To: Naples
You have a casus bellei, yet you have yet to actually act upon it.
By random barbarian state I assume you mean Taman, which is fully Orthodox and is our ally in this war.Your Casus Belli might as well be the fact Naples has a small part of it occupied by a random barbarian state that the Byzantines brought to keep Naples in line when they tried to eradicate Christianity?
lol. Perhaps it is the end of the HRE, but it is the Orthodox "Christians" who are aiding the infidel Muslims against other Catholics only to gain land. Religious wise, if your people have any brains, they would overthrow the empire and become a republic. One Emperor tries to kill them all, the next sends them to war with brothers to aid infidels. The honest true side has always been the HRE, I made sure of that.
Your "allies" are the Armenian snakes, the Sicilian rebels, The random barbarian tribe, and infidel Muslims who are slaughtering Christians across their empires...
EDIT
Oh and don't let me forget! the Avar barbarian lords who came to loot and rape Europe, of course.
Actually, the Avars were conquered by the Tatars. They were the ones who looted and raped Europe, especially Venice.
To: Naples
CC: Venice
Don't be so pretentious. You act as if you were entitled to use our land. What possibly could give you that right? You should fire the idiots who plan your wars, if they can't handle hearing "no" once in a while. Even better, you should start planning your wars in a way that you won't be reliant on others! Even the most moronic tacticians know this.
I'm an Angel!It seems the Pope dabbled in Witchcraft and worked with Satan, for how else could his spirit be communicating so scathingly beyond the grave?
A dark one at that!I'm an Angel!