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Without Caroberto ascending to the Hungarian throne, who would become the King of Naples after Charles II's died? Would it be his eldest living son Robert as in OTL, or would it be Caroberto, the son of the eldest son of Charles II? What could be the further implications of this sceniario?

History is written by the victors. We all know that. In our world, WW1, at the time know as "The Great War" or "The war that would end all wars", was won by the Entente powers, composed by England, France, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Greece, Guatemala...

All italy under Rome is basically greek nowadays, and so I was wondering: How could south italy be latinized? Like in the times of the roman republic? And would it be more prosperours less prosperous than nowadays south italy?

What if D Day never happened? What if the Allies decided to push thought Italy into Germany instead. How would this change the war? Who would get to Berlin first, the Soviets or the Americans? Depending on who got their first how would it change Germany post war, would it still be divided up, or...

If Spain joined the axis would they attack Portugal? If they attacked Portugal Britain would send troops to defend them meaning they have less troops elsewhere. Depending on when they joined Vichy France would not exist and the whole of France would be divided between Germany, Italy, and Spain...

How would an independant Tyrol affect the relationship between Austria, Germany and Italy? Was there ever a chance that Tyrol might become independant? Would the Allies and Soviet Union have any intrest in a independant Tyrol? Would a independant Tyrol begin a new national identity project to...

What if the Austro-Hungarian army remained on the defense on the Italian Front in 1918? Could the avoiding of the losses make Austria-Hungary win the OTL 3rd battle (Vittorio Veneto)? What happens after? Also, to improve a bit more the Austro-Hungarian situation, Austria-Hungary doesn't send...

In this world, after France takes over Milan in 1499 (OTL). After that France decides to send a large army to aid the Pope in centralizing its control over the Papal States. In the early 1500, France also takes over Modena, Ferrara, Mantua, Lucca, Monteferrat and also gives the Papal States...

What if Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin were all Italian, and the communist revolution started in Italy? What would happened with Russia, how would World War One end up? And what would happened to Mussolini?

Sardinia had been a territory of the Kingdom of Aragon since 1323, and, with the union of Aragon with Castile in 1469, part of the new kingdom of Spain. During the period of Aragonese and later Spanish rule, Sardinian culture adopted some new Spanish traditions and customs, bringing the island...

A concept which I've kicked around for awhile was the idea of an Italy that remains active, but ultimately neutral in WWII, and goes on to establish stronger economic ties to the other authoritarian regimes in Southern Europe. Portugal, for example, had issues with securing its interests, both...

Europe united under the one true God I just watched the series knightfall, in this series the Pope in 1300 wants to unify Europe in a way that "there are no more kings, nobles and nations in Europe. Only the Pope leading Europe united under the one true God. '' I would like to know if there is...

There has been plenty of discussion of how life and society would be like in Nazi Germany if they had won World War 2, but how about the other two major Axis powers? For the sake of discussion, imagine the Philippines gained independence from the United States before World War 2 so Japan could...

Lets say that for whatever reason, Ethiopia and Haiti (or whatever other small, impoverished country of your choose) develop close ties in the interwar period. When the Wal Wal incident occurs Haile Selassie, knowing the Italians would use this as a pretext for war, orders his diplomats and army...

Italy and Great Britain and/or France are, for whatever reason, inclined to be militarily and/or economically supportive of Greece during the Greco-Turkish war. As a result, the war ends in a Greek victory. -Greece expands by annexing occupied territories, plus small bits on the Black sea with...

What if the HRE Frederick I Barbarossa won a decisive and devastating victory over the Lombard League, allowing him to dissolve many of the privileges of the Northern Italian states, creating an intermediary authority, a sort of "Exarchate of Ravenna"-like realm whose leader is directly...

What would have happened to Italy specifically if Emperor Otto III didn't die and instead spent a long life consolidating control over Italy and weakening Papal power? What happens to the German duchies and the future Italian city states like Venice, Genoa, and Pisa? What happens when the...

Italy joined Prussia during the Austro-Prussian war and took Veneto from Austria. What if Italy also seized the opportunity during the Franco-Prussian war and took Savoy, Nice and Corsica from France?

Background: Tensions had been rising between the newly unified power of Italy, and the Sick man of Europe, the Ottoman empire. Libya, a Turkish position, lay in the sphere of influence of the Italians. The Ottomans African lands had been receding from the French, and British, till there was...

If the Communist Party of Italy wins in any election from the 1950s until their death in 1991, what is the chance of a Right wing coup?