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This article is accurate for the latest versions of EU3, Napoleon’s Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind.
Byzantium has nine unique missions, the majority of which are about restoring the Byzantine empire’s glory by retaking some of its lost territories.
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Recover Greece
The Empire is but a shadow of itself after repeated blows from the Turk. For us to rise, phoenix like, from the ashes we must recover the Greek lands. | Type:
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Comment: Janina (144) is missing in the acquisition conditions.
Recover the Asia Minor coast
As long as the lands of Asia Minor are held by the enemy we will never be secure. By seizing the coastal provinces we will have the buffer we need. | Type:
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Conquer the eastern Balkans
To protect the second Rome from we must expand our lands in the Eastern Balkans. | Type:
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Secure southern Italy
Ever since the Franks cowardly sacked the city of Constantine we know that they are a danger. We must secure our western flank by taking control of Southern Italy so it does not happen again. | Type:
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The Eternal City
Constantinople might be the New Rome, but the old Imperial capital, the Eternal City itself, has been lost since the fall of the Exarchate of Ravenna in 751. The unexpected resurgence of the Roman Empire has given rise to a powerful movement seeking reunification with our ancient Latin home... | Type:
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Reclaim Sicily
Sicily was lost to the Empire in 965, when the island fell to the forces of Mahomet. It is time to make a triumphant return, and let Greek once more be heard on the island of Damocles and Archimedes. | Type:
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Restore the Pentarchy
The great Christian East-West Schism, brought about by the arrogance of Pope Leo IX in 1054, might finally be healed. As established by Emperor Justinian in 531, the Bishop of Rome is merely one of five Patriarchs of equal rank, together with the ones in Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria. If all five Patriarchates can be restored to Christianity under the auspices of the Eastern Church, there is hope of a new unity. | Type:
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Comment: Take a look at the requirement for the triggered modifiers: “The Pentarchy”, “The Conquest of Jerusalem” and “The Conquest of Rome”.
Annihilate Venice
The fat and treacherous merchants of ‘The Most Serene Republic’ engineered the fall of Constantinople to the Latin invaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Our subsequent and miraculous recovery has long been a source of concern in the Palazzo Ducale. The time is ripe to exact our gruesome vengeance and hang the Doge from his own walls! | Type:
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Religious missions
Convert the people of Asia Minor
The peoples have Asia Minor have sadly adopted the faith of their conquers. Now that they have been liberated we must return them to the holy Orthodox faith. | Type:
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