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  1. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Ah yes, obviously Constantinople wouldn't see the irony in wanting to be more Roman and unsullied by Barbarians than the West... Anyway it was expected a new confrontation with Persia soon or later would come. I am glad that Milan is blooming culturally and economically in the meanwhile! It...

  2. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Very interesting and well written chapter on post-410 ATL Britannia. It is surely reasonable that while some form of military protection was restored, Britannia would have to be more autonomous and rely on the Roman-Britannic on the track of Gallia, Hispania and the same Italia, which makes me...

  3. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Btw, I forgot to add how I found very interesting, as well relevant, of the chapter, is how the interactions between Scandinavia and the Western Empire continue to grow thanks mostly to the newfound stabilization in Gaul and Hispania, and the renovation of the northern trade maritime routes at...

  4. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Well, not properly from the moment while indeed Africa and Numidia finally would have some respite and recover, the Huns are still proving to be a nuisance and Pannonia is turning into the weak flank of the West (in the sense would stand as the base point of future Hunnic raids not only against...

  5. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Well is very good if the West would begin a century before OTL the reform and the reclassification of Roman jurisprudence - it also shows how the court and the government are much more stable and therefore the Pars Occidentalis than in our timeline. Also it makes sense Rome would become or...

  6. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Is interesting to see how a more stable Western Roman Empire would lead to an earlier evangelization of Ireland and Scandinavia, I wonder if Miklagard ITTL would Ravenna or Rome rather than Constantinople, but of course Britannia and Gaul later would have likely to face Viking raids... Anyway...

  7. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    As always, I find the new chapter very interesting, it shows how urban Gaul, at least in the south, is beginning to bounce back, Bordeaux rising before Toulouse due of the Suebians pulling an early Portugalician spirit is very intriguing, and the main focus of the same chapter is IMO a sign of...

  8. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Still, vulgarization and foreign innests of Latin would still mostly happen, the considerations of the Visigoths to review their own language and scripture would have impacts - just think of Goth scribes writing in Latin but in their own style, and Latin readers looking at those books.

  9. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    As for now, I would still mark the Visigoth more than Goth identity from Ostrogoth, from the moment the latter are still a step under their western counterpart - they lacked a king and were under Hun vassalage. The main issue of the Visigoths is they are currently too split, their civil war...

  10. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    My same thought, giving the current Imperial one worked greatly so far and the Theodosian-Balt dynasty is surely growing in prestige and strenght both among the Romans and the Visigoths. It would be interesting to see the eventual imagination game of Athaulf's first wife children thriving in...

  11. La Transizione Imperfetta - Italy 20 years after fascism

    It wouldn't be a good Italian TL without any enogastronomic map 🍷 It is also an interesting map, it is clear that Yugoslavia imploded as Italy hoped, is interesting to see it didn't annex Dalmatia proper, I am intrigued and I can't wait to know why, need to say, is an interesting twist for an...

  12. La Transizione Imperfetta - Italy 20 years after fascism

    Just found this, I admit I got very interested, I can't wait to know more about this alternate Italy and other territories.

  13. Blue Skies in Camelot (Continued): An Alternate 80s and Beyond

    Well seems I finally managed to catch the story so far in time with the beginning of act III, so subscribed!

  14. The Eagle and the Bear, United - A TL on a Russo-German Alliance

    I wonder why Britain TTL allowed the AH seizure of Bosnia without saying something, considering it was allied of the Ottomans - to not piss Paris or Wien and humiliate Moscow, would humiliate Constantinople as well...

  15. The Childs of the Salamander - TL of the Francis I's death

    So, slight better treaty for France, at least the court wouldn't have to pay a ransom, so far Louise moved well to secure the succession, and war is expected to continue over Burgundy, it would be interesting how the Kingdom will fare in the next months...

  16. The Childs of the Salamander - TL of the Francis I's death

    Let's see how Louise and Marguerite - I already wonder if she would marry Henri of Navarre now - would handle the transition and if the nobles of France would accept two women to rule over them, because Marguerite's power would increase further in the affairs of France, especially when she along...

  17. The Childs of the Salamander - TL of the Francis I's death

    Well this is a favorable point for France then. If the new king is safe TTL, at least there wouldn't be a dynastic crisis. But effectively, Louise might now be tempted to seek revenge on Charles and break all negotiations, proceeding on the war. Point being, is France strong enough to wage war...

  18. The Childs of the Salamander - TL of the Francis I's death

    Those are going to be interesting times for France, Spain, the Empire, and Italy. I suppose Henry might be the one who could gain the most in the immediate. Charles on the opposite could find himself in a very thorny situation. For sure he couldn't afford to keep young Francis and Henri in the...

  19. An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V

    Well, interesting turn of events, I am glad to see the Boleyn are reconciling, albeit I feel the general good mood of Henry and English Normandy probably favoured the reconciliation more than Anne's letter, but giving also George's escape, is not their parents could have much chance... Again, I...

  20. An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V

    Oh maybe I explained bad - I mean Charles will get Burgundy and in exchange he will limit the French loss from English side. Giving that Francois can't afford to lose too many lands to Henry, better for him giving up Burgundy soon as possible than seeing France at the worse of the 100HW.
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