The Purple Tent: Shadow of the Double-Headed Eagle

This is the peak moment of the Byzantine Empire - Bulgaria has been crushed, the military district system is still strong, and the "Macedonian Renaissance" is bringing the glory of classical civilization to bloom again. However, this is also the beginning of the abyss. Basil II left no heirs, and his mediocre brother Constantine VIII was about to succeed him, and subsequent successors would push the empire into a crisis that would last for decades.