Andronikos III Palaiologos takes charge of a Roman state still recovering from the loss of Anatolia and the raids of the Catalans.

He takes on the challenge with enthusiasm and tangles with the Turks, Latins and Serbs. He also reunites Epiros and Thessaly with Constantinople.

Pic: Andronikos III Palaiologos, 14th century miniature from the State Library of Württemberg, Stuttgart.

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Period: 1328-41

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