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  1. WI justinian prepares for the avars

    Ok so I had seen some debates in youtube saying the avars reached the Danube and thus the Byzantine border circa 560 justinian bought them off, they pushed northwestwards into German lands say justinian for x reason from believing these where the new huns or he knows after their done they will...
  2. Slavs/Avars take Thessalonica in 615/617?

    While the Sasanians were running amok in Syria and Anatolia during their climatic final war against the Eastern Roman Empire, the Slavs (615) and later a combined force composed of them and the Avars (617) tried to capture Thessalonica, probably the empire's second most important city in the...
  3. The Professor

    Could the Avar Khaganate survive?

    Could the Avar Khaganate survive? Assuming the Franks were just the last straw what's needed to shore it up? Would it then survive the arrival of the Magyars? I'm guessing Avar ends up little more than a remnant of a name like France and the Franks - Avorska?
  4. AHC: Worst case scenarios for the Late Roman Empire?

    With a POD between 375 and 500, what are some worst-case scenarios for the Roman Empire in the 5th and 6th centuries? That is, how could it have fallen most spectacularly and into as many pieces as possible, as early as possible? What are some best-case scenarios for the Goths, Vandals, Franks...
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