman traditions and civilizations in their realms. The Byzantines only civilized the Slavs and the Russ to fuck with the West; and the Westerners learned many of their greedy tactics by copying Byzantium's tactics towards its "friends."
Anyway the most important thing is that Byzantium was an advanced empire they had flamethrowers, automatic machines, the huge cathedral of Hagia Sophia, it was a beacon of orthodox christianity and the empire carried the knowlegde of the Greco-Roman world.In the end because of rivalries between Catholicism and Orthodoxy the empire was betrayed by the west and then Islam triumphed and muslim armies won eventualy
@Zorro11144 Then again, THE BYZANTINES DID NOT SHARE THEIR SCIENCE OR CIVILIZATION WITH THE WEST. They could have guided the west to a more civilized path; helped them recover, and do all that in exchange for troops to fight off the Muslims. But they hated their Christian neighbors even more than they hated the Muslims. Ask the Bulgarians and the Venetians how Basil II and Manuel Komnenos how they were treated. It would explain the 4th Crusade a whole lot easier,
@Zorro11144 Add to the fact that the "unique civilizations" in the Americas were barbaric, bloodthirsty and brutal. The Incas starting with their lord Pacachuti massacred many outlying tribes and desecrated their corpses. The Aztecs only allowed other tribes to be spared from their wrath so that they have someone to constantly pillage and sacrifice. The Westerners who originally went there for trade were persuaded by the lesser tribes to attack the Aztecs and Incas.
@Zorro11144 The Byzantines could've merged with Franks. St. Irene, the Empress who restored the use of icons, wanted to marry Charlemagne and unite their empires together, combining the science of the Byzantines with the manpower of the Franks. And what do the Byzantines do? Overthrow her and have her live the rest of her life as a rattled old crone weaving for a living. The Byzantines could've made the deal to secure their empire forever; but their racism doomed the chance.
@HolyknightVader999 I explained you they saw themselves as the heirs of Rome although they were Greek speaking and they didnt want to share their Roman titles with the Franks, which they saw them as Barbarians. But they always shared their knowledge and they had sent expeditions in Germany and Russia.Rome and catholicism seperated from the Byzantines and western Europe was under their influence.So they couldnt bring the west under their influence because of Rome's opposition.
@Zorro11144 Rome and Catholicism separated from Byzantium because A) The Byzantines abandoned the Pope to the Lombards, despite the Pope being a loyal Byzantine satellite in the west and B) The Byzantines became heretics who burned icons. The pope lost faith in them to the point he'd name a Frankish King Emperor. And even then, Charlemagne would have accepted Byzantium as a strong ally and helped them fight the Muslims, but it was their own arrogance that prevented the alliance.
@HolyknightVader999 About the iconoclasm it divided the Byzantine society in two parts they were not all burning the icons just a part of the Byzantine empire. That lead to inner conflicts and the case was resolved. The Byzantines in the 7th century faced the sassanid empire, the muslim Jihads and a whole Slavic invasion. They didnt had the forces to fight the lombards too. The Pope wanted to be the leader of all Christians, the patriarch could not accept that.
@Zorro11144 The Pope was a puppet of the Eastern Emperor UNTIL he was abandoned to the Lombards. The Byzantines could have secured his safety by co-governing Italy with the Franks or more simply, helping the pope to move to Constantinople. The pope was the legitimate leader of the Christian community since it was his job to be the rock which Christ built upon His church. It was the Pope who remained loyal to the arts of the icons; it was he who as truly orthodox.
@Zorro11144 The only expeditions they sent were missionaries to lure people away from Catholicism; had they shared their vaunted sciences, the Pope would've helped them; just as he helped Manuel Komnenos against Roger of Sicily.
@HolyknightVader999 Watch also this one, it is about Cyril and Methodius, Rome became a rival to Constantinople and that ressulted to the 4th crusade which was an unholy crusade.
@Zorro11144 The 4th crusade happened because the Crusaders befriended a Byzantine Emperor who got assassinated by his own lackeys and the Byzantines didn't help them against the Muslims.
A) The Byzantines killed the Crusaders' patron Emperor
B) They were bullying Venetian Merchants who were there only for trade
C) They didn't help the Christians in the second Crusade and helped the Muslims in the third.
So with these facts straight, Byzantium was pretty much tying its own noose.
@HolyknightVader999 Have you ever read the battle of Damiete? The Byzantine fleet helped the Crusaders right there. The Byzantines had made the first religious war against the Sassanids in order to retake the cross of Christ, which they took in the end.
