Surprising that China basically gave up north Korea as their sphere of influence, did they silenced their hardliners that advocated intervention or support?, and Russia stepping up in their place
and yet the tendrils of the emperor strikes again. I can now say that his heirs or descendants have big shoes to fill after he passes away. On the side note though it will be an interesting read on how his said heirs or descendants try to live up to his image or even surpass him :D
interesting that you mention of the fate of the veterans after their discharge specially the ones that turned to being brigands in order to scrape a living i am pretty sure that these soldiers are gonna be a pain in the empires arse for quite a long time because after all they are veteran...
oorrrr the current regime manages to beat off the romans and crush the rebels although i believe it will cost them quite high thus deepening the rift between empires further and waiting for round 2
damn the sassanid empire is in a very bad place. if the rebels win justinian may demand some territorial concessions from the new regime as payment for his aid and if justinian or his general is smart enough that territory can be used as a launching pad for a future invasion.
is our justinian going to have our OTL justinian's deadly sin of becoming jealous of his succesfull generals ?? much like OTL belissarius - justinian relationship
Great update and interesting situation in burgundy. Gilbert can follow his brother's decision to convert to christianity and gain some military support either from the franks or the romans probably from the romans more since thet stand to gain most if they back gilbert I have no doubt the pope...