[4.33] Epirot Byzantine 1204 AD – 1340 AD Climat : Agressivité : Zone topographique :
Chaud 1 Arable
Terrain obligatoire : Terrains facultatifs :
H(S), Wd WW, Rv, H(G), O, V, E, RGo, Rd, BUA
Avertissements Les troupes irrégulières sont en rouge, les troupes obligatoires en gras.
Liste principale Désignation C-in-C Sub-general Frankish mercenaries Byzantine cavalry: • up to half • remainder Byzantine archers Byzantine or mercenary spearmen Vlach cavalry Albanian or Vlach foot
Type Reg Cv (O) Reg Cv (O) Irr Kn (O)
Coût 28 28 10
200 pts
0-5
Reg Cv (O) Reg Cv (I) Reg Ps (O) Reg Bw (I) Reg Sp (I) Irr LH (S) Irr Ps (O) Irr Bw (I)
8 6 2 4 4 7 2 3
250 pts
300 pts
400 pts
0-6
0-8
0-10
4-6
5-8
6-9
8-12
4-12
5-15
6-18
8-24
0-4 2-6
0-5 3-8
0-6 3-9
0-8 4-12
8-16
10-20
12-24
16-32
200 pts 0-4
250 pts 0-5
300 pts 0-6
400 pts 0-8
200 pts
250 pts
300 pts
400 pts
0-6
0-8
0-9
0-12
1 1-2
Only before 1230 AD or Despotate of Epiros Désignation Albanian cavalry
Type Irr LH (O)
Coût 5
Only from 1207 AD to 1215 AD Désignation
Type Coût List: Later Bulgar (Bk 4)
Bulgarian allies
Only if Thessalian from 1230 AD to 1318 AD Désignation Downgrade C-in-C or sub-general Bulgar horse archers
Type Irr LH (S) Irr LH (S)
Coût 17 7
200 pts 0-3
250 pts 300 pts Any 0-4 0-5
400 pts
250 pts
300 pts
400 pts
2
2
2
250 pts
300 pts
400 pts
250 pts
300 pts
400 pts
0-6
Only Despotate of Epiros in 1259 AD Désignation German mercenaries [double based]: • if front element • if rear Thessalian allies
Type
Coût
200 pts
10 2 8 List: Epirot Byzantine (Bk 4) Reg Kn (I)
Only Despotate of Epiros in 1259 AD and in 1292 AD Désignation Achaian Frank allies
Type Coût 200 pts List: Romanian Frank (Bk 4) Only Despotate of Epiros from 1276 AD to 1291 AD
Désignation Angevin allies
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Type Coût List: Sicilian (Bk 4)
200 pts
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[4.33] Epirot Byzantine 1204 AD – 1340 AD Only Despotate of Epiros from 1309 AD to 1310 AD Désignation Byzantine allies
Type Coût 200 pts 250 pts List: Palaiologan Byzantine (Bk 4)
300 pts
400 pts
300 pts 1 Any
400 pts
Only Despotate of Epiros after 1318 AD Désignation Upgrade C-in-C Upgrade Frankish mercenaries
Type Reg Kn (O) Reg Kn (O)
Coût 32 12
200 pts
250 pts
The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade and the founding of the Latin Empire split the remaining possessions of the Byzantines into two large states, Nikaia and Epiros, and some smaller states. This list covers the Despotates of Epiros, Thessaloniki and Thessaly. The Despotate of Epiros was organised from Byzantine remnants in Albania and western Greece by Mikhail I Doukas. In 1207 he took advantage of a period of disorder in Bulgaria to start a series of ultimately unsuccessful attacks on the new Latin kingdom of Thessaloniki with the aid of independent Bulgarian princes. His brother and successor Theodoros Doukas destroyed the Latin kingdom in 1224, acquiring Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Thrace and most of Macedonia, and proclaimed the Empire of Thessaloniki. He was preparing to recover Constantinople when he was defeated and captured by the Bulgarians at Klokotnitza in 1230. Thrace and Macedonia were seized by Bulgaria and the empire was split into three parts: Epiros, Thessaly and Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki fell to the Nikaians in 1246. Thessaly remained nominally subordinate to Epiros, but in practice independent. When Ioannis II Doukas of Thessaly died childless in 1318, his possessions were divided between the revived Byzantine Empire at Constantinople and the Catalan Duchy of Athens. The assassination of Thomas Doukas of Epiros later the same year led to rule by the Italin Orsini family which lasted until conquest by Constantinople in 1340. A total lack of Epirot historians limits our information on the army to that provided by its foes. In its early days at least it is said to have depended heavily on Frankish mercenaries. As these were probably recruited directly from the West, we assume that they would not have the discipline of the old Byzantine Latinikon. Vlachs and Albanians were also important elements. Nikaia had inherited the old guard and tagmatic troops, but Epiros must have inherited some of the regional troops and may have supported them by pronoiai. There was no fleet and no access to nomad horsemen. The Angevins were mainly a source of potential rather than real help. An Epirot ally-contingent in a Romanian Frank army of 1259 must have 2 elements of Germans on a double base. A Thessalian ally-contingent in an Epirot or Romanian Frank army of that year must have an irregular LH general. Phil Barker et Richard Bodley Scott, Listes d’armées DBM – Livre 4, 2e édition, mars 1999
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