poll: Which Byzantine dynasty was the most successful?

Which Byzantine dynasty was the most successful?

  • Justinian Dynasty

    Votes: 20 23.0%
  • Heraclius Dynasty

    Votes: 5 5.7%
  • Macedonian Dynasty

    Votes: 53 60.9%
  • Kommenid Dynasty

    Votes: 9 10.3%

  • Total voters
    87
Technically it'd be Emperor Emperor, but yeah, I laughed too.

Right. I meant Emperor Basil as in, Basileos as in the name for the second one.

Either way, you get the point. :D

Although if we go with the House of Kings, that leaves us wondering where Aragorn is. :D
 
I can understand why the Macedonians are popular in the poll, but the rulers after Basil II weren't any good. Two of the best in the period -- Nicephorus II and John I -- were not really members of the dynasty.
 
I can understand why the Macedonians are popular in the poll, but the rulers after Basil II weren't any good. Two of the best in the period -- Nicephorus II and John I -- were not really members of the dynasty.

Neither were Zoe's husbands.
 
...is it just me, or Basileos Basileos (or in English, Emperor Basil) grounds impossible to imagine without giggling?

:D

I do think it's amusing; maybe that's why he tacked the Bulgar-Slayer on at the end to stop the snickering.

Anyway, I say the Macedonian dynasty is the most successful. Partly because of all the territory conquered during the period, but I believe it also was the only dynasty able to die peacefully in its sleep, respected to the last. All the others were stabbed (or in the case of the Heraclian, pummelled with a soap dish) to death.
 
I do think it's amusing; maybe that's why he tacked the Bulgar-Slayer on at the end to stop the snickering.

Anyway, I say the Macedonian dynasty is the most successful. Partly because of all the territory conquered during the period, but I believe it also was the only dynasty able to die peacefully in its sleep, respected to the last. All the others were stabbed (or in the case of the Heraclian, pummelled with a soap dish) to death.

Don't forget Tiberius. :( "slaughtered like a sheep" at six.

Let's see:

Basil I - possibly assassinated, possibly one weird hunting accident.
Leo VI: Peaceful.
Alexander (III): Peaceful.
Constantine VII: Peaceful.
Romanus II: Some suspicions of assassination, very dubious, likely a real hunting accident.

Nicephorus II (brutally murdered) and John (poison or disease) don't count as they're not of the dynasty...

Basil II: Peacefully.
Constantine VIII: Peacefully.
Zoe: Peacefully.
Theodora: Peacefully.
 
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