Genoa is more screwed than the Romans given they are just a city-state with a city that doesn't have the state of the art defenses of Constantinople.Their army is also far away.
Not
exactly. They'll call in friends, who'll call in friends. Soon enough all of Italy is on fire.
Which reminds me, have Constantinople's walls been refurbished?
Yup.
Given the amount of money they've been getting,I think they would be stupid not to refurbish their walls.
Is Manuel here to stay or does the Junta plan to get rid of him in favor of one of their own once the situation stabilizes?
No spoilers.
Isn't 35,000 a bit steep?
Yes and no. Yes in the sense that the Italian Merchant states liked to end their wars quickly using extensive of shock and awe to force enemies to submit on their terms. Remember, war is bad for business.
But no in the sense that Genoa has the coin to spare due to their economic prowess.
My thoughts as well,but if Genoa emptied her treasury,which would be massive,it's doable,but this would probably render defenses at home completely empty.
Not entirely. See Genoa here is extremely filthy rich. Its got complete dominance over the Mediterranean trade ever since knocking Venice and later Aragon out as major competition and has a presence in the Black Sea, Silk Road terminuses, Bay of Biscay and Chanel trade. All those markets have caused a massive feedback loop feeding into other industries, financing and naval development which further increases the Republic's income and cements its position.
As I said, they're basically kinda like the Dutch here and have a huge reserve pool of money. If Genoa wanted, I'd say it could probably get double that number of troops in Constantinople, but thats just overkill.
Timurid Egypt? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>⌐■-■
Managing to recover the last updates, well I fell pity for Constantine. He brought himself to shame, but in doing that he saved the Empire. Only, he was unlucky to catch in time the fruits of the collapse of the Timurid Empire.
It's also true it would have been unsusteinable a Roman Emperor making act of vassallage...
Mhm, its not a nice outcome. But his reputation will recover as future historians far away from the situation at hand realize how serious his predicament was.
Timurid Egypt has a nice sound.
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