... took control of Antioch in 1098?
He was about the worst of the bunch to take hold of Antioch. He and his father had been at war with Byzantium and yet Bo took an oath to Alexios to hand over any former Imperial territory. So he takes to closest region to Byzantium and the one most obviously belonging to the Empire in recent memory, and the trouble begins.
I'm thinking that any of the other great leaders wouldn't have been half as much trouble. They wouldn't have had the history of Bohemund with the Empire and I think had their own extensive lands and weren't quite so desperate to carve out a state for themselves.
Who would be best, and what does Bohemond do?
He was about the worst of the bunch to take hold of Antioch. He and his father had been at war with Byzantium and yet Bo took an oath to Alexios to hand over any former Imperial territory. So he takes to closest region to Byzantium and the one most obviously belonging to the Empire in recent memory, and the trouble begins.
I'm thinking that any of the other great leaders wouldn't have been half as much trouble. They wouldn't have had the history of Bohemund with the Empire and I think had their own extensive lands and weren't quite so desperate to carve out a state for themselves.
Who would be best, and what does Bohemond do?