Officer and commander
April 1204, the sack of Constantinople. Rather than cycle through a narrative of the event, I thought it more interesting to look at it from an individual POV.
Theodore Laskaris was destined to become Emperor of the splinter state of Nicaea. His family had risen to prominence in the 12th century through marriage into the Komnenian dynasty. Theodore's par…
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