How did the Eastern Romans try to Retake their former Empire?

How did the Eastern Romans try to Retake their former Empire?

While the Western portion was on a rapid decline during the 4th and early 5th centuries, the East was doing alright. Thus, when the Western Roman Empire completely collapsed before the start of the 6th century, a burning question quickly arose: would the Byzantines attempt to reclaim the fallen half of the once-united empire? At first, no, but the succession of Justinian I to the throne in Byzantium would suddenly change that answer…

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[twokoolskool]

"What do we do about the Goths?"
"Don't worry. The Byzantines will kill them."
"But then what do we do about the Byzantines?"
"Don't worry. The Francs will kill them."
"But then what do we do about the Francs?!?!?"
"That's the best part. Come winter, they'll all die of dysentery!"

[sgauden]

The Plague Of Justinian literally broke out at the worst possible time. If it hadn't happened, Rome may very well have recovered.

[theicepickthatkilledtrotsk]

Rome wasn't fully restored not because of treachery, enemy armies or economic failures, but because of a plague. Justinian the Great did his best, but his restoration of the empire was not meant to be.

[raphlvlogs]

the Roman empire served as an inspiration to various other empires later in history

[The_Honcho]

God was watching Eastern Rome and saw they were doing good so he set the difficulty on Legendary

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Justinian I: Retake the empire, my child
Belisarius: You won't betray me once I do, right?
Justinian I: ...
Belisairus: *You won't betray me once I do, right?*

The problem was Justinian was known as "the Great". If he was known as the Supreme Leader, he would've been immortal

[matthewslentz]

Theudebert: Shows up out of nowhere with a massive Frankish army. Defeats both the Ostrogoths and Romans, led by one of the greatest generals in history. Refuses to elaborate. Dies of Cholera. Truly a Chad among Chads.

[joshuascafidi]

I wonder what would have happened if Justinian was just slightly more patient. After having taken north Africa, Sicily, corsica, and Sardinia, invest in them, build them up, re-romanize them. Except for the Adriatic sea this would given them complete control of the Mediterranean Sea. After that, the southern boot of Italy would be ripe for naval troop landing pincer movements.

[TetsuShima]

Justinian: "Now that Rome is ours again, nothing will stop us from restoring the Roman Empire to its full glory!" 😎
Plagues, Franks and Sassanid: *Awaken begins to play*

[michaeijn]

Only the Germanic tribes called Eastern Romans ''Byzantine'' The first use of the term “Byzantine” to label the later years of the Roman Empire was in 1557, when the German historian Hieronymus Wolf published his work, Corpus Historiæ Byzantinæ, a collection of historical sources. Justinian called himself a Roman Emperor!!!

[deaeth]

Just an observation: I saw "Germanics, Ostrogothics, Visigoths and Vandals" but they're all Germanic. As the Franks, Suebs, Gepids, Lombards etc.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

"The Franks were next vanished, not by any army or fourth invader, but by a brutal outbreak of dysentery"
Normies: Oregon Trail
People of culture: *Mediolanum Trail*

This is exactly why we keep warning people to stop dissin' Terry. Terry had enough!

[thekaiser]

I always love a good story of reconquest like that of Justinian the Great

[goldenwarh]

chad austrasia :
barge into the war out of nowhere
defeat both sides’ armies
die off from sickness

[nenenindonu]

The Eastern Roman empire was the Roman empire itself not a continuation not a successor. Justinian, Heraclius, and Basil were as Roman as Trajan, Hadrian, and Constantine

[Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

The notable work “Chronographia” of Michael Psellos (Psellus), prominent Byzantine Historian and Imperial Courtier to several Byzantine Emperors (11th century), is one of the best accounts and series of biographies from emperor Basil II to Nikephoros III.

A unique and valuable source on the history of the 11th century Byzantine Empire. Truly, a historic and academic treasure.

[alphaomega]

You know your end is near, when most energy is used to reclaim land.

[giorgijioshvili]

"Keep cool and you will command everyone"
-Justinian I

[johnbarkl]

I love Byzantium. I love Belisarius. I love the efforts of the Reconquest and its sucess in Africa. Ive been waiting for this moment for 3 years thank you knowledgia!!

[Eazy-ERyder]

Also, I am glad you included Diocletian's tetrarchy here by mentioning that what would be the Empire's permanent split in 395 had begun actually with Diocletian himself - establishing the borders (between the eastern and western empires) in the 290s AD.