OBS Chapter 687 Roman Chronicles
Chapter 687 Roman Chronicles
Chapter 687 Roman Chronicles
The Genoese in Galata bargained for several times, but when they saw that Losa refused to give in, they gave in.
Rome's inclusion of Galata under its rule did not arouse much resistance from the Genoese. It had proved who was capable of protecting them when foreign enemies invaded.
This city, whose population and area were far smaller than Constantinople, monopolized the empire's tariff privileges, and its revenue during its heyday was enough to be ten times that of Constantinople.
Of course, this number may seem terrifying, but in fact, after the Queen of Cities lost her commercial interests and the support of her body, she could not collect much tax. This is why the proportion is so terrifying.
Ottoman messengers soon arrived at the palace, and not just one party, but three parties arrived one after another, all to seek the emperor's enthronement and support.
Although the emperor couldn't help them, he could definitely ruin their plans.
Just like when Constantine XI sought the approval of Mahmud II when he ascended the throne, the person chosen by Mahmud II might not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the Roman emperor, but as long as he was unwilling, that person would definitely not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor.
This is also a chain of suspicion.
Even if someone was unwilling to kowtow to the pagan emperor, they would still worry that other competitors would actively seek the emperor's help. After all, that was the emperor who had a dragon rider who could kill Mahamu II.
The once weak and precarious Roman emperor has become an arbitrator from above, the sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head.
Unfortunately, the three forces were not recognized by the Roman emperor.
That night, Lothar personally crowned Orhan in Hagia Sophia, crowned him the King of the Ottomans, granted him the right to rule the central Anatolia region, and granted him the freedom to expand his territory to the east.
There are a large number of Greeks living in the coastal areas of western Asia Minor. This part of the territory was once the core territory of the Empire of Nicaea. After being recovered, it could provide a large number of manpower for Rome. The Ottomans also rose here.
Naturally, this part of the region could not be ruled by "control" and had to be directly governed. In Losa's eyes, its importance was even greater than the Slavic settlements in the northern Balkans.
Nicaea was able to recapture Constantinople and rebuild Rome by relying on a corner of the western coast of Asia Minor, which also indirectly proves the importance of Asia Minor to Rome.
Although compared to this, Losa felt that the commercial profits of the so-called "Latin Empire" were sucked dry by the Venetians, and taxation could not be raised at all due to weak centralization, deep-rooted church and local forces, and the existence of many hereditary lords and tax-free estates of the church.
Financial issues are always the most direct manifestation of the end of a dynasty.
After subduing the Genoese in Galata, he indirectly controlled an army through Orhan to fight for him. With both soldiers and money, the situation was 99% solved. If he continued to indulge in it, it would only be a waste of time.
After a tour of Constantinople, Losa chose the hosting with confidence.
In 1453 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine Dragases Palaeologus successfully defeated the Turkish army that was besieging Constantinople and killed the Ottoman King Mahmud II in battle, causing the Ottoman Empire to fall apart.
In the same year, the Roman emperor recovered the province of Thrace and established a new aristocratic system with military merit land system as its core.
In July 1454, Rome marched into Thessaloniki, and General Giovanni Giustiniani killed the chief of the Ottoman warlords who ruled the area.
The Greek people, who were living in fear of death and starving, were overjoyed and lined the streets to welcome the long-lost double-headed eagle flag.
They had experienced the brutal looting by the Crusaders and pagans, and when the double-headed eagle flag once again flew over Thessaloniki, they rose up one after another to resist the pagan rule.
In the same year, the Roman army continued to move south and recaptured Epirus and Athens.
Dimitri, Duke of Morea and brother of the emperor, refused Giovanni's request to supply the Roman army and confronted the Roman army at the walls of Corinth.
The funny thing is that the emperor only sent out the dragon knight Lady Viviana, who flew over his head on the red and black dragon, and Grand Duke Dimitri of Moria was tied up by his guards and sent to the front of the battle.
Since then, all Greek regions except the Aegean Islands, Crete and Rhodes have been liberated.
In 1455, Orhan, as the legitimate heir of the Ottoman family, gained the support of a large number of local forces in Asia Minor and started a civil war with local Ottoman warlords. After a short rest, Rome took the opportunity to march into the coast of Asia Minor and recapture the Nicaea Military District.
In 1456 AD, the combined forces of Rome and the Ottoman Empire defeated the coalition forces of the Mamluk, Karaman and Ottoman separatist warlords, and the central and western regions of Asia Minor and the coastal areas of Asia Minor were liberated.
Orhan, who ascended the throne as the Ottoman king, reaffirmed his Christian faith and openly swore allegiance to the emperor. The Mamluk king of the Burji dynasty denounced him as a traitor and took the opportunity to annex the eastern territories of Asia Minor, such as Karaman and Dulkadir.
Confronted Orhan in the Taurus Mountains and Great Ararat area.
In the same year, Rome launched a series of measures to restore production in Asia Minor and rebuilt the military district system. The old nobles whose interests were violated supported Orhan in his rebellion.
