btw, i'm still enjoying this.
'cause bloody wars do not a ruler make,
and generals are born and made to fight.
and when they take the purple with a sword,
most likely too their downfall is the sword.
a line of mediocre emperors
with peaceful reigns and stable, rising lands
are better than the greatest king of old
who ruled a kingdom shattered and forlorn.
in other words, Demetrios may be unstable, but his brother would have made the whole Empire crash and burn. the time for an Andreas Niketas may come again, but now is not that time.
Now I'm beginning to wonder,why did the Empress choose Demetrios over her older son again?Her older son was at least a capable general.
'cause bloody wars do not a ruler make,
and generals are born and made to fight.
and when they take the purple with a sword,
most likely too their downfall is the sword.
a line of mediocre emperors
with peaceful reigns and stable, rising lands
are better than the greatest king of old
who ruled a kingdom shattered and forlorn.
in other words, Demetrios may be unstable, but his brother would have made the whole Empire crash and burn. the time for an Andreas Niketas may come again, but now is not that time.