Isaac Komnenos comes to power urgently trying to restore the budget. But when he dies two years later his successor Constantine X Doukas reverses his economising. As he cuts from the military budget instead Turkic raiders sack the Armenian city of Ani.
Episode 191 - The Sack of Ani
The History of Byzantium
The History of Byzantium
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