User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-4692385-20111219154134/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111219162425

The mede empire was not and is not weaker than the AD, readhttp://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Rising_Threat%2C_Vol._IV. They lost the the Great War in parts because the thalmor had somewhat better spies, but mostly because titus mede the usurpator is not of Dragonblood and therefore lack Alessia's blessing. We know titus mede II is a criminal warlord from a family of criminal warlords and have no claim on the Imperial throne, and that he signed the white-gold concord out of cowardice and personal intrest.