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The select council crowned an infant-and the army that kept Nicaea fell
An infant is crowned in Nicaea - what did that day cost the Byzantine restoration?
The select council crowned an infant-and the army that kept Nicaea fell
In this episode, we follow the fragile rebound of the Empire of Nicaea from exile to claimant, and the fateful decisions that shift its course toward crisis. What happened on that December birthday, and how did one choice ripple toward Nicaea’s fall sixty years later?
Person: John (the boy who turned eleven)
Date: December 25, 1261
Location: a fortress in Bithynia / Nicaea
Event: John blinded on his birthday; select council crowned an…
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