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The SFW image thread

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Naruto has a point.
 
Two images of Byzantium, one of its greatest Emperors, one more of its fall:
Basil II, called Bulgaroctonus:

Ah, him.

I remember visiting the Bulgarian Military Museum in Sofia, and there's plenty of exhibits talking about the glories of the First and Second Bulgar Empires, and their victories against the Byzantines. In a corner of one room there was letter of thanks to the Bulgarian Emperor of the time, for saving a village (or was it an abbey?) from the attacks of the forces of Basil II.

And that was the sole mention I could find in the entire museum of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer.
 
And that was the sole mention I could find in the entire museum of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer.
Which indicates exaggeration on the part of what Byzantine histories are left, or a lack of Bulgar records thanks to whatever he did. Or a mix of both. The one thing for sure is that the Bulgars were crippled for a generation or more when it came to pushing south.
 
I mean can you blame them. If the whole point was to show the glorious military history of your nation it wouldnt make sense to talk much about the people that destroyed your nations army.

I don't blame them at all - as molemole said, Basil II stopped the Bulgars for at least one generation, so the beating had to be a severe one(not to mention the stories of Basil blinding 99 out of every hundred captured Bulgars, leaving only one with the ability to guide them back - the guide merely had his nose cut off). It's just that military museums are fascinating things; you can learn a lot about how a people views itself by taking notice of what gets shown and said and what doesn't.
 
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