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What do Poles think about Turks? [761]
In which way modern Byzantine nation killed their emperor Andronikos Komnenos in Hipodrome? Very barbarous''.
Yes and do you know why?Because 5 years before he had thrown the Venezians and Genovese out of Constantinopol.They never forgot it and when they found the chance to revenge,they did.
Everything was also caused by the invasion of normand army which had already conquered Salonica and headed for Constantinopol.Andronicus had prepared army which waited the Normands in Thrace and actually destroyed them in a battle some days after Andronicus death.
So the point is what did the Normands have to do in Byzantium?Did they have any rights to invade?Or were they inspireds,supported and paid by the Venezians and Genovese who 20 years after managed to get the whole crusade turn against Byzantium?
As for the fate of Normands,you can study all the byzantine-normand wars from the times of Alexius Comnenus and what these heros did to the population of Salonica and Balkans.
Of course they did not like the sicelian evening when their presence in Italy ended in an abrupt way in 1267.
Of course Byzantines used barbarian methods.They cut noses and blinded their enemies.One Emperor even had a cut nose,he was called Konstantine the cut nose.
Emperor Roman was blinded after his defeat by Turks in Mazikert in 1071.
But we should not forget that among the nations in byzantine empire were Armenians,Georgians and Bulgarians except from Greeks and these nations are not famous for their delicacy.
