Byzantine Diplomacy #10653583
Description
After the fall of Rome, the key challenge to the Byzantine Empire was to maintain a set of relations between itself and its sundry neighbors, including the Persians, Georgians, Iberians, the Germanic peoples, the Bulgars, the Slavs, the Armenians, the Hunnic Tribes, the Avars, the Frankish, the Lombards, and the Arabs, that embodied and so maintained its imperial status. All these neighbors lacked a key resource that Byzantium had taken over from Rome, namely a formalized legal structure. When they set about forging formal political institutions, they were dependent on the empire. Whereas classical writers are fond of making a sharp distinction between peace and war, for the Byzantines diplomacy was a form of war by other means.
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| Measured (UTC) | Members | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026, 07:00 | 3 | first reading |
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Byzantium (@Autokratoras) — Byzantium (rank 255)
@AnaxandridesII — Ambassador (rank 241)
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