One of the Princes’ Islands, associated with the death of Romanos IV after his deposition and blinding.
The Princes’ Islands were close enough to Constantinople to serve imperial politics, exile, and monastic life. Proti appears in Byzantine political memory through the fate of Romanos IV.
After Manzikert and civil conflict, Romanos IV was deposed and blinded. He died on Proti in 1072, showing the brutal consequences of Byzantine succession politics.
The island’s significance in IronCodex comes from the end of a Byzantine emperor whose defeat at Manzikert became a turning point in Anatolian history.