Comments on: Echoes from the Mediterranean. Part 2 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/ A quirky research on Romanness Sat, 18 May 2013 09:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Man of Roma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5263 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:26:19 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5263 Lichanos, I’ll read it tomorrow (already had a peek). I have to write something on Sicily, or I’ll forget ALL of it.

]]> By: lichanos http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5262 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:55:47 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5262 @Paul & MoR:

…his behaviour was all but glorious, christian or chivalresque.

EXACTLY! You know what I like…
http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/holy-war/

]]> By: Paul Costopoulos http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5261 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:53:36 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5261 Not that “la conquête” was all that glorious. After all, squeezed by a huge debt owed the Venitians, Villhardouin betrayed his original sponsors and took his army to Byzantium instead of Jerusalem. Once there his behaviour was all but glorious, christian or chivalresque.

]]> By: Man of Roma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5260 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:37:14 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5260 Lichanos, you francophile, throwing down the gauntlet because of a beautiful lady?

I’m not Man of Athens, I remind you, plus Byzantium’s history was not that remarkable until it became the ‘Second Rome’.

Oh, Villehardouin’s chronicle, yes: ‘Histoire de la conquête de Constantinople‘, maybe?
;-)

]]> By: lichanos http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5259 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:11:40 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5259 Istanbul, Constantinople, my foot! It’s Byzantium! Let’s get that straight!

If you want some entertainment for the plane ride, may I suggest reading Villehardouin’s chronicle of the Fourth Crusade? Talk about culture-clash!

]]> By: Man of Roma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5257 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:17:41 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5257 Oh, Istanbul, Constantinople, it would take years. But 3 days are ok for a peek at such a marvel! Hope my post didn’t sound didactic. Btw, wonderful season, May, for those places.

]]> By: Cheri http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/echoes-from-the-mediterranean-part-2/#comment-5255 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:56:44 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-5255 Thank you for this lovely history lesson.

I now understand your Diana reference.

I am thinking of traveling to Istanbul in May. How many days should we stay there to see it? We will be in Greece for 5-7 days and maybe have 3 additional days…

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