eastern rome

The idea of Rome discovering gunpowder has been touted before, largely on YouTube to be honest. It's the sort of thing that would revolutionize warfare no matter what, and has been used in numerous atls to save rome. But what if the Eastern Roman Empire discovered the secrets of gunpowder under...

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?

The Isaurian dynasty ruled from 717 AD until 802 AD, and was responsible for the most intense age of iconoclasm power and also for stopping the Caliphate conquests, while losing most of Italy and the conflicts with the west after Karolus Magnus was crowned Emperor of the Franks First the AHC...

Could the Danube River have become the main artery of trade and travel for a new empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire? How does the navigability of the Danube compare to the Dnieper River that allowed the Kievan Rus to raid the Black Sea? What could create a river-based empire in...