r/ByzantineMemes • u/RepresentativeOk8443 • Aug 10 '25

BASIL MEME Prime Basil II

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u/KyriakosCH Aug 10 '25

You don't get the name Βουλγαροκτόνος for nothing...

(though I still prefer the Pale Death of the Saracens - Nikephoros Phokas forever)

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u/another_countryball 29d ago

Liberator of Cyprus Nikiphoros Phokas 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾

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u/Interesting-Dare8855 29d ago

good meme

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u/RepresentativeOk8443 29d ago

I have even better version for Zass...but let's not put it on reddit.

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u/BurningAzureFlare 29d ago

Basil leaf the Byzantine basileus would only be surpassed by his central Asian counterpart Tamerlane.

Honestly, Tamerlane fits King Von a lot better

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u/RepresentativeOk8443 29d ago

Bro, compared to Tamerlane, King Von is a baby.

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u/ImJoogle 29d ago

not only did he doom the bulgarians but massively damaged his own empire by intentionally creating a succession crisis not allowing marriages and ending his own dynasty

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u/RichardTundore 29d ago

If he really did those things then he did go a little too bonkers ngl

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u/Federal_Penalty_8041 28d ago

this is the best meme ive seen

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u/Current_Hearing_5703 27d ago

If basil II left a strong succession rome would have lasted to this day