
Episode 235 - Sundered by Gold
The History of Byzantium
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The War Between the Romans and the Hungarians
Last episode we left comninoss at the danube in the summer of 11 53, concluding a peace with king geza the second of hungary. Andronicus was sent to cilicia to try and recover it from the armenians who dominated the taurus mountains. Returning home, manail placed him in charge of the border with hungary - presumably because having just signed a peace treaty, he wasn't anticipating any trouble. What manewell didn't know though, was that trouble was andronicus, middle name, the comnenian prince. He set off to murder his cousin before being arrested by greece's army.
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