I don't think ToT is gonna happen--the situation is far too dire for the Lascaris cousins to make a play, and Alexandros Drakos has made his bed when it comes to the purple. However, D3 dying would be still quite bad for the Romans. Odesseus is too inexperienced, and he needs to learn his ropes...
Folks have compared Phillip/Alexander to Demetrios/Odesseus to suggest how D3 can be a forgotten Emperor. I wonder if the parallels extend a bit further, and the Logothete would be willing to murder the Emperor in order to cover his tracks. D3 dying right now would be a big blow for the Romans...
If I understand the OP correctly, the initial conditions involve a mostly Hellenophone Sicily and Southern Italy (how much there though? just Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria, or more?) in the early 19th century, while the Balkans and Anatolia remain under the control of a Turkish Muslim Empire...
OTL came close as is. Three continents surround the Mediterranean, and only one has not been thoroughly de-Romanized (the one with the longest coastline though).
I largely agree with this-a quick conquest of Romania in the seventh/early eighth century would have likely led to gentle Greece...
This is basically the scenario I am exploring in my TL :) though I do think the @The Undead Martyr has a point in that Sicily will also be a major attraction the Empire can't easily say no to. In general, I think it would depend a lot on how the Fatimids are doing: a quick conquest of Egypt...
Heh, if we are looking for examples of Latins using Romania-one need not go much further than Imperium Romaniae (Latin Empire post 1204 itself) itself. Sure, made up of people literally on those lands, but a bit telling nonetheless. And before you say this was politics to keep the local...
Ive said this before and will keep on saying this, if John Philoponus actually gets attention (and not negative ones for theological reasons) in a stable Byzantine Empire (which is likely-no plague means the Arab conquests become quite a bit less likely) where the University of Constantinople is...
Also, could Arslan prevent Turkmen raids into Anatolia in the first place? Sooner or later, some other flashpoint would arise and lead to confrontation.
Anyways, if I am constrained to let Constantine VIII die-have Theodora coup Zoe very early on (perhaps as soon as she offs Romanos, having...
Favorite: This one is easy as heck, as no one comes even close to John Philoponus . This guy in the 6th century noted that:
"But this (the Aristotlean idea that time taken by a body to fall is inversely proportional to its mass) is completely erroneous, and our view may be corroborated by...
Ah I was thinking more about the type of waves that carried information about the destruction of the statue to India from Constantinople. Far too slow to be light, seeing it took 5 days.
(It was a very non-serious comment haha).
I like Evil Basil. My neurons are ready :D
That is not insurmountable. Consider the case of Theophobos and his men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophobos). They did convert to Christianity-but the Romans may be willing to ignore that detail if the group in question does not want to rise very high (say via the army or so) and will be...