byzantine empire

So, this thread is probably one of the most, if not the most, re proposed from time to time, but i see every time almost everyone saying that Constantinople was doomed, an opinion to which i disagree. While it's true that the ERE was to a point of utter disgrace there are some factor that might...

What if crusades never happened? Byzantium and Hungary screwed up like in OTL fourth crusade 1204 and mohacs 1526 sultanate of rum conquered southeastern Europe , Ukraine and southern Russia like the Ottomans Would all these countries become muslims As there would be no Habsburgs or Moscovite...

In the otl had Caecilius delayed the conquest of North Africa by winning a victory against the Arabs in 682, the Arabs in 688 came back and won against him in Mamma thus destroying the most powerful Berber kingdom however the Arabs could not push further as their leader Zuhayr ibn Qays would die...

Obviously as the location of the city of Rome, empires claiming to be successors of the empire have tried to retake the city itself. The Byzantines were able to reclaim the peninsula temporarily but lost it to the Lombards and the Pope after separating the church ruled the city for centuries...

Assuming that during the Macedonian dynasty makes the necessary reforms are taken that allow the government to run far more smoothly and without any major screw-ups for the empire, how much former Roman territory can be realistically reclaimed and consolidated? In a previous thread it was...

Prologue: The Arab Conquest Of Rum and its aftermath The Arab Conquest of the Ruman Empire or the Rhomaion as the Greeks called it was a landmark event in History in 96 AH* . Within less than century , The Arab Muslims had conquered both the Sassanid Persian and The Rhoman Empire . After...

Through whatever PoD you wish to use - sheer luck, traitor, low morale, lucky shot, etc, the Siege of Constantinople 626 ends in a Avar-Persian Victory and the city falls. What would be the consequences of the fall and how would that affect the Byzantine-Persian War of 602-626?

Basically just the thread title. Does the empire go bankrupt? Does the war with the Sassanians still start? Do the byzantine emperors remain beardless?

Could the Romans ever Reconquer Egypt after they lost it to the Arabs , during or after the Macedonian Dynasty ?

Peter Delyan was a grandson of Samuel, the last emperor of Bulgaria, who led a massive uprising against the Byzantine Empire in 1040-41. The revolt was immensely successful at first, and the rebels quickly took over much of western Bulgaria, Macedonia and northern Greece. However, it collapsed...

Isaac II Angelos was the first emperor of his dynasty, as well as the only one who even pretended to be competent. Even so, his short reign was marred by problems: Cyprus was under the control of an usurper and would soon be taken over by crusaders, while Bulgaria rose up in rebellion against...

Sviatoslav I was a very active leader of the Kievan Rus' who led several military campaigns in multiple directions, destroying the Khazar Khaganate and briefly conquering Bulgaria. The latter conquest led to a war with the Byzantine Empire, which finally put an end to his string of victories by...

So, let's say he manages to avoid whatever illness it was that claimed him. How would things go with Andy III making it to the age of 60 (his grandfather died at 75, and his son at 58, so it's not entirely unlikely) rather than up and dying when he did?

The Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine empire lasted from 867-1056. As one of the Byzantines more competent dynasties, were there no relatives that Theodora had at all that possibly could've succeeded her and if not what can be done to make the bloodline larger so that the emperorship could...

since i have seen to many basil II has a son threads lets make a basil II lives longer basil II as we all know died at 66 / 67 1) Basil II lives as long as Galba so lives 3 to 4 years more 2) Basil II lives as long as basil I ie 75 so he dies of in 1032 3) Basil II lives as long as...

We all know Maurice wanted to repopulate the danube frontier with armenians to secure the Roman border. If he survived, does that mean southern slavs will be assimilated or will not enter in the balkans? Roman Balkans (Sava and southern Danube) = eastern romance and armenian speaking Carpathia...

As we know, the Eastern Romans held on against the Islamic Invasion for ~8 centuries but Persia fell in one and a half decade. What should be done to reverse the situation that the Islamic Caliphate takes the Byzantines pretty easily but Persia holds on with the Zagros as a defensible barrier?

Greetings all, long time lurker first time poster. I've long enjoyed some of the Roman TLs on this site, especially those regarding some of the later PODs such as a longer lived Theodore II Laskaris. Inspired by Issacs's Empire and Age of Miracles (kudos to the authors of those masterworks!)...

I really want to know what you guys think about the Byzantine Empire's borders that changed constantly during the history.

Let's suppose that after Ivan Vladislav murders his cousin Tsar Gabriel Radomir, in the aftermath of the battle of Kleidion, the Bulgarian nobility denounces him. Ivan then proceeds to commits suicide.. A council called to evaluate the situation asks for peace.. Emperor Basil II decides to be...