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🚩 Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He crushed rebellions, subdued feudal landowners and conquered the enemies of the Empire. Italy was reorganized and a campaign to retake Sicily was prepared. The might of Roman armies was again respected and feared.

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📚 Sources:
John Haldon – Byzantium at War AD 600 – 1463
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 1118 - 1461
Judith Herring – Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
David Nicholle – Manzikert 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich – The Normans in the South
Paul Stephenson – The Legend of Basil the Bulgar Slayer

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