Why does Byzantine get so little attention? I haven't seen

>>3227843
>Why does Byzantine get so little attention?

Because 18th-19th century scholarship has created this image of it as a somehow degenerated and decadent shadow of the Roman Empire, instead of its own vibrant civilisation. For instance, they invented floating watermills.

>>3227843
Cause everyone hates Greeks, truly sneaky bastards.

>>3227843
>western
Seing how they were our medieval arch enemies their empire was even overglorified to emphasize our own.

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>>3227859
This. People here equate 'Byzantine' with convoluted bureaucracy and courtly intrigue
not to mention the ERE never really got along with Western European polities (hence you had a competing Holy Roman Empire that was in fact more convoluted and less Roman)

some things about ERE do work against its favour as far as attention in the West goes
>no visible cultural impact in most of Europe (although the architecture had some influence)
>no great conquests or military victories - seemingly always in decline
>getting conquered by Turk Muslims and falling off the map (talking about the Greeks in general) for 400 years

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>>3229505
There was one great period of reconquests.

>>3229523
and unfortunately, that came during the Middle Ages, which seem to get completely ignored (apart from the Crusades and the plague) in the modern historical consciousness

I remember we had an excellent thread on the Byzantines not long ago, a few posters were really knowledgeable on the subject

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Literally this faggot.