dark ages

Let’s say our POD is that the Visigoths win the battle of Vouille. There’s also plenty of PODs a few years before Vouille if you prefer. The overall war ends in a stalemate, and Clovis dies before he can go for round two, leaving his kingdom divided amongst his sons who are temporarily too busy...

--------------------------------------------- Part I. Controversial peace Oescus, Moesia Inferior December, Year of Our Lord 468 - CDLXVIII Dintzic stood before his perished troops, clearly worried and furious, after the catastrophic onslaught in Bassinae, where the Ostrogoths, led by King...

What if the Vandals remain in Spain, never moving to Tunisia. What are plausible reasons for the Vandals to remain there? How would this affect the Western Roman Empire? Will we see a slower decline due to more secure grain supplies? Would the Eastern Roman Empire try to capture Tunisia from...

WI the Anglo-Saxons, and not the Norsemen, were the ones to settle and define Iceland? I'm trying to make a TL where this happens, and once William the Conqueror takes England, the Anglo-Saxon nobility books it for Iceland (by then already settled by Angles), where they establish a new...

Emperor (Flavius) Leontius "Leo" Augustus ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 695 to 698. A very popular emperor, he had overthrown Justinian II Rhinotmetus, who alienated both nobles and common people with his despotic rule, land policies and taxation. When Justinian was brought before him in...

What is the earliest point at which the Low Countries can be a unified, independent state? And how would this be accomplished? Ideally, I'm searching a way that leads to an independent state (so no unification under a foreign power) where Old or Middle Dutch is the main language or at least...

Okay, people like to quibble with the term “Dark Ages” for this era, but it does seem to be the case that historical records for the broad period of late Antiquity through the early Middle Ages are often rather spotty, perhaps as a result of periods of instability. For that reason, there are...

Okay so I have an increasong obsession with the 10th century fueled largely by autism and the fact I've been actively making a lot of noise towards Paradox in the hopes they'll bring back my favorite CK2 start date, 936, in CK3. The CK3 thing is beside the point though. The thing is, I feel...

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...

Despite the name, the "Dark Ages" period of medieval history was not dark at all, far from it. While the old political structures associated with Rome had either collapsed or significantly changed, population grew in some areas, and Roman roads, infrastructure, and laws continued in some form...

In the late 7nth century the Northumbrians had begun to lose control over the Pictish kingdoms of Northern Britain. In response King Ecgfrith marched an army north and crushed the Picts at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, bringing them back under Northumbrian suzerainty and permanently tying them to...

What if Margaret, The Maid of Norway Survives and marries Edward II of England and have a heir, what are the possible butterflies?

Exactly as the title says, from the perspective of a Roman citizen, would the Early Middle Period be considered post-apocalyptic?

O're Hills and Valleys Reign An abridged History of the Kingdom of Cumbry Chapter One Britain in the late 6th Century was in the midst of a struggle for the cultural heart of the island. On the one hand were the post-roman native Britons, on the other were the many germanic tribes that have...

Ignoring that amusing title, the Franks were a notable Germanic tribe in gaul, centered around the northern portion. They were never the masters of gaul, the power mainly being in Visogothic Aquitaine. But the Franks were no slouches either, with strong generalship being prominent in many of...

A common myth about the middle ages was that the old greek/roman knowledges were shunned because they were pagan and whatnot, and that instead everything was replaced with christian dogma. But in reality of course medieval Europe was a real romeaboo place and desperately tried to make...

As summer approaches and my real life obligations start to wind down, I find myself wanting start another timeline. My first was Triumph of the Gael (in my signature below) where I tackled Brian Boru surviving the Battle of Clontarf. While I enjoyed creating the timeline, I felt the niche nature...

One of my favorite pieces of Tang Dynasty sculpture and art The Tang Dynasty is considered by most Chinese historians to be one of China’s golden ages. From the 7th Century to the 10th Century, art and culture flourished, in no small part thanks to the Emperors who sat on the throne...

Prologue: "World history may have gone a different direction, had major empires not formed , or were their founders prevented form doing so due to premature death. Had Ashoka, Alexander the Great, Caesar or Genghis Khan deceased before they were mature enough and competent to assume a leadibg...

Legacy of the Dragons Cadbury Castle, one of the more popular sites claimed to have been Arthur's court Hello all, and welcome to a timeline ten years in the making. For years now, I've wanted to put together an alternate history where, instead of the Anglo-Saxons, the Welsh (or, to be more...