Quote Originally Posted by Pharasmanes II of Iberia View Post
IMO Greeks were most ambitious party of that time in region so they fought to all neighbors so were hated
Except for that after the defeat at Manzikert, the Byzantine were nothing but a slowly dying shadow of itself...
Had they really BEEN ambitious, the empire would probably still be around today. Buuut they had more decadence and dreams of ages past than ambition.

Besides, we´re supposedly talking about the GAME here.
I for one believe that their poor relations with other factions is deliberate so as to make other factions more inclined to attacking them, thus illustrating (or is it demonstrating? I´m so tired...) how the real Byzantine empire slowly died from external and internal pressure.
It is simply a faction that is Supposed to die...