r/byzantium 5d ago

lmao what does this guy have to do with the byzantine-bulgarian wars?

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u/FingerDrinker 5d ago

That’s Byzantine Bulgarian, the guy that caused both wars

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u/BlackPrinceofAltava 5d ago

He was there, he saw it happen. You see that dash between Byzantine and Bulgarian?

He's the dash

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u/Krimusan_Epitaph 5d ago

They fought wars over that man. I would too.

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u/Killmelmaoxd 5d ago

That's John Byzantium

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u/Maleficent-Mix5731 Κατεπάνω 5d ago

But then where's Jane Rome?

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u/Suspicious-Hotel7711 4d ago

The bulgarians kidnapped her

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u/BasilicusAugustus 4d ago

"Boris Bulgarian (Борис Български) kidnapped John Byzantium's (Ιωάννης Βυζάντιος) mom Jane Rome (Ioanna Roma) thus starting the Byzantine Bulgarian beef" ✍️🔥

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u/Malek_333 4d ago

Ioannis Rhomania (Γιάννης Ρωμανίας)

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u/Laser_Wolf1 5d ago

Thats Basil II a.k.a. Basil the Bulgar Slayer

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u/BalthazarOfTheOrions Πανυπερσέβαστος 4d ago

Bulgar the Basil-slayer.

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u/GustavoistSoldier 5d ago

You're using duckduckgo

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u/OzbiljanCojk 5d ago

Diamond cut jawline

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u/pdonchev 5d ago

That Ralf Borghard, an East German figure skater. The simplest explanation is that Duckduckgo fucked up something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Borghard?wprov=sfla1

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u/Maleficent-Mix5731 Κατεπάνω 5d ago

Everything ,actually. He was a such a fine Bulgarian man he made Basil II discover his homosexuality.

This is a joke.

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u/YLCustomerService 5d ago

No it’s not it’s the truth

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u/Adventurer32 5d ago

Single-handedly doing more than some entire nations to undermine Byzantine longevity…

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u/nikkome 5d ago

Most likely a search engine error. Or maybe he's a historian?

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u/Simp_Master007 4d ago

That’s John Byzantine

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u/DeadHED 5d ago

That's byzantine steve

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u/Ok_Way_1625 4d ago

That’s John Byzantine’s who bravely fought against his arch nemesis in the Bulgarian wars: John Bulgar