In the third Crusade the Crusaders for an unexplained reason they attacked and took Byzantine Cyprus. Western historians have mistreated the Byzantine empire and have demonized it for no reason.
@Zorro11144 They demonized it for good reasons. Byzantium was never a friend of the west for long, since they were more brutal to the Christians in the west than they were to the Muslims in the east. The Crusaders took Cyprus BECAUSE IN THE THIRD CRUSADE THEY BYZANTINES WERE HELPING THE MUSLIMS. And with the war against the Sassinids; it was caused by the assassination of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice; who was the father in law of the Persian Emperor.
@HolyknightVader999 That's from wiki about the Byzantine navy: By 1169, the efforts of Manuel had evidently borne fruit, as a large and purely Byzantine fleet of about 150 galleys, 20 large transports and 60 horse transports under megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos was sent to invade Egypt in cooperation with the ruler of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Byzantines never betrayed the Crusaders and they helped them, but the Crusaders in the end betrayed the Byzantines.
@Zorro11144 Actually, the Muslims enlisted their help against the Third Crusade; and the crusaders took Cyprus for vengeance. Also, had the Empire not allowed Basil II's invincible army to atrophy, then there would be no need for the Crusades; since they would have won Manzikert. But its bureaucracy and dynastic affairs shot Byzantium in the foot more than anything else.
@HolyknightVader999 The Pope and the Patriarch were equally leaders of Christianity until the pope out of Greed turned against the patriarch and betrayed him.And the protestants left the pope because he was very tyranic and absolute.The Crusades aimed Constantinople and werent made to help the Byzantine but Emperor Alexius was clever and managed to take the Crusaders in his side. Tell me how the Byzantines betrayed the Crusaders? The truth is that the Crusaders first attacked
@Zorro11144 No, since the Pope was the spiritual successor of Peter and Jesus did NOT create a two-man leadership board. He said: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I shall build my Church" which meant that peter and his successors are the leaders of the Christian community, just as the other bishops succeeded the Apostles. The Byzantines betrayed the Third Crusade by signing on with the Muslims. Which was why the Crusaders took Cyprus; also in the Second Crusade, they didn't help.
@HolyknightVader999 That is a mere excuse the sassanid king wanted to revive the Achaemenid empire so he found that excuse to attack. He didnt had any right to intervene into inner dynastic conflicts of another state.
@Zorro11144 He did. Since he was not only a son in law of Maurice; he was his friend and ally in the east. If you had your own kingdom and your wife was daughter to a king of another state; and he gets canned, your wife would tell you to avenge her father. It was the Byzantines' retarded dynastic struggles that allowed the Sassinids, the Muslims, and the Crusaders to destroy it.
@HolyknightVader999 The Sassanid king found that excuse to attack the Byzantines and take anatolia syria palestine and egypt. The Byzantines and the persians were always at war with each other Belisarius and Narses stopped them many times. Heraclius also beated them and retook the holy cross from them.
@Zorro11144 then again JUSTINIAN COULD HAVE GIVEN BELISARIUS A LARGE ENOUGH ARMY TO TAKE SASSINID PERSIA OUT OF THE GAME FOREVER. The general managed to defeat the Sassinids all the time DESPITE JUSTINIAN NOT GIVING HIM ENOUGH MEN. Justinian thought Belisarius might overthrow him so he always starved the general of troops; so Belisarius could've logically taken all of Persia with a large enough army. Then Justinian could use the Silk road's riches to fund his wars in the west.
@Zorro11144 BTW, Dandolo was blinded BEFORE the Fourth Crusade. He later led it against the Byzantines to get back at them. The Byzantines were the ones who got what they deserved. Also, they joined forces with the Muslims at the Third Crusade. So they were traitors to their own Christian brothers who would've gladly help them wipe out their Turkish rivals.
@HolyknightVader999 That has to do with the massacre of the latins, it happened before the 4th Crusade, Venice had priviliges but they behaved too arrogantly later and Dandolo led a Venetian attack at Constantinople before the 4th crusade. The Byzantines never joined Muslims we were fighting them from the very begining from 636. The Crusaders and the Catalans were traitors who attacked Christians because they were too greedy. The ressult was Muslims to take Constantinople and march to Vienna.
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We united once before in the cause of our blood and our beloved soil of Europe. Now the cause of your blood, your race, your ancestral land, the future of your descendants is at it's most perilous.
Arise Aryans of Europe, it is time to defend your land once and for all.
