The Rise of Byzantium Helion Wargames Rule book

  BP-HW09 - THE RISE OF BYZANTIUM   Fighting the Early Wars of Byzantium with the Three Ages of Rome. In the fourth century CE the Roman Empire was still the most important state in both the east and the west of Europe.  It was coming under increasing pressure from migrating groups.  This pressure would break the empire into two halves.  The western half did not survive but the eastern half of the empire, based in the city of Constantinople, would renew itself.  It would grow to become a famous empire in its own right.  For almost a thousand years it would fight against pressures from both inside and outside the empire. It finally succumbed to the power of the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century CE. From the third century CE, the Roman Empire had been fighting against the Sassanid dynasty of Persia.  Neither side had managed to achieve a decisive victory.  The period covered by ‘The Rise of Byzantium’ continues this long running conflict.  At the end of the period there was a decis