What went wrong?
T*rks.
The Romans didn't wipe them out completely.
>>2531027
>"Having crushed the Bulgarians, Basil exerted his vengeance by cruelty - he was said to have captured 15,000 prisoners and blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving one one-eyed man in each cohort to lead the rest back to their ruler. Samuel was physically struck down by the dreadful apparition of his blinded army and died two days later, on 6 October 1014, after suffering a stroke"
Dirtbags had it coming
>>2531008
hit the natural geographical limits relative for its position of empire like all others
>>2531051
spatio-temporal position/limits*