The Greek empire of Constantinople is restored…
1252 CE to 1263 CE
The Greek empire of Constantinople is restored when the Latin rulers are expelled in 1261.
The Greeks generally are exultant at the recapture of Constantinople from the Latins in 1261, but a few realize that the center of gravity has shifted from Asia Minor to Europe.
In the end, this concern with Europe is to prove fateful, for it will lead to the neglect of the frontiers in the East and with that neglect eventually to the conquest and settlement of all of Asia Minor by the Turks.
