belisarius

The Battle of Dara was a quite important battle during the Roman-Persian Iberian War, the Roman forces successfully repelled the Persian offensive, gave rise to Belisarius and eventually lead to a stalemate of the war, where Rome agreed on an "Eternal Peace" (that lasted 8 years) with Persia and...

On this scenario, the Ostrogoth kingdom is able to push the byzantines from the entire peninsula, and further conquest sicily and Sardegna, what would be the cultural, political and religious implications of this in the future?

Is there a plausible way to end the Gothic war in Italy relatively early (i.e, before the sackings of Rome, during Belisarius' blitzkrieg) by partitioning the peninsula, perhaps with the south and Rome going to Byzantium, and the Goths retaining the north, the main area of their settlement, in...

The challenge here is to get Belisarius, a famous byzantine general who worked for Justinian, on the constantinopolitan throne. I also want to know what are the ramifications of 'Beli as emperor -- is the italian Gothic War butterflied away? If not, then can Belisarius achieve earlier successes...

So I've been toying with the idea of a Roman East Africa, just because the idea intrigues me. If we posit a scenario where Justinians renovatio imperii is slightly different. Rather than trying to reunite the whole Empire in one go, the goal is just Carthage and Italy. To achieve this, he...