User blog comment:Sgt. S.S./Why I support the Empire/@comment-4715168-20120323005902/@comment-4692385-20120323211749

You have to understand Titus Mede II inherited a weakended Empire.The Empire was still recovering from The Oblivion Crisis due to the fact that the Empire at the time had bad leadership. One could make the argument that the leadership before Titus Mede II is the reason for the Thalmor winning The Great War.