Greetings all,
Today we commemorate Alexios V. Doukas becoming Emperor on February 5th in 1204 AD:
He reigned only two months during the second and final siege of
Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
This
desperate struggle to strengthen and defend Constantinople would make
an amazing historical novel or movie. It was noble, exciting and tragic
at the same time. Even some hope at the end as Byzantium continued
through it's successor states and would again retake the City later
on...
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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