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I agree with Emperor Constantine that the most likely chance is after the Napoleonic wars. The thing is that taking Corsica off France doesn't really make a lot of difference for France; Corsica was never an important naval base, or a settler's colony, or good land for intensive agriculture. So...

As for Yarmouk: would winning the battle even be enough for the Romans? Roman manpower was limited and their territory still damaged by the Persian wars. As another poster observed, the emperors could have trouble keeping a lid on religious dissent - and that could become political dissent. The...

What if Hideyoshi settled for a smaller prize, let's say a third or a quarter of Korea? He could settle his restless soldiers there, build up men and resources for more future conquests, and harvest glory and success. Maybe the Koreans might be willing to negotiate while they are panicking...

Historically there was a Patriarch of Aquileia in Northern Italy, from the VI to the XVIII century. Maybe it could be kept going? Maybe the Patriarch could be assigned a slice of Northern Italy, Germany and Croatia. It could be a target for an ambitious Holy Roman Emperor to control - hold...

Didn't Einstein himself say that Poincare was getting there, and that he might have discovered Relativity if Einstein couldn't?

You just didn't mention Cavour anymore, I thought butterflies made him dodge getting malaria in his horrible farm. If he does, from what I remember of his biography, after Napoleon III is stuck fighting with Prussia you might see him chasing after the Russians to make war on the Austrians. That...

Yes - this is a very well written work, but I don't think that the Kingdom of Italy would have tried a direct assault on Rome with the Neapolitans ready to pounce in. They had to know the Austrians would have eventually jumped in. Consider that Cavour is still alive, and he was very much a...

I did love Bill Bailey as Gimli. Pity sometimes his accent slipped. Did you know, in an interview he said that in-world it was because Gimli had been spending far too much time with the hobbits? :) It did help Bill get more roles in movies, although I miss his stand up.

Yeah, *if* the POD works. One thing I see happening is a repetition of sorts of the OTL, where the Goths Just Do Not Give Up and start stirring shit at the Romans' expense - in the OTL they contacted the Franks and the Sassanids to intervene. And speaking of resistance, I wonder if they come up...

I recall reading that when Belisarius first arrived in Italy, his early successes came so fast that the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodahad, tried to negotiate, first offering Sicily, then, according to Procopius, who I know is not the most reliable source, offering all or most of Italy. This...

"Unfortunately"? Well, I suppose he might accept a direct offer from Marcus Aurelius if the emperor appeals to his sense of duty. And if Pompeianus really, really does not want to do it, I expect there would be one or two suitable candidates in the available pool of generals.

Whoops. Sorry.

As per title - Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, dies early, let's say around 171 when he's around ten years old. Who does Marcus Aurelius pick to be his heir?

Other possible sites for Greek colonies: Dubrovnik and Split. In the case of Dubrovnik, the Wiki article links to references about a possible Greek settlement there earlier than expected, so although it's not certain it might be plausible. Both sites have the configuration that Greek colonists...

The Greeks did manage to set up a lasting colony in Ancona, more or less two thirds of the way up the Adriatic coast of Italy. The name of the city is straightforward Greek, it means "elbow", from the shape of the coast where the original town was founded. Greek traders also were allowed to...

Pardon my ignorance - was that not one of the reasons why the US stopped gobbling Mexican territory? To avoid strengthening the Catholic minority?

Grabbing too much land might even be too dangerous, given the state of the Byzantines. But there's an advantage in a victory - chances are more key officers survived, and if there's one thing the Romans needed more than ever at the time was competent officers.

What would Henry VII, who after all is still king when all this happen, push for? OTL Henry VIII might have considered himself a perfect knight, but what did his father think of him? Any chance he might push his son into the Church with renewed vigour, exactly as to increase his granddaughter's...

Charles II of Navarre was nicknamed "the Bad", "the Wicked" - check for example his page on the French Wikipedia. He was an ever scheming troublemaker. He could be an interesting figure for a Middle Ages french timeline.

"Lie down and think of England"?