>the last Byzantine emperors tried to impose Catholic rule over the Eastern ChurchThat explains why it fell, it was divine punishment.
so why did Catholics win at Lepanto?
>>18175581Yes I'm sure the city state that remained at that point would've been able to hold back the turks if they simply remained Orthodox.
>>18175581yeah, dude, all that came before, reduced the greek empire to a city and some unimportant shit in the morea such that they had to suck up to the west were part of gawd's plan too.
>>18176295>greek empireRoman.
>>18175585And Malta before that
>>18177223They degraded back to gayreek when they backstabbed Romanos Diogenes
>>18175581Incorrect conclusion This explains it allhttps://youtu.be/WCURDSRz6D0?si=kP1TOw50RkN8lgY9
>>18175585Greeks contributed significant forces to the Battle of "Lepanto" (Nafpaktos). It was not only the Venetians and Spanish.
>>18177231>Romanos DiogenesBetter for everyone if he died in battle.
>>18177294even better if his cunt brother and corrupt Byzantine elites had not fucked over a perfectly capable emperor
>>18177240>Greeks contributed significant forces to the Battle of "Lepanto" (Nafpaktos). Yeah, for the Ottomans.
>Genoese bros begging you to escape>Die with city and empire>Genoese bros continue fighting turks to honor your memoryTrue kino
>>18175581They were desperate for any help at all. Turns out the conversion didn't work for help. Everyone was too busy fighting each other. Instead he got a lovely portrait painted. "Learn greek, latin is a barbarian tongue". You fuckers.
>>18175581It was the astray doomed Eastern Romans trying last second to rectify a glaring mistake but it was too late.
