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Chapter Six: A Western Alternative (615-621) As Theodore returned to Constantinople in 615, he found himself inadvertently drawn into a conspiracy. The plummeting popularity of Theodosius III had led a number of powerful men in the Empire to smell blood in the water. No smaller a man than...

Chapter Five: The Armenian Complication (607-615) The ascension of Theodosius III to the Imperial throne marked the end of the soldier-emperor dynamic that had existed under his father and grandfather. Theodosius was not a military man in any capacity - he had been born in Constantinople in...

Chapter Four: The Center Cannot Hold (586-607) Maurice’s victory in the Persian war won him immense popularity in the Empire, and unlike his predecessor Tiberius, there were celebrations in the capital following his return. A full week of chariot races, culminating in a mock-up battle...

Chapter Three: A Fire in the East (582-586) Maurice was not blessed with as powerful an Empire as some of his predecessors had been, but compared to his father-in-law, the Empire was on solid footing. North Africa, Egypt, and Anatolia continued to produce for the Empire with little...

Chapter Two: Collapse and Rebirth (576-582) Despite the shockingly smooth transition of power from Justin to Tiberius, the new Emperor was hardly in a strong position. The Avars had been placated, but they remained a state that paid no taxes and had only nominal support for Constantinople...

Well, I suppose I'm a right knob. I forgot to put that this is going to be a TLIAD.

In the Company of Saints: the Rise and Fall of the Tiberians Chapter One: In the Shadow of Giants (569-576) The days following the death of the Emperor Justinian I were difficult ones for the Emperors in Constantinople. Italia and North Africa had been reclaimed for the Empire, but at an...

Hello, reader! Longtime lurker, this was my attempt to create some kind of plausible timeline in which Francis Drake lives a bit longer and encounters the Maroon, or Cimarróne, people in the Caribbean. So, sit back, take a read if you will, and tell me if this is something that should be...