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[Avrorrange]

Not really. It was all in the cards @Laskaris dealt us before. A hothead, undiplomatic...too much in love with a cerain image, and pressured by the images of his father and uncle...

How was the man undiplomatic and hotheaded? The war with Venice was taking advantage of a rare opportunity when Venice was dogged by all sides. Diplomacy alone isn’t going to let you recover Crete. Please give us Crete without any fighting…..

 

[Alkmaion]

Hotheaded was the response to Johannes V., making an unnecessary enemy out of him. We see the results now

 

[Xenophonte]

Hotheaded was the response to Johannes V., making an unnecessary enemy. We see the results now

Venice??

 

[Avrorrange]

Hotheaded was the response to Johannes V., making an unnecessary enemy out of him. We see the results now

Ioannes IV was a nobody. Practically a minor regional lord. Anyone(in terms of regional powers) could just fuck him over.Clearly, Ioannes was the arrogant one as he was behaving like he was a big shot when he was just a minor power.The very throne he sits on was also stolen.He literally had to say that he’s the Emperor in a pathetic attempt to assert his authority(Joffrey style), and then harmed a messenger.

As for Venice, it is every Roman’s duty to fuck them over.Timing was great since Venice was getting dog piled by everyone.