. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. CHAPTER X THE RESTORATION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE [1204-1391 ] THEODOKE (I) LASCARIS AND JOANNES VATATZES (1204-1254 ) The loss of Constantinople in 1204 had restored a momentary vigour tothe Greeks. From their palaces, the princes and nobles were driven intothe field; and the fragments of the falling monarchy were grasped by thehands of the most vigorous or the most skilful candidates. In the long andbarren pages of th
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. CHAPTER X THE RESTORATION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE [1204-1391 ] THEODOKE (I) LASCARIS AND JOANNES VATATZES (1204-1254 ) The loss of Constantinople in 1204 had restored a momentary vigour tothe Greeks. From their palaces, the princes and nobles were driven intothe field; and the fragments of the falling monarchy were grasped by thehands of the most vigorous or the most skilful candidates. In the long andbarren pages of the Byzantine annals, it would not be an easy task to equalthe two characters of Theodore Lascaris and Joannes Ducas Vatatzes, whohad replanted and upheld the Roman standard in Nicsea in Bithynia. Thedifference of their virtues was happily suited to the diversity of their situa-tion. In his first efforts, the fugitive Lascaris commanded only three citiesand two thousand soldiers; his reign was the season of generous and activedespair; in every military operation he staked his life and crown ; and hisenemies, of the Hellespont and the Mseander, were surprised by his ce
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