Byzantine+Empire

By: Jay S. 3[]

1-2[][|ownsen][|d/GBoH /gboh-][|cataphract.htm] 2"There's a term in Chess, //Zugzwang//, meaning "whoever moves first loses, and (s)he loses only because (s)he has to move first." That's a good description of this scenario. It seems pretty straightforward: Belisarius uses elite initiative to charge with the cataphracts. The Vandal LC withdraw, taking their shots as they go. Each cataphract engages two enemy units; composite bows, Pre-Shock TQ checks, and Attack Superiority rout at least 8-10 of the mostly-LN defenders. The Vandal leaders are inept at rallying, and so one way or another the Romans get the 30 RPs necessary to win by the end of turn 1. l#Tricameronm. 3**Cultural Diffusion** - Not only did the Byzantine help preserve Roman and Greek culture and Christianity but the Empire also spread these ideas to other parts of the world. During the Crusades of the 11th and 12th centuries, Western Europeans making their way to the holy land had to first pass through the Byzantine Empire. As a result they brought many of those ancient Greek and Roman accomplishments back to Western Europe. 3Two missionaries from the Byzantine Empire, named Cyril and Methodius, traveled into Central and Eastern Europe to spread the ideas of Christianity to the Slavic people. However, Cyril and Methodius could not teach the Slavs to read the Bible since they had no written language. As a result the two missionaries created an alphabet that eventually formed the basis for the Cyrillic alphabet, which many peoples in Central and Eastern Europe still use. eron.'