The Byzantine & Ottoman Empires: Lecture 3 of 12. The Macedonians.

The Byzantine & Ottoman Empires: Lecture 3 of 12. The Macedonians. For centuries the Empire was slowly losing territory to hostile neighbors. The decline was arrested by a new dynasty hailing from the province of Macedonia. The borders were stabilized, lands re-conquered, and the treasury replenished. But with the end of the dynasty, the decline resumed.