>IN CHRIST THE GOD FAITHFUL, EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF THE ROMANS, BORN IN THE PURPLE, CROWNED BY GOD, KING AND LORD OF THE CITY, SUPREME RULER OF THE ROMANS AND OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST, THE WEST, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THE RULER OF THE WORLD, THE RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE NEW CONSTANTINE, THE NEW DAVID, THE NEW MARCIAN, THE NEW TRAJAN, THE NEW HERACLIUS, THE PIOUS, THE VICTORIOUS, THE ORTHODOX, THE LAWGIVER, THE CHOSEN OF GOD, HIGH PRIEST AND KING, FRIEND OF CHRIST ETERNAL, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES, THE GOD-CROWNED, THE PIOUS, THE PEACE-LOVING, THE JUST, THE MERCIFUL, THE LAWGIVER, THE DEFENDER OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH, THE PROTECTOR OF THE HOLY CHURCH, THE MOST HUMBLE, THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS
A lot of words for a traitorous Greek, who prefers giving his city over to a Turk than his opponent in a civil war.
>>18539219Franks will seethe.
>"WE'RE STILL ROMAN!!" screamed the mighty 5'2" greekoid warrior Michael Szysmiskes Stavoulous, still dripping with the fresh blood of his young son's castration. "YOU FRANKS ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO US! NOTHING! YOU LIVE IN A MUD HUT!"
>>18539737>The famous diplomat Liutprand of Cremona was sent to Constantinople by emperor Otto I and Pope John XIII in 968 to negotiate a peace treaty and a marriage alliance. The Byzantine Emperor, Nikephoros II Phokas, openly mocked the delegation while boasting of Byzantine military superiority:>"You are not Romans, but Lombards!" Nikephoros allegedly declared, asserting that the true, legitimate Roman Empire belonged strictly to the East and warning that his armies would easily sweep through Italy if the upstart German "emperor" did not respect his authority.
>>18539743>warning that his armies would easily sweep through Italy if the upstart German "emperor" did not respect his authority.Man the Byzantines were hilarious.
>>18539743negative aura. can't compare with alexios I komnenos and the way he awed the crusaders through a dignified and respectful reception.
>>18539761Quite the opposite. The Cuckmenos empire was negotiating from a position of weakness so they had to first butter up the crusaders, meanwhile in Nikephoros' time the Byzantine Empire was close to reaching its new peak so he cared little for the pretentions of small fry barbarians. The German delegation actually came back a second time with tribute after being humiliated on their first try.
>>18539769on the contrary i think making a conspicuous show of how much you look down on others exactly indicates the weak self-esteem of the individual so doing.komnenos behaved like an emperor, and won the admiration and respect of the crusader, just as an emperor should. meanwhile the greentext you posted could be a quote from a balkan nationalist plebeian today or even a 4chan user. it's pathetic and embarrassing.
