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r/byzantium is a subreddit with 41k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size, and has high activity.
The place for all things Eastern Roman and Byzantine.
Popular Themes in r/byzantium
#1
Advice Requests
: "Why didn't the Crusaders just give back Levant to Byzantines during the First Crusades, instead of carving their own states there? Wasn't the goal to help Byzantines recover their lost territories to the Muslims?"
3 posts
#2
Ideas
: "How would Eastern Rome have faired if Justinian only expanded its borders to this? Never attempting to take Illyria, Italy, or Spain."
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I know Greece has lost its film industry capabilities, but can't Greece try a little harder?The Byzantine Empire and Emperor Alexios I make appearances in .........Turkish tourism ads. Some of the tourist attractions featured in the ads actually belong to the heritage of Greece,which is truly sad."
1 post
#4
News
: "Land Walls of Istanbul restored and cleaned after opposition party wins the election"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/byzantium
#1
Byzantine
: "Drawing of the fallen Constantine XI with the first Roman emperor Augustus and first Byzantine emperor Constantine I"
67 posts
#2
Byzantium
: "Romulus founded the city of Rome and became its first king. Many years later, Romulus became the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Constantine I established the new capital in Byzantium, and many years later, Constantine XI became the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire."
53 posts
#3
Constantinople
: "572 years ago today, on 29 May 1453, Constantinople — New Rome and Queen of Cities, the heart and cradle of Orthodox Christendom for over 1000 years — fell into the hands of the Ottomans"
42 posts
#4
Empire
: "Here's what the Empire would probably look like if Manuel Komnenos was wildly successful in everything he tried to do"
36 posts
#5
Byzantine Empire
: "Could the Byzantine Empire have survived if nothing bad had ever happened?"
35 posts
#6
History
: "After reading 10 books on byzantine Historyhere is my tier list"
26 posts
#7
Emperor
: "Who is one Emperor that, if they reigned longer, could have saved the empire?"
13 posts
#8
Roman
: "What if the Estern Roman Empire still looked something like this when the Mongols came? What would change?"
9 posts
#9
Justinian
: "Congrats! - You are now Justinian! It is the first year of your reign, 527 AD. What will your first actions be?"
9 posts
#10
Eastern Roman
: "Why no great wall of Eastern Roman Empire?"
8 posts
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