I know many of you are obsessed with the Byzantines and sad they weren't included. Well today is your lucky day:

Here you can play as the Byzantines right before the fall:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...d.php?t=283090

Or alternatively you can play in the year 1288 and watch the slow years of decadence in action!:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...d.php?t=290151