07-10-2009, 10:22 AM
Indeed, neglecting the theme armies and not having a reliable central field army was I think one of the reasons of the decline.
The Comnenoi had to relay on a mercenary army that in the end was to costly to maintain when they failed to reconquer Anatolia and Armenia (a good source for soldiers). After that it was impossible tot revive the old empire. By losing Anatolia to the Turks the empire had lost it's backbone.
The Comnenoi had to relay on a mercenary army that in the end was to costly to maintain when they failed to reconquer Anatolia and Armenia (a good source for soldiers). After that it was impossible tot revive the old empire. By losing Anatolia to the Turks the empire had lost it's backbone.
Tot ziens.
Geert S. (Sol Invicto Comiti)
Imperator Caesar divi Marci Antonini Pii Germanici Sarmatici ½filius divi Commodi frater divi Antonini Pii nepos divi Hadriani pronepos divi Traiani Parthici abnepos divi Nervae adnepos Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus ½Adiabenicus Parthicus maximus pontifex maximus
Geert S. (Sol Invicto Comiti)
Imperator Caesar divi Marci Antonini Pii Germanici Sarmatici ½filius divi Commodi frater divi Antonini Pii nepos divi Hadriani pronepos divi Traiani Parthici abnepos divi Nervae adnepos Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus ½Adiabenicus Parthicus maximus pontifex maximus
