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Strategos: Island in the Storm - Bonus Material

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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

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The current iteration of Trabzon/Trebizond Citadel.
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The fortress of Mavrokastro, otherwise known as 'The Black Fortress', headquarters of the rogue Norman Robert Crispin in 1069 AD.
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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.
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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

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The Byzantine Empire circa 1069 AD.
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The Byzantine Themata of Anatolia circa 1069 AD.
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Constantinople circa 1069 AD.
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The Battlefield of Manzikert.

Diagrams
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Structure of a Byzantine Thema.
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The Byzantine Tagmata.

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