CelticMagne 1 month ago
yes, charlemagne you was the greatest emperor of europe whithout no modern europe
distick63 6 months ago
RULE BRITANNIA!
mwillis1000 8 months ago
Eventually France under Emperor Napoleon ended up destroying the Holy Roman Empire, and just leaving the small remnants of Austria.
oortiz915 9 months ago
Isn't "Charlemagne the Great" a bit of a double thing to say? Seeing how Charlemagne is already an abbreviation of "Charles le Magne", which is basically French for "Charles the Great".
So this says "Charles the Great the Great" :P
Bull3pr00fTWC 9 months ago
Nice video about Charlemagne, he also wanted to unite his empire with the Byzantine empire and revive the Roman empire. Charlamagne indeed tried to make the 1st enlightment in western Europe.
Zorro11144 1 year ago
@Zorro11144 wow, very interesting.. I didn't know that.
Strategos300 1 year ago
@Strategos300 I'm confused, so Holy Roman Empire came to power after Charlemagne died? and if so what was the Empire called that Charlemagne ruled?
gato123452 3 months ago
@gato123452 The Holy Roman Empire became a powerful "union" (if you wish) in the East, in todays Germany. The Empire Charlemagne ruled was "Francia", but when it split the Empire in the West was called "France/Francia" and in the East "The Holy Roman Empire".
Strategos300 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 He tried to marry Empress Irene, but despite her being a saint, when she began to soften up to the idea, the Byzantines overthrew her and replaced her with a pencil-pusher bureaucrat. The Byzantines also refused to recognize Charlemagne or help him enlighten Europe, despite Byzantium being the source of Islam's scientific proficiency to begin with; the Byzantines can be assholes sometimes. Just ask Enrico Dandolo, who was blinded by them simply for asking the Byzantines mercy.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 To tell you the truth the Byzantines viewed the Franks as Barbarians who destroyed Rome and civilization. The didnt want to acknowledge Charlomagne as Roman emperor because they viewed themselves as the only heirs of Rome. The Byzantines tried to enlightened Europe many times.
Enrico Dandolo was the one who guided the crusaders in 1204 against Constantinople, his crusade created destroyed Byzantium and gave the chance to the Turks to invade Europe. So he got what he desreved
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Actually, the Byzantines massacred innocent Ostrogoths who did nothing but befriend their Roman subjects. They abandoned the Pope later on to the Lombards, and they raided Venice's trading ships, which was why Dandolo wanted revenge on them in 1204. Byzantines didn't give two shits about Europe; they would either take them over or leave them to rot. They could've easily allowed a marriage to happen, then use the Frankish warriors as frontliners against the Muslims.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 The "innocent" Ostrogoths had destroyed Thrace and tried to make a dictatorship with Gainas. They were not killed they were transfered to Anatolia. Actually Pope sent emissaries to the patriarch demanding to be acknowledged as supreme leader of Christianity so the patriarch kicked them out . The Venetians tried to take over the empire as they had aquired many privileges. Byzantium was the Christian front that deffended Europe and the west betrayed them.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 The West betrayed them because they betrayed the west. The Pope tried to assuage Justinian, to try and make him peaceful, and justinian locked him up. Then the East abandoned the pope despite the pope being a Byzantine lapdog. So the Pope said "fuck it" and helped develop western Christianity. The Venetians were bullied by the Byzantines. The Ostrogoths befriended the Italian romans and helped them preserve Rome.....until Justinian ravaged Italy.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 The truth is that Byzantium was a great empire which created the cyrilic alphabet, they had the first university in Europe, they had automatic machines and flamethrowers, they were an ark of knowledge and a Christian front. The western Europeans envied them and for that reason they betrayed the Byzantines and destroyed the empire. And that had as a result muslim armies to take Constantinople and march on Vienna. Still today there are muslims in Europe like in Bosnia.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 But then again, it's the same Byzantium that annihilated the ostrogoth held Italy, killing thousands in their march and plunging the west into darkness. They refused to share their science and their knowledge with the West, while they were more than happy to share them with the Muslims. Then they blinded the defeated Bulgarian troops and bullied around the Italian city-states, most of whom were friends of the Crusaders. In fact, the Abbasids respected Europe more than Byzantium.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 That and despite having all that knowledge, science and power, they only shared them with the West AFTER the Muslims took Constantinople. Those assholes could've done it anytime, having scholars and magisters travel across Europe and help them rebuild civilization in exchange for soldiers to help retake Palestine and Egypt. Instead, they chose to keep all that to themselves. If they saved the Western Empire from falling in the first place, then the Dark ages wouldn't exist.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 That's how you see things and it's totally false. First the Byzantines tried to revive the western Roman empire but the Barbarians were too many, secondly italy was destroyed by the raids of the Lombards. Thirdly they shared their knowledge by civilizing the Slavs and the russ, they even made them an alphabet. The westerners were greedy for making profits they destroyed Byzantium and after that they raided America and destroyed unique civilizations there.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Actually, they could have easily assumed control of the Western Empire seeing as how it was spiraling out of control. They could have civilized the Franks, Ostrogoths and Visisgoths, all of whom tried to preserve Roman traditions and civilizations in their realms. The Byzantines only civilized the Slavs and the Russ to fuck with the West; and the Westerners learned many of their greedy tactics by copying Byzantium's tactics towards its "friends."
