byzantine empire

Easter Roman Empire survives, Komnenian restoration continues after Manuel. I am trying to figure out the population and economic changes in Balkans and Anatolia under Byzantine Empire instead of Ottoman Empire. Assuming Manuel's adult successor or Manuel himself reconquers Anatolia, and the...

In 1355, Serbian emperor Stefan Dušan began a war against the late-era Byzantine Empire, seizing Adrianople and preparing his massive army to march on nearby Constantinople. However, he died of an unexpected illness, his planned conquests were aborted, and his empire started fragmenting not long...

With a POD no earlier than 1000 AD, make sure Eastern Roman Empire keeps Anatolia until modern day. What would this development change elsewhere in Europe, Middle East and the world?

Here's a question I've tried to get at in some form or fashion with different threads in the past, but I figured I'd ask it more directly. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, much of its former territory was divided between kingdoms established by different Germanic tribes. Important...

Successors to the Byzantine Empire, 1211 The Seljuk army had besieged Antioch-on-the-Maeander, in southwestern Anatolia. Their commander, Sultan Kaykhusraw, was confident of victory. At his side stood the deposed Roman Emperor Alexios III, who some seven years before had fled from the sack of...

What if the Hungarians adopted Orthodox Christianity instead of Catholic Christianity (technically, they'd be adopting Greek Rite Chalcedonianism as this is presumably pre-1054, but still)? What would a Hungary which adopted Orthodox instead of Catholic Christianity look like? How would an...

IOTL, there was a battle somewhere in Thessaly, Greece, in 1259 that pitted an alliance between the Principality of Achaea, its vassals, and the Despotate of Epirus against the Nicaean Empire. The Nicaeans sent a false deserter to the enemy's side to feed them false info, exagerating the size of...

With a POD after 1000 AD, find a way for Anatolia to become ethno-linguistically and culturally Turkic. Bonus points if you could get said Turkic Anatolia to control an empire which controls the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa after destroy the Rhomanian Empire as well.

So what if he wasn't poisoned/dead, and rolled long enough for his sons to rule? How does this change Basil? Does this negate Nikephoros and John's conquests?

I am working on a TL where the Byzies keep Crete and Euphimius doesn't defect to the Aghlaribs, so Sicilia is still part of the empire. Basil still becomes emperor and reforms the Empire and the navy, so a more successful naval state with Sicilia and Sardegna still kicking the Arabs butts. Now...

I am working on a TL where the Byzies keep Crete and Euphimius doesn't defect to the Aghlaribs, so Sicilia is still part of the empire. Basil still becomes emperor and reforms the Empire and the navy, so a more successful naval state with Sicilia and Sardegna still kicking the Arabs butts. Now...

"In Ayannid-era hagiographical works of Seerah and modern academic treatments of the Prophet’s life alike, there is a tendency to relegate the Ghazwah of Mut’ah to a role of utter insignificance. This has mostly been due to fact that the confrontation at Mut’ah didn't result in any lasting...

In the years after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Manzikert (1071), the Byzantine Empire seemed to be breaking down at the seams. The Turks were invading Anatolia and raided all the way to the western coast, the Normans were raiding Epirus and Greece, and the Pechenegs were raiding the...

Imagine a world where the 7th century had gone somewhat differently, where the Arabs had successfully taken Constantinople (how much of the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe would stay under Arab control long-term is up for debate), but the Arab conquests of North Africa had...

In my opinion, the Battle of Lalakaon (or Poson) (863 AD) in eastern Anatolia is one of the most underrated battles of Byzantine history. It pitted the forces of emperor Michael III on one side and the forces of the emir of Melitene, Umar Al-Aqta, whose state consistently raided Anatolia, on the...

What if in the late 500s or early 600s, a bit more than a century after the death of Attila the Hun, the Slavs were united by a great ruler who conquered virtually all of the Northern European Plain? Byzantine historian Procopius reported that the Slavs fought alongside the Avars, from which...

Is this feasible at all? Perhaps if the Eastern Roman Empire and the crusaders cooperate well and a charismatic Basileus aids a crusader army containing a couple of electors? Possibly either when Henry IV or V dies during one of their low points or when Frederick I dies on crusade. Could the...

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-angevin-kingdom-of-albania-persists-remains-joined-to-naples.415943/ A year ago, there was this thread on a successful Angevin Albania after a reverse outcome at the Siege of Berat, and i just wanted to revive the discussion. So, suppose that...

Exactly what it says on the tin. Consider there are still people who claim themselves as Romans all the way till WW1 era, would it be possible to restore Byzantine with a PoD no earlier than 1800? If it's possible, who would be the new basileus of "Roman Empire".

Inspired by my doing a little reading on Lest Darkness Fall. How possible is it for the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy to avoid its decline and eventual fall to the Byzantine Empire, and to indeed expand, perhaps taking North Africa west of Egypt, all or part of Hispania, and all or part of Gaul...