Answer:
A group of wealthy landowners attempted to control the empire by gaining control of the military.
Explanation:
The decline of the Bizantine empire came from different fronts, it was struggling economically because of the many economic commitments that a vast empire that had survived over 10 centuries over the years had come to aknowledge, the turkish and ottoman invasions had weaken the empire and finally on May 29, 1453 the capitol in constantinople fell under the ottoman army and the Byzantine empire had fallen.
