A History of the Basileia Rhōmaiōn, 1081 through the Present

[OverKnight]

A History of the Basileia Rhōmaiōn:
1081 through the Present

This thread will be similar to my History of the Holy Roman Empire. It will serve as a chronological summary and link to the various LotR threads, with the main focus being on the Magnaura, Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports, Battle Reports and Stories threads.

Please do not post in this thread. If you want something included that I missed, send me a PM with a description and a link to the relevant post.


Part I: Basileus Aleksios Komnenos's Term as Megas Logothetes, 1081 -1095


Prologue

On Power


Dramatis Personae:

Makedonios Ksanthopoulos

Methodios Tagaris

Ioannis Kantakouzinos

Princess Anna Komnenos

Markianos Ampelas

Kosmas Mavrozomis

Caesar Ioannis Komnenos

Aleksios ek Ikoniou

Ioannis Kalameteros

Anastasios Neokaisareitis

Anna and Makedonios

Apionnas Vringas

Armatos ek Naksou


The Houses in 1081:

The Order of St. John

The Komnenodoukai

The Asteri

The Tagamata

The Tepaki


The Hippodrome in 1081


1081

Ioannis Kantakouzinos attempts to woo Anna.

An Egyptian Mamluk in Basileus Aleksios's Court

The First Senate Session opens. Basileus Aleksios automatically assumes the position of Megas Logothetes.

The Legislation voted on at the First Session.

Patriarchal Proclamations concerning Antioch and Churches

Anastasios Neokaisareitis dreams of conquest.

Princess Anna cuts a swath through the Bachelors of the Empire, parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven.

The Barbarian Merchant, parts one and two.

An Introduction to Iakovos ek Kallipoleos

The Merchant and the Princess

The Princess and the Heathen

An Investigation into Apionnas Vringas, parts one, two, three and four.

The Megas Logothetes' report for 1081: With the new term just begun there is little news. However, the Basileus warns against any unauthorized attack on the unwalled settlement of Durazzo.

Princess Anna visits the Order of St. John, parts one and two.


1083

The Megas Logothetes's report for the year: Senators and armies fan out to conquer rebel settlements while the Empire struggles with military and economic weakness.

Caesar Ioannis reclaims lost cities in Anatolia.

Strator Methodios Tagaris ponders the Durazzo land rush.

Nevoulas ek Philadelpuis remembers the past as he approaches Rhodes.

Anna and the Basileus discuss marriage and negotiations.


1084

The Megas Logothetes's report: Canakkale, Rhodes and Arta are besieged.

Methodios Tagaris conquers Durazzo.

Caesar Ioannis assaults Canakkale.

Nevoulas ek Philadelpuis at Rhodes.

Basileus Aleksios storms Sofia.


1086

The Megas Logothetes' report: Canakkale, Durazzo and Sofia are conquered.

Nevoulas continues to reminisce at Rhodes, parts one and two.

Ioannis marches back to Nicaea on a rough road.


1087

The Megas Logothetes' report: The Empire enters into an alliance with Hungary.

An Introduction to Methodios Tagaris, parts one, two, three, four, five, six and seven

Anna negotiates with the Hungarians and has difficulties with the help.

Anna and Ioannis


1089

The Megas Logothetes' report: An alliance is reached with the Kievan Rus.

Ioannis Kalameteros seizes Rhodes. The attack brings back a flood of memories, part one.

Arms and Templars

Savvas ek Militou seizes Arta.

The March on Sinop

An Invitation from Zagreb


1090

The Megas Logothetes' report: Caesar Ioannis marries a Kievan Rus Princess, further cementing the new alliance. Arta and Rhodes are added to the Empire.

Methodios Tagaris takes Zagreb.

Antioch is sacked.

Hypatios Machonios conquers Smyrna.

A Stranger in a Strange Land


1092

The Megas Logothetes' report: Antioch, Belgrade and Zagreb are taken, however the last is rioting.

Debate begins in the Magnaura over how the Empire should proceed.

Basileus Aleksios assaults Bucharest


1093

The Megas Logothetes' report: An alliance is reached with the Republic of Novgorod. Bucharest is conquered.

Ioannis Kantakouzinos's Northern Destiny

Pavlos Chrysovergos liberates Sinop.

Intrigues and Assignations

The Godfather


1095

Basileus Aleksios's last report as Megas Logothetes: Sinop is taken.