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He accidentally murdered his own brother Manuel in 1320, having mistaken Manuel for his mistress's lover. Their father, co-emperor Mikhael IX, died of grief and their grandfather, Andronikos II, disowned him. This led to civil war between grandfather and grandson. Eventually, Andronikos III was recognized as co-emperor, and in 1328 he deposed his grandfather altogether. During his reign, Serbia and the Ottoman Turks steadily chipped away at Byzantine territory.
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He accidentally murdered his own brother Manuel in 1320, having mistaken Manuel for his mistress's lover. Their father, co-emperor Mikhael IX, died of grief and their grandfather, Andronikos II, disowned him. This led to civil war between grandfather and grandson. Eventually, Andronikos III was recognized as co-emperor, and in 1328 he deposed his grandfather altogether. During his reign, Serbia and the Ottoman Turks steadily chipped away at Byzantine territory.
territory. though he is now regarded as the last chance the empire had to recover as his military campaigns in the Balkans were quite successful. unfortunately, he died from what was ,probably, malaria and left an infant son on the throne.
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By now, Byzantium had been reduced to vassalage under the Ottomans. Ioannes had to deal with innumerable civil wars and usurpations. Ultimately, he held on to power thanks to his Turkish "allies".
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Son of Andronikos III By now, Byzantium had been reduced to vassalage under the Ottomans. Ioannes had to deal with innumerable civil wars and usurpations. Ultimately, he held on to power thanks to his Turkish "allies".
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** ''Europa Univeralis IV'' in the meanwhile moves the timeline to 1444 with the disaterous consequences of the Battle of Varna leaving Constantinople with a dearth of strong allies with which to resist the Ottomans, but they remain a popular SelfImposedChallenge for players.
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** ''Europa Univeralis IV'' in the meanwhile moves the timeline to 1444 with the disaterous disastrous consequences of the Battle of Varna leaving Constantinople with a dearth of strong allies with which to resist the Ottomans, but they remain a popular SelfImposedChallenge for players.
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'': A thousand years before the start of the story, a "Deathless Prophet" began preaching in Constantinople, but he and his followers were hounded by the Order of Trinity both for the Prophet's claim to be immortal as well as heretical statements. They eventually founded the city of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitezh Kitezh]] deep in Siberia, whose ruins, artwork, clothing, and artifacts make it feel very much like a transplanted Byzantine city despite being located well outside the actual boundaries of the Byzantine Empire.
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'': A thousand years before the start of the story, a "Deathless Prophet" began preaching in Constantinople, but he and his followers were hounded by the Order of Trinity both for the Prophet's claim to be immortal as well as heretical statements. They eventually founded the city of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitezh Kitezh]] deep in Siberia, whose ruins, artwork, clothing, and artifacts make it feel very much like a transplanted Byzantine city despite being located well outside the actual boundaries of the Byzantine Empire.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Take me back to Constantinople!]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/ConquerorsBlade'': ''Season V: Legacy of Fire'' is based on the history and fall of the Byzantine Empire, with the in-game city of Reginopolis standing in for the real-life Constantinople.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After deposing the hated Phocas who had driven the Empire to ruin with his backstabbing and tyranny, the two men reportedly had this exchange:
--->'''Heraclius:''' Is this how you have ruled, wretch?
--->'''Phocas:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse And will you rule better?]]
--->'''Heraclius:''' Is this how you have ruled, wretch?
--->'''Phocas:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse And will you rule better?]]
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* InItsHourOfNeed: Subverted. When Constantinople was on the verge of being sieged by a Persian-Avar army, Heraclius sent his officer Bonus and a handful of troops to defend the city. The inexperience of siege warfare to the Avars, as well as neither of them have a navy even remotely as good as the Byzantine's, ultimately contributed to the siege being eventually lifted.
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* InItsHourOfNeed: Subverted. When Constantinople was on the verge of being sieged by a Persian-Avar army, Heraclius sent his officer Bonus and a handful of troops to defend the city. The inexperience of siege warfare to the Avars, as well as neither of them have having a navy even remotely as good as the Byzantine's, ultimately contributed to the siege being eventually lifted.
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While each ruler of the Empire naturally bestowed on himself the title of Roman Emperor, this was never recognized as legitimate by their neighbors. The Roman Catholic Church saw itself as the true SpiritualSuccessor of the Roman Empire, and its Pope greatly increased its power and authority by granting legitimacy to the many new Kings and rulers of Western Europe. The most notable example is UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}} who was crowned Emperor, and whose kingdom was called UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire in the year 800. The Pope [[InsistentTerminology insisted on]] calling the ruler of Constantinople ''Imperator Romaniæ'' ("Emperor of Romania") and later that became [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive ''Imperator Graecorum'' (Emperor of the Greeks)]] [[LongList and ''Imperium Graecorum'', ''Graecia'', ''Terra Graecorum'' or even Imperium Constantinopolitanum]]. These terms [[MaliciousMisnaming de-legitimized the Eastern Romans]] in the Catholic Lands, which was annoying to the Romans but which they shrugged off, because they had more than enough on their plate in the East with new Kingdoms and threats, as well as many other clients who they had their hands full in [[BalanceOfPower balancing each other against them]].
