Strategos: Island in the Storm - Bonus Material
This page holds the relevant maps, diagrams and photographs that might be helpful to readers in understanding the world described in the tale of 'Strategos: Island in the Storm'.
Photos
The current iteration of Trabzon/Trebizond Citadel.
The fortress of Mavrokastro, otherwise known as
'The Black Fortress', headquarters of the rogue Norman Robert Crispin in 1069 AD.
A stunning view of a small Armenian church perched on the shores of Lake Van, eastern Turkey.
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The same church during another season.
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A closer view of Mount Tzipan/Suphan Dagi, the second highest volcano in Armenia that overlooks the plains of Manzikert.
An excellent 180 degree depiction of the moments after Manzikert, with Byzantine Emperor Romanus Diogenes bowing before Alp Arslan. Taken in the Istanbul Military Museum.
Maps
The Byzantine Empire circa 1069 AD.
The Byzantine Themata of Anatolia circa 1069 AD.
Constantinople circa 1069 AD.
The Battlefield of Manzikert.
Diagrams
Structure of a Byzantine Thema.
The Byzantine Tagmata.