Ultimate Paragon
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What if the participants in the Fourth Crusade were able to pay the Venetians for their services? Would they have succeeded in their mission? Would Byzantium have lasted longer?
It would require multiple PoDs. A good part of their incapacity to pay was directly related to their relativly few numbers, as while the crusade was still "popular" the european situation (Imperial-Pontifical wars and troubles, Anglo-French conflicts, etc.) severed part of traditional recruitement.What if the participants in the Fourth Crusade were able to pay the Venetians for their services?
Most probably not. Too few, too badly organized (It was a nobiliar crusade, as the first, but it was clearly more divided), and only a partial strategical view of Egypt.Would they have succeeded in their mission?
Hard to say. My guess is it would have continued to decline, but slowly and balkanic focused earlier (maybe butterflying Serbian Empire, by exemple).Would Byzantium have lasted longer?
Would they have succeeded in their mission?
Would Byzantium have lasted longer?