I answer your questions about where the Romans got their gold from, how Romania ended up with a Romance language, Byzantine games of polo and more.
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Amusingly enough you made a minor error with Michael I Rangebe. Staurakios is the one that got stabbed in the spine during Pliska. Michael was his brother in law. Obscure indeed.