byzantio:Detail of a manuscript showing an ambassador delegating with the byzantine and the Arab rul
byzantio:Detail of a manuscript showing an ambassador delegating with the byzantine and the Arab ruler. Diplomacy is cheaper than war and Byzantines knew that very well. The ambassador here is John Syggelos/Grammaticos, Patriarch of Constantinople. -- source link
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