For starters, I'm going for the Byzantine Empire of Basil II, but if I still find the campaign enjoyable I'll proably go for Justinian's empire as well, which is highly possible.Cool progress. (Awfully nice how Pontos' colour is violet, reminds me of the good ol' MTW days... [and the indestructible kataphraktoi...])
And, hrmh, what era Byzantine empire you going for? Pre- or post-arab invasions?
After the arab invasions, the empire did stretch to Armenia too, under Basil II Boulgaroktonos's rule:
Two maps here.
Or do you intent to eventually follow Justinian's path with yer Pontos?
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