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 So they turned to the Slavs and the Russ.
Anyway the most important thing is that Byzantium was an advanced empire they had flamethrowers, automatic machines, the huge cathedral of Hagia Sophia, it was a beacon of orthodox christianity and the empire carried the knowlegde of the Greco-Roman world.In the end because of rivalries between Catholicism and Orthodoxy the empire was betrayed by the west and then Islam triumphed and muslim armies won eventualy
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Then again, THE BYZANTINES DID NOT SHARE THEIR SCIENCE OR CIVILIZATION WITH THE WEST. They could have guided the west to a more civilized path; helped them recover, and do all that in exchange for troops to fight off the Muslims. But they hated their Christian neighbors even more than they hated the Muslims. Ask the Bulgarians and the Venetians how Basil II and Manuel Komnenos how they were treated. It would explain the 4th Crusade a whole lot easier,
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Add to the fact that the "unique civilizations" in the Americas were barbaric, bloodthirsty and brutal. The Incas starting with their lord Pacachuti massacred many outlying tribes and desecrated their corpses. The Aztecs only allowed other tribes to be spared from their wrath so that they have someone to constantly pillage and sacrifice. The Westerners who originally went there for trade were persuaded by the lesser tribes to attack the Aztecs and Incas.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 The Byzantines could've merged with Franks. St. Irene, the Empress who restored the use of icons, wanted to marry Charlemagne and unite their empires together, combining the science of the Byzantines with the manpower of the Franks. And what do the Byzantines do? Overthrow her and have her live the rest of her life as a rattled old crone weaving for a living. The Byzantines could've made the deal to secure their empire forever; but their racism doomed the chance.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 I explained you they saw themselves as the heirs of Rome although they were Greek speaking and they didnt want to share their Roman titles with the Franks, which they saw them as Barbarians. But they always shared their knowledge and they had sent expeditions in Germany and Russia.Rome and catholicism seperated from the Byzantines and western Europe was under their influence.So they couldnt bring the west under their influence because of Rome's opposition.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Rome and Catholicism separated from Byzantium because A) The Byzantines abandoned the Pope to the Lombards, despite the Pope being a loyal Byzantine satellite in the west and B) The Byzantines became heretics who burned icons. The pope lost faith in them to the point he'd name a Frankish King Emperor. And even then, Charlemagne would have accepted Byzantium as a strong ally and helped them fight the Muslims, but it was their own arrogance that prevented the alliance.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 About the iconoclasm it divided the Byzantine society in two parts they were not all burning the icons just a part of the Byzantine empire. That lead to inner conflicts and the case was resolved. The Byzantines in the 7th century faced the sassanid empire, the muslim Jihads and a whole Slavic invasion. They didnt had the forces to fight the lombards too. The Pope wanted to be the leader of all Christians, the patriarch could not accept that.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 The Pope was a puppet of the Eastern Emperor UNTIL he was abandoned to the Lombards. The Byzantines could have secured his safety by co-governing Italy with the Franks or more simply, helping the pope to move to Constantinople. The pope was the legitimate leader of the Christian community since it was his job to be the rock which Christ built upon His church. It was the Pope who remained loyal to the arts of the icons; it was he who as truly orthodox.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 The only expeditions they sent were missionaries to lure people away from Catholicism; had they shared their vaunted sciences, the Pope would've helped them; just as he helped Manuel Komnenos against Roger of Sicily.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 Watch also this one, it is about Cyril and Methodius, Rome became a rival to Constantinople and that ressulted to the 4th crusade which was an unholy crusade.
/watch?v=tC7aZy7gNbs
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 The 4th crusade happened because the Crusaders befriended a Byzantine Emperor who got assassinated by his own lackeys and the Byzantines didn't help them against the Muslims.
A) The Byzantines killed the Crusaders' patron Emperor
B) They were bullying Venetian Merchants who were there only for trade
C) They didn't help the Christians in the second Crusade and helped the Muslims in the third.
