Constantinople would know within an hour if the border was under attack because of the nifty beacon system they had going on
>>18431038arent some of them too far apart?
>>18431092The ones in central Anatolia could be seen from afar due to the Central Anatolian Plateau
>>18431038Gondor calls for aid.
>>18431038great, even faster way to start a civil war!
I'm convinced the byzantine empire was the second coming of Jesus millenia empire, where all the legends of honor and chivalry and benevolent high kings (with Jesus being the Supreme divine emperor) and fair maidens and tradition and high culture and beautiful art comes from. A golden era.
>>18431038sad how in our timeline the orcs of mordor destroyed Gondor
>>18431736>>18431742holy fucking r*ddit
>>18431742Yes.
>Be Byzantines>Fail at diplomacy with Western Europe >Get pushed to Anatolia by Arabs>Hire Turkish mercenaries to kill each other in 100 civil wars>Remainder of empire gets swallowed up by Turks>Still get worshipped by redditors centuries later
>>18431038Yes, we all saw le friendlyjordies special
>>18431038What if it was a false alarm?
