gothic wars

God's Empire: A Roman Late Antiquity TL Choosing the Imperial Brothers In the late June heat, the Apostate Emperor was stabbed by a spear while fighting off a Sasanian attack to take his retreating army in the rear. Carried back to camp by his troops, Julian would die with the knowledge that...

After a quick research I noticed there's no discussion about this topic (Only "What if it wasn't so long?" or "What if it never happened?".). This is unbelievable and (As an Italian.) unacceptable for the best AH website in the world! So let's say it happens. For example: Totila wins at Taginae...

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...