Why?

>>3051379
Autism

Because the were the most serene

>>3051379
Why what?
Why the lion? Because it was the symbol of St. Mark, patron saint of the city.
Why the sword? Because it was a warflag.
Why the stripes? They represent the six 'sestieri', neighbourhood of Venice. They recur on a lot of venetian ornamental motifs, like on gondole.

>>3051616
In fairness, the lil greek nigga got murdered by his own people while trying to collect the money he promised.
It wasn't so much treachery from him as much as sheer dumbness by Constantinople's citizenry to just rebel and oust the only person keeping the army already controlling their city from sacking it into ruin.

>>3051656
Well the lil greek nigga also overestimated the empire's treasury.

>>3051379
looks like your lion has a case of the autism sir