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After the Justinian-Belisarius conflict, Jiang says the Byzantines stopped major offensive campaigns and shifted toward defense and diplomacy, including bribing enemies.
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After the Justinian-Belisarius conflict, Jiang says the Byzantines stopped major offensive campaigns and shifted toward defense and diplomacy, including bribing enemies.
"Because obviously if you're emperor, you're afraid that your general, your great conquering general will eventually come back and take your throne. Okay. So..."
Byzantium survives for a thousand years because it solves Rome's political problem.
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