Romanos and the Byzantine Empire

Romanus was blinded and taken to the island of proti, miles from cos nople, off the coast of the peloponnese. Alapaslan would turn his attentions east to those enemies on the borderlands on the other side of his empire, specifically in the region of turkisstan. The balance of international power was firmly in the hands of the seljuc turks, and the byzantines were low on wealth, moral solidarity and military force. Despite the fact that the selje turks could say that their own flore years were coming to an end following the death of aliparselan, they still able to