Wonder why.

I mean, I know why, but

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I didn’t mean “prominent” as in wealthy or socially highly regarded but just in how they are a notable fixture of that society. It’s very rare to read a Byzantine source that doesn’t mention Varangians and eunuchs at least once, and yet those “successors to Rome” in Western Europe don’t know much about either. As soon as things stop being relevant to the Normans, Westerner pop historians just forget about it.