Hmm, sorta. Its a reaction against the trauma of the past century. Basically the government is fine with private re-armament because of a sense of weakness and latent siege mentality, hence there's a mild decentralization of defense.So the ERE is becoming like the United States in terms of the right to bear arms?
Or just burn itself out trying to fight two sides at once.I feel a Myriokephalon coming, the Empires gonna lose a battle with minimal losses but stop their advance in its tracts and overreact to a ridiculous amount.
I think we have said that before... but I cannot remember when we said so... I think it was last summer when that was last brought up.I noticed, Soverihn, that you keep referring to the empire's european provinces as the Balkans (Which is a Turkish word IIRC) however they wouldn't call it that but instead call it the Haemus peninsular.
Here in active wartime, this system had meant Anatolia was prepared for defense. Much like in the initial decades of the Arab expansion, raids were allowed into Roman territory. It was returning home that was the problem, as troops whittled down and harassed on the journey back home. Furthermore, the sheer amount of fortifications that needed to be taken, along with militia resistance, made the Karaman advance slow and painful. Do note, this did not mean the Romans could, (or wanted to for that matter) strike back into Anatolia. The army stationed in Anatolia at the time was under equipped [1] and her leaders too cautious to consider advancing until reinforcements arrived. Nor are militia forces good for offense. They might know their home terrain well, but not the enemy’s. Or be trained for that matter. Particularly against a largely light cavalry based army.
Hi to all I am a new member and have followed this timeline since when I was not a member. I find it full of awesomeness. Congrats to the author on a job absolutely well done.
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Thank you so much, I really love that you're enjoying this.Hi to all I am a new member and have followed this timeline since when I was not a member. I find it full of awesomeness. Congrats to the author on a job absolutely well done.
Cheers.
Right now! Its a bit short, but I felt its necessary to give closure and then move on to the next phase.When we will be seeing a new update?
I'll try to aim for at the very least "Once a month".Dunno; Sov gets busy a lot.
@Sov! Love your work!
For my 1,000th post on alternatehistory.com, I say: great update Sov!
Is Mainz the new seat of the Imperial claimant to the title Bishop of Rome?
Story posts? Got you right now.Could someone post a link to all the posts in TTL to skip the discussion...