What does ‘Byzantine’ mean in regards to plotting? Their predecessors the WRE and their successors the Ottomans have long and illustrious histories of plotting, but the only real plotting I can remember on the part of the Byzantines involved several schisms and a bunch of dudes named Palaiologos.
It is (or at least has been) agreed by most historians that the Byzantines raised needless intricacy to a high art. A Byzantine system, usually used in terms of intrigue or administration, is hopelessly convoluted with too many participants and connections for anyone to keep track of.
I love that he refers to them as “my tiny arms”.
What does ‘Byzantine’ mean in regards to plotting? Their predecessors the WRE and their successors the Ottomans have long and illustrious histories of plotting, but the only real plotting I can remember on the part of the Byzantines involved several schisms and a bunch of dudes named Palaiologos.
It’s another word for, “Excessively complex.”
It is (or at least has been) agreed by most historians that the Byzantines raised needless intricacy to a high art. A Byzantine system, usually used in terms of intrigue or administration, is hopelessly convoluted with too many participants and connections for anyone to keep track of.