>the Elite of the Capital forces the Byzantine Emperor to not give funds to the Asia Minor region and his most excellent general, who fought back against the Turks, put the fear of God in them, because they didn't want a competing warrior elite from Anatolia to come to power again>the general was pissed off, but even more so were his men, who forced him to declare himself Emperor and fight against the capital>some random jealous loser killed him by bribing some of the guards, ensuring that no competent Emperor would come to power, Asia Minor subsequentially was devastated again by the Turks>the Emperor hires the Catalan mercenary company in a brilliant ploy to "let them do all of the work and then kill them all, when they are feasting to something, idk sheeit">he kills their leader, but instead of disbanding like headless chickens (which Byzantines always do), they seek revenge and devastate the European parts of the Empire>they settle down in Athens and create a new state there for the next 70 years, who rightfully oppressed the Greeks so much that Catalan entered the linguistic subconsciousness of the Greeks and meant a "terrifying devil, who oppressed me for no reason and sheit">in the end the Emperor faces yet another revolt, but this time by his shithead hedonistic son, replacing a bad Emperor with a bad one>the hardy Greeks from the Asia Minor region eventually convert to Islam, become a Warrior Elite and conquered the rest of the Balkans together with the Turks, becoming exactly what the rich, lazy Aristocrats of the Capital were afraid ofWhy are they like this?
>>18501861The Palailogos cursed the entire Empire, and somehow they were one of the most long lasting dynasties. Even their single good emperor was a cruel degenerate man, murdering the Laskarid Prince. No surprise the Western Anatolian Greeks felt abandoned.
