Original sentence: Two territories that had been separated from the Empire after the Fourth Crusade were restored almost without bloodshed to imperial rule: Thessaly in 1328 and the Despotate of Epirus in 1337
Edited sentence: Two territories that had been separated from the Empire after the Fourth Crusade were restored (virtually without bloodshed) to imperial rule: Thessaly in 1328 and the Despotate of Epirus in 1337