Byzantium was obliterated and continued only as a series of small Greek successor states which were surrounded by western crusader kingdoms and Italian territories.

拜占庭被消灭，仅作为一系列被西方十字军王国和意大利领土包围的小希腊继承国继续存在。

And the successor state, i.e. Greece, doesn't really recognise the legitimacy of the state that did the selling, but that is, I think, more complex than the third, you know, the kind of stuff which is just very obviously stolen.

而继承国， 即希腊，实际上并不承认出售该资产的国家的合法性，但我认为这比第三个国家的情况更复杂，你知道， 这些东西显然是被偷的。

Evidence suggests that many of the Nubian  elite (former viceroys with their armies) quickly gathered followers and started their own  states by grabbing control of an area. Without the Egyptian influence and organization,   these successor states fell into disarray.

有证据表明， 许多努比亚精英（前任总督及其军队）迅速聚集了追随者，并通过控制一个地区建立了自己的国家。没有埃及的影响和组织， 这些继承国陷入混乱。