History
Manuel I Komnenos ruled from 1143 until his death on 24 September 1180. His reign was the last high period of the Komnenian restoration. In 1176 Kilij Arslan II defeated him at Myriokephalon. A medieval manuscript portrait shows him as the imperial figure later copyists preserved.
The 1178 map seats him over about 91 counties. He is old in political terms: two years from his death, two years past the defeat in Anatolia. The succession after him, and the Turkish and western frontiers, are the campaign.
In the game
| Seat | Detail |
|---|---|
| Start | 1178 |
| Bookmark | Call of the Empire |
| Title | Byzantine Empire |
| Realm size | 91 counties |
| Status | Independent |
| Culture | Greek |
| Faith | Orthodoxy |
| Dynasty | Komnenos |
How to play
Goal. Hold the late Komnenian empire and arrange the succession.
He is the map ruler in 1178, over about 91 counties, with an aging-emperor problem.
Where this run fails. The succession after Manuel, and wars in the west and against the Turks at once.