western roman empire

Athalaric was the grandson of Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. His mother and regent Amalasuintha, tried unsuccessfully to give him a Roman education. She was also in good terms with the Eastern Roman Empire, allowing their fleet to use the harbours of Sicily during the Vandalic war. Let...

Let's suppose that Roman Emperor Theodosius I, had a third son named Liberius. So, after his death in 395 A.D. the Empire splits in three. Arcadius takes the East as in OTL, Honorius takes the West with Cenabum as capital, and Liberius takes the middle one hailing from Ravenna.. How things...

Note This is a new reboot of the timeline West Rome in Gaul, with a different setup. On 461, Avit(Avitus) would escape from Rome to Northern Gaul in the court of Aegidius(Gil), later on Syagrius(Siagri) would marry a granddaughter of Avit named Severiana, a daughter of Saint Sidoni(Sidonius)...

In Sheets of Blood A Late Antiquity Timeline Chapter I: A Vandal King Chapter II: Bonifacius, Aetius and Rimini Chapter III: Vandal Carthage Chapter IV: Magister Militum Bonifatius Chapter V: Bleda the Hun Chapter VI: Theodosius II Chapter VII: The Isaurian War

The provinces and later Diocese of Africa was one of the wealthiest parts of the Roman Empire, providing much of the food to the European world. This begs the question: what if the barbarians were unable to conquer the region, getting stalled in Spain and Scicily? Would North Africa stand as the...

476-477 AD As Orestes and his brother Paulus lay slain, blood dripping from their corpses, Odoacer could only ponder the future. By no means did he intend to destroy Rome, but if the Foederati and the Italians wished him to be their King..he would not deny them. Securing Ravenna and placing...

WARS OF THE ROMANS An Alternate Timeline PART 1 (AD 460 to AD 485) c. AD 460: Romulus, son of Orestes, is born. c. AD 462: Amalaberge, daughter of Odoacer, is born. AD 474: Julius Nepos succeeds Glycerius as Augustus (emperor of the Romans) in the West. He appoints Orestes as his magister...

A/N: Hello everyone! This is my first TL, so I wanted to make it about something that I'm interested in. In particular I have become very interested in the Roman Emperor, especially those emperors who ruled during times of strife for the empire, such as Aurelian, Probus, and the subject of this...

How would you make is so that the Western Empire survives, whilst the Eastern one falls, lets say by roughly 500AD.

In 395 AD, the Roman Empire split up for good due to the death of Theodosius I. It divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire (a.k.a. Byzantine Empire.) What if there was another Roman Empire based in North Africa? What would it be called? What would its capital be? How...

Historically, Justa Grata Honoria was the older sister of Emperor Valentinian who, unlike her younger brother, who was highly incompetent, self-indulgent, and favoring the Church, was highly intelligent and ambitious with a ruthless streak which included inviting Atilla over to the WRE. So, what...

Hi everyone! This is my first thread, so please forgive me for "another Majorian thread". Most scenarios I have seen about anyone's favorite could-have-been-a-great-emperor see a successful African campaign as POD. My feeling is that that is far too late. However, assume that around 450 A.D...

Hey folks, I started again to figure out how to take a POD on Theoderic the Great reigns, butterflying away frankish archetypal middle age with some badass arian romano-goth analogy imperium over the post roman kingdoms. One cannot overextend the feats of the People-King easily, so I decided...

What if, at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, Theodoric I survived and Attila the Hun died, rather than the other way around?

Most of the time when comparisons are made between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, the advantages of the ERE and the disadvantages of the WRE are understandably thrown about as to justify why the ERE survived as long as it did. However, did the WRE have any advantages over...

Exactly as in the title. Could a surviving Kingdom of Soissons be considered a restored WRE? If not, which conditions would be necessary for this to be the case? And last, but not least, which could be the differences between the two?

In 460, Majorian was preparing to invade the Vandal Kingdom. He gathered the fleets meant for the invasion at Portus Illicitanus, but while the ships were docked there, traitors paid off by the Vandals destroyed them, forcing him to cancel his attack. What if the ships weren't destroyed?

Assuming Karloman survives and fights with Charlemagne, could a Lombard Version of Charlemagne arise in Western Europe? Italy despite being ravaged by the Gothic Wars and Lombard Invasions was still the wealthiest region in the Mediterranean world. Assuming some military genius...

Just as the tin says, could the Roman Empire stay united, and even last if an early form of federalism took hold?

What will happen when, depending on his allies, Radagaisus managed to subjugate Roman lands in Italy and impose his will on it? Maybe even burning Rome in the process?