Ywn ask out anna komnene

>ywn ask out anna komnene

Was she really that much of a qt?

>ywn escort her to the monastery where she will spend the rest of her life after trying to betray her based brother

>implying she's not fucking her dad

I have a copy of the Alexiad, is it a good read?

>ywn conquer her capital, force her into a political marriage and become a muslim third rome

comparing her other women depicted with the art of their era, it looks like she'd be worth fighting for

Did you just imply that Byzantines were Roman, you retarded low iq son of a bitch? You Byzaboo low life son of a whore? I'M FUCKING TIRED OF YOU BYZABOO SUBHUMANS CLAIMING ROMAN HERITAGE. YOU. WERE. NOT. ROMAN. COMPARING ROME TO YOUR LOSER KIND IS AN INSULT TO ROME.


I want to beat the shit out of a byzaboo subhuman irl. I want to break your bones.

We should do something about Byzaboos wewuzzing as Romans even though they were not.

>Implying she'd pick you over the Chad of Taranto, her true love
>Now Bohemond was such as, to put it briefly, had never before been seen in the land of the Romans [that is, Greeks], be he either of the barbarians or of the Greeks (for he was a marvel for the eyes to behold, and his reputation was terrifying). Let me describe the barbarian's appearance more particularly – he was so tall in stature that he overtopped the tallest by nearly one cubit, narrow in the waist and loins, with broad shoulders and a deep chest and powerful arms. And in the whole build of the body he was neither too slender nor overweighted with flesh, but perfectly proportioned and, one might say, built in conformity with the canon of Polycleitus... His skin all over his body was very white, and in his face the white was tempered with red. His hair was yellowish, but did not hang down to his waist like that of the other barbarians; for the man was not inordinately vain of his hair, but had it cut short to the ears. Whether his beard was reddish, or any other colour I cannot say, for the razor had passed over it very closely and left a surface smoother than chalk... His blue eyes indicated both a high spirit and dignity; and his nose and nostrils breathed in the air freely; his chest corresponded to his nostrils and by his nostrils...the breadth of his chest. For by his nostrils nature had given free passage for the high spirit which bubbled up from his heart. A certain charm hung about this man but was partly marred by a general air of the horrible... He was so made in mind and body that both courage and passion reared their crests within him and both inclined to war. His wit was manifold and crafty and able to find a way of escape in every emergency. In conversation he was well informed, and the answers he gave were quite irrefutable. This man who was of such a size and such a character was inferior to the Emperor alone in fortune and eloquence and in other gifts of nature.

IT'S NOT THAT I LIKE YOU OR ANYTHING BAKA BOHEMOND!

Komnene Byzantium looks pretty comfy. "muh throne" autism aside.

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>ywn Be arrested for trespassing on private property in an attempt to talk to the princess and then spend the next 8 months in a Byzantine prison dying of cholera

That's a deviantart commision, user...

Anna Komnene only likes the BNC.

where does that passage come from?

did they fuck?

Quoted from the Alexiad (though I quickly copied this from wikipedia, it's actually a significantly shorter version), a chronicle of Alexios I Komnenos' life by his daughter Anna. I believe it's near the end of book 10, since that's where most crusaders are introduced, but I can't honestly remember. Really puts it in perspective honestly, she apparently was so enchanted by Bohemond she dedicated whole paragraphs on describing what a great man he was in a chronicle dedicated to her father, who had more than one quarrel with Bohemond, he was probably Alexios' greatest rival, in fact.

interesting. Is the Alexiad worth reading?

Probably not, Anna was only around 12 by the time she met Bohemund at the beginning of the first crusade. As far as I know they might have never seen each other again afterwards. Poor Anna did get stuck in a loveless mariage only 2 years later though. Though I believe it was her husband who negotiated the treaty of Devol between Bohemund and Alexios in 1108, so it's possible they met again during this time.

There was a meme back in the day where Byzantine women were considered seductresses who tempted Arabs to defect and even convert.

If you want to view the first crusade through Byzantine eyes, definitely (though the crusade doesn't start until book 10, as I mentioned). It's also a great window into Byzantine politics and the threats the empire faced (Cumans, Turks, Normans, etc.) Though seeing as it's a medieval chronicle made by the daughter of the main subject of the book you might be able to see that it's incredibly biased and a lot of it is propaganda for Alexios and Anna herself.

Normans truly were Chads of medieval world.
>Force France to make normandy your land
>Conquer Sicily
>Conquer England
>Conquer Antiouch in a Crusade
>Conquer some parts of North Africa
>Make all greco-roman qt's drool all over you

That and also be aware it was written some decades after the events she's describing.

>ywn join a band of second and third sons of Norman nobles out to make a name for themselves.

Bohemund attempted to invade the ERE and conquer it, but failed.

Wonder if she had any fantasies about it.

they conquered ireland scotland and wales too

After having a quick gander through the Alexiad again this passage actually came from book 13, which covers some of the events after the first crusade, the conclusion war between Bohemond and Alexios and the peace they decided upon. The way this is written also implies she was there to meet Bohemond as well, so you can irgnore everything I said in Honestly though just quickly scanning through it I only realise now just how often she mentions Bohemond, also kinda cute how she can't quite figure out if she loves or hates him from what I read.