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While each ruler of the Empire naturally bestowed on himself the title of Roman Emperor, this was never recognized as legitimate by their neighbors.western neighbors (their ''eastern'' neighbours, perversely, considered it entirely legitimate). The Roman Catholic Church saw itself as the true SpiritualSuccessor of the Roman Empire, and its Pope greatly increased its power and authority by granting legitimacy to the many new Kings and rulers of Western Europe. The most notable example is UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}} who was crowned Emperor, and whose kingdom was called UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire in the year 800. The reasons/justifications for this are a little complicated, but it has a lot to do with opportunism, after the Eastern Empire had lost Rome in 754, the Iconoclasm Controversy had the then current Eastern regime take an opposing theological stance to the Papacy, and Empress Irene having taken charge meant that in the eyes of the Papacy, the seat of Roman Emperor was 'vacant'.
The Pope [[InsistentTerminology insisted on]] calling the ruler of Constantinople ''Imperator Romaniæ'' ("Emperor of Romania") and later that became [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive ''Imperator Graecorum'' (Emperor of the Greeks)]] [[LongList and ''Imperium Graecorum'', ''Graecia'', ''Terra Graecorum'' or even Imperium Constantinopolitanum]]. These terms [[MaliciousMisnaming de-legitimized the Eastern Romans]] in the Catholic Lands, which was annoying to the Romans but which they shrugged off, because they had more than enough on their plate in the East with new Kingdoms and threats, as well as many other clients who they had their hands full in [[BalanceOfPower balancing each other against them]].
The Pope [[InsistentTerminology insisted on]] calling the ruler of Constantinople ''Imperator Romaniæ'' ("Emperor of Romania") and later that became [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive ''Imperator Graecorum'' (Emperor of the Greeks)]] [[LongList and ''Imperium Graecorum'', ''Graecia'', ''Terra Graecorum'' or even Imperium Constantinopolitanum]]. These terms [[MaliciousMisnaming de-legitimized the Eastern Romans]] in the Catholic Lands, which was annoying to the Romans but which they shrugged off, because they had more than enough on their plate in the East with new Kingdoms and threats, as well as many other clients who they had their hands full in [[BalanceOfPower balancing each other against them]].
Needless to say, a couple huge armies of unwashed fanatics and land-hungry nobles was not what Emperor Alexios I Komnenos was expecting (he'd been imagining something more like the traditional small forces of western mercenaries), but the historical consensus is that he adapted masterfully in a fashion future Emperors would mimic. That is, he extracted oaths of fealty from the nobles to return any previously imperial territory they conquered (while the Empire didn't attach the same importance to fealty, it was quite good at recognising and exploiting cultural quirks), then quickly ferried the Crusaders across to Asia Minor, gave them supplies, and pointed them in the right direction. After that, he followed behind with an army that neatly mopped up Asia Minor and a portion of the Northern Levant, and would probably have taken most of the Levant if [[DirtyCoward the Count of Blois]] hadn't deserted and fed him false reports that the Crusaders had been destroyed. Even so, the Crusader States ended up as a convenient set of buffer states under varying degrees of Imperial control, with it being easier to control territory by proxy than directly, and Asia Minor stabilised, meaning it worked out.
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* InItsHourOfNeed: Subverted. When Constantinople was on the verge of being sieged by a Persian-Avar army, Heraclius sent his officer Bonus and a handful of troops to defend the city. The inexperience of siege warfare to the Avars, as well as neither of them have a navy even remotely as good as the Byzatine's, ultimately contributed to the siege being eventually lifted.
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* InItsHourOfNeed: Subverted. When Constantinople was on the verge of being sieged by a Persian-Avar army, Heraclius sent his officer Bonus and a handful of troops to defend the city. The inexperience of siege warfare to the Avars, as well as neither of them have a navy even remotely as good as the Byzatine's, Byzantine's, ultimately contributed to the siege being eventually lifted.
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Co-emperor of Konstantinos III. Lasted slightly longer than his comrade, ultimately ending up mutilated and exiled(along with his mother, the aforementioned Martina).
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Co-emperor of Konstantinos III. Lasted slightly longer than his comrade, ultimately ending up mutilated and exiled(along exiled (along with his mother, mother - [[{{Squick}} and first cousin]] - the aforementioned Martina).