So with these facts straight, Byzantium was pretty much tying its own noose.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 Have you ever read the battle of Damiete? The Byzantine fleet helped the Crusaders right there. The Byzantines had made the first religious war against the Sassanids in order to retake the cross of Christ, which they took in the end.
In the third Crusade the Crusaders for an unexplained reason they attacked and took Byzantine Cyprus. Western historians have mistreated the Byzantine empire and have demonized it for no reason.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 They demonized it for good reasons. Byzantium was never a friend of the west for long, since they were more brutal to the Christians in the west than they were to the Muslims in the east. The Crusaders took Cyprus BECAUSE IN THE THIRD CRUSADE THEY BYZANTINES WERE HELPING THE MUSLIMS. And with the war against the Sassinids; it was caused by the assassination of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice; who was the father in law of the Persian Emperor.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 That's from wiki about the Byzantine navy: By 1169, the efforts of Manuel had evidently borne fruit, as a large and purely Byzantine fleet of about 150 galleys, 20 large transports and 60 horse transports under megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos was sent to invade Egypt in cooperation with the ruler of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Byzantines never betrayed the Crusaders and they helped them, but the Crusaders in the end betrayed the Byzantines.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 Actually, the Muslims enlisted their help against the Third Crusade; and the crusaders took Cyprus for vengeance. Also, had the Empire not allowed Basil II's invincible army to atrophy, then there would be no need for the Crusades; since they would have won Manzikert. But its bureaucracy and dynastic affairs shot Byzantium in the foot more than anything else.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 The Pope and the Patriarch were equally leaders of Christianity until the pope out of Greed turned against the patriarch and betrayed him.And the protestants left the pope because he was very tyranic and absolute.The Crusades aimed Constantinople and werent made to help the Byzantine but Emperor Alexius was clever and managed to take the Crusaders in his side. Tell me how the Byzantines betrayed the Crusaders? The truth is that the Crusaders first attacked
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 No, since the Pope was the spiritual successor of Peter and Jesus did NOT create a two-man leadership board. He said: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I shall build my Church" which meant that peter and his successors are the leaders of the Christian community, just as the other bishops succeeded the Apostles. The Byzantines betrayed the Third Crusade by signing on with the Muslims. Which was why the Crusaders took Cyprus; also in the Second Crusade, they didn't help.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 That is a mere excuse the sassanid king wanted to revive the Achaemenid empire so he found that excuse to attack. He didnt had any right to intervene into inner dynastic conflicts of another state.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 He did. Since he was not only a son in law of Maurice; he was his friend and ally in the east. If you had your own kingdom and your wife was daughter to a king of another state; and he gets canned, your wife would tell you to avenge her father. It was the Byzantines' retarded dynastic struggles that allowed the Sassinids, the Muslims, and the Crusaders to destroy it.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 The Sassanid king found that excuse to attack the Byzantines and take anatolia syria palestine and egypt. The Byzantines and the persians were always at war with each other Belisarius and Narses stopped them many times. Heraclius also beated them and retook the holy cross from them.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 then again JUSTINIAN COULD HAVE GIVEN BELISARIUS A LARGE ENOUGH ARMY TO TAKE SASSINID PERSIA OUT OF THE GAME FOREVER. The general managed to defeat the Sassinids all the time DESPITE JUSTINIAN NOT GIVING HIM ENOUGH MEN. Justinian thought Belisarius might overthrow him so he always starved the general of troops; so Belisarius could've logically taken all of Persia with a large enough army. Then Justinian could use the Silk road's riches to fund his wars in the west.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@Zorro11144 BTW, Dandolo was blinded BEFORE the Fourth Crusade. He later led it against the Byzantines to get back at them. The Byzantines were the ones who got what they deserved. Also, they joined forces with the Muslims at the Third Crusade. So they were traitors to their own Christian brothers who would've gladly help them wipe out their Turkish rivals.
HolyknightVader999 3 months ago
@HolyknightVader999 That has to do with the massacre of the latins, it happened before the 4th Crusade, Venice had priviliges but they behaved too arrogantly later and Dandolo led a Venetian attack at Constantinople before the 4th crusade. The Byzantines never joined Muslims we were fighting them from the very begining from 636. The Crusaders and the Catalans were traitors who attacked Christians because they were too greedy. The ressult was Muslims to take Constantinople and march to Vienna.
Zorro11144 3 months ago
class video.
BiffaTW 1 year ago
Bravo, magnifique vidéo.
farcry69460 1 year ago