italy

Out of all the posts I've seen discussing ways to (re)unite Italy sooner I've seen a conspicuous absence of unemployed Norman knights maneuvering their way into power in the north as they did in the south. Southern Italy had previously been divided in a manner comprable to the north, and it was...

Christopher Columbus asked Genoa and Venice for support for his western route to Asia, before going to Castile. What if one of them agreed to finance the project? Can you imagine a Genoese or Venetian colonization of the Americas?

Is it possible for the Greeks or the Italian to successfully offer to trade Greeks non-mainland (Aegean islands) in part or in full for Italian colony's (Eritrea for example) at any point after 1900?

It's been said on here that a natural Italy could maintain full control over Libya and Eritrea while Ethiopia is wildly considered as not possible, however Somalia is generally considered possible to some degree with some saying full occupation is hard but possible while others say the Italian...

IOTL Italy was a collection of fragmented states under Habsburg and Bourbon influence after the Congress of Vienna, and after the events of 1848 the dream of a united Italy came to fruition. The House of Savoy, which ruled the island of Sardinia and the northwestern Italian region of Piedmont...

Rome,17 April 1788 The atmosphere that had taken over Italy this morning was one of sorrow and hostility. Both sides had hastily erected barricades in the streets that were littered with bodies. Even though cries could be heard from all parts of the city, еverything was rather quiet, except for...

Let's say that at some point after he's taken over Italy and made people used to life under fascism, that the duce is served some under cooked *insert animal commonly used in Italian cuisine here* and ends up going to fascist heaven as a result, who would succeed Mussolini, and how would his...

So, I did some research on Charles of Anjou and while doing it I also read about the papal states. One detail that struck me was the fact that The Pope had great difficulties controlling the regions of Marche, Abruzzo, Umbria and the rich lands of Romagna. So, Charles was constantly in need of...

While pondering how could Italy have united in the Middle Ages, I thought that maybe Odoacer could have secured the throne and established a feudal kingdom or the Pope could have expanded and then, it dawned on me. Could Charles of Anjou have changed his ambitions from Constantinople to Rome...

So the subject of a stronger Italy seems to be pretty popular, but I wanted to talk about the opposite. Basically, how can Italy be much weaker than in OTL? What would be some mistakes it could make (before or during the war) so that it could be that terrible?

What if Mussolini kept statist/leftist Augusto Turati as Secretary of the Fascist Party after 1930? Would Italy have still allied with the far-right Nazi Germany?

The premise here is simple. With a POD after 1250, without changing the ethnic composition of the region, keep northern Italy an independent, unified state into the modern era. You are allowed to develop a separate cultural identity if it's plausible, but you can't just have some other ethnic...

this is a quick timeline idea i thought up one day. it's main premise is that the league of emperors holds but does eventually does fall out however good old willy this takes in a bit more from his interactions with Bismark and sides with Russia over Austria, with a hole in the league they...

In 1816 King Ferdinand of Naples and Sicily united the two Kingdoms into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which in practice meant suppressing the autonomy the Kingdom of Sicily had enjoyed until then, as well as the 1821 Sicilian Constitution. So, what if instead he died before then, leading to...

Camillo Benso, count of Cavour was the architect of Italian unification. [So I was taught at school in the 1960s, where 19th century Eurpean history was all Bismark and Cavour] Yet he died in 1861 within three months of the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Suppose Cavour had lived until...

OTL The Byzantines succesfully conquered Italy from the Ostrogothic Kingdom. Due to Italy being devasted and depopulated during the course of the war, the Byzantines were unable to protect their new won holdings from the incoming Lombards. In the longterm the Gothic War(535-554), and the...

So, what would happen to Italy if the CP won very, very late (think succesful Kaiserschlacht)? While Italy would still have room to expand (particularly in Albania and in Dalmatia after the inevitable Austro-Hungarian collapse), would being on the losing side be enough for the monarchy be...

Hey all, never made a TL before, hope this goes over decently enough. Obviously, don't consider any of the statements in the extracts here to neccessarily be similar to my actual political beliefs. Also forgive me by moving quickly through WW2 since I want to focus much more on the Cold War and...

What changes would be needed for the the Hundred Years' War to be fought between England and the HRE, instead of England and France? Could English kings fight a a hundred year long intermittent war over their claims to the Holy Roman Empire, instead of to the Kingdom of France? For a full...

Sultan Mehmed II, the Conquerer Suprisingly, there haven't been