But Orhan stood firmly on the side of the emperor, and in just half a year, he suppressed the rebellion again. Countless lives were lost and rivers of blood flowed. For a time, the ethnic minorities and local forces in Asia Minor were silent and dared not make any unusual moves.
In 1457, Rome demanded that the Burghists cede territory in Asia Minor and guarantee the smooth passage of pilgrims' roads on the grounds that the Burghists had funded the rebels. The Burghists flatly refused.
War broke out again between Rome and the Mamluks.
In 1459 AD, the emperor led an army to recapture Jerusalem, cutting off all the tentacles of the Burji dynasty extending into Egypt, and the Levant was triumphantly liberated.
The former Bishop Aeneas, who had visited Constantinople and participated in the defense of Constantinople, and now His Holiness Pope Pius II, praised the emperor as the "Protector of the Holy Sepulchre", "Liberator and Guardian of the Holy Land", and "Nemesis of Paganism". In the dispute between Rome and the Genoese over the Aegean islands, he openly declared his support for Rome and demanded that the Genoese agree to Rome's request to take back the islands by way of ransom.
In 1460 AD, Rome recovered the Aegean islands and the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes was moved to Constantinople. The sovereignty of the island theoretically returned to Rome, but it was still managed by the Knights Hospitaller.
In 1466, the Lusignan royal family of Cyprus died out and fell into civil strife. Rome took the opportunity to retake the island of Cyprus, which was strongly protested by the Venetians. The relationship between the two sides fell to a freezing point.
In 1467, the Venetians once again stood together with the pagans in Egypt and launched a trade war against Rome. Rome declared war on the Venetians on the grounds of colluding with pagans, and in February of the following year, it defeated the Venetian and Egyptian fleets in the Aegean Sea.
The Venetians withdrew from the war at the cost of ceding Crete, the Aegean islands and territories along the Balkan coast.
In the same year, the Roman army crossed the Sinai Peninsula and defeated the Egyptian army in the Nile Delta.
In 1468 AD, Rome captured Cairo and captured the last king of the Burji dynasty, and Egypt was triumphantly liberated.
In 1474 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine XI sponsored Christopher Columbus, a young navigator born in Galata, the Roman Empire. He led three sailing ships, the Nicaea, the Constantine and the Viviana, out of the Strait of Gibraltar.
At the end of 1476, the young navigator Columbus, who had been gradually forgotten by people, successfully returned to Constantinople, met with the emperor in the Brahena Palace, and explained his "great" discovery.
From then on, a new world named "Elysium" (Paradise) by the emperor slowly appeared in people's sight.
In 1472, the Roman emperor sent envoys to reach an agreement with Lady Isabella, the crown princess of Castile and sister of King Henry IV the Incompetent, who was living in the court of Aragon. He sent Orhan to capture the coastal cities of the Kingdom of Granada and establish a military district there.
At the end of 1474, King Henry IV of Castile died. Lady Isabella decisively went to Segovia to hold a coronation ceremony and appointed her husband, Crown Prince Ferdinand of Aragon, as her co-king.
In early 1475, the opposition nobles who were unwilling to accept the rule of Queen Isabella supported Juana, the niece of King Alfonso of Portugal and the daughter of the incompetent "Enrique IV", as king, and the War of the Castilian Succession broke out.
A great battle broke out between the two sides in Seville. At the critical moment, Queen Isabella persuaded Giovanni Giustiniani, the Roman general stationed in Granada, to intervene in the war.
The Latin mercenaries, renamed the "Wolf" flag team, fought extremely bravely this time, completely washing away the bad reputation of Latin mercenaries. They defeated the "rebel" troops from the flank and captured the Portuguese Prince Joao who led the troops.
In 1477 AD, Rome assisted Queen Isabella in suppressing the rebellion, and the protracted War of the Castilian Succession came to an end. An emerging kingdom spanning the Iberian and Apennine Peninsulas, with Castile and Aragon as its two cores, reached an alliance with an ancient empire spanning the Balkans, Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt, and the two sides agreed to share Mediterranean hegemony.
The Venetians' maritime power suffered a huge blow.
In 1479 AD, Rome formed a huge fleet and landed in Tunisia in North Africa from the sea.
The long-lost "Province of Africa" returned to the embrace of the empire, and Rome's route to the New World has been unobstructed since then.
In 1486, the Roman Emperor Constantine XI, who was over years old, died suddenly in the Brachna Palace. In the same year, Viviana, the candle knight who accompanied the emperor throughout his life and was almost regarded as the mistress of the empire, Basilisa, disappeared without a trace, leaving a new romantic legend for this world.
The emperor had no children and never married, and the property he left behind was pitifully little. When the coffin of this emperor, who lived a life of poverty and saved the crumbling Rome, passed through the avenue, countless citizens fainted from crying.
Orhan Osmanoglu, then governor of Asia Minor and co-emperor of Rome, succeeded to the throne.
At the succession ceremony, he said with great sorrow: he took over a crumbling and dilapidated country, but left behind an unprecedented great country spanning the four continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Elysium.
Many people stubbornly insisted that the emperor was not dead, but was taken away by angels and turned into a marble statue. When Rome was in danger again, the emperor would return like lightning, riding a white-legged mare, and save the country again.