Manoil's War With the Romans

The elevation of bella looked like a radical move on paper. Neither the romans nor the hungarians had any incentive to unite their realms. Stephen was under pressure from his nobles to test byzantine resolve. He sent troops to sermium to keep the hungarians occupied. Then the byzantine fleet sailed half way along the danube and helped another army cross into the unguarded hungarian interior. After raiding around transylvania for a few weeks they led hundreds of prisoners back to the roman side, giving manoil an excellent bargaining chip. King stephen was thoroughly humbled and signed another treaty. This foreign sponsoed peace angered many amongst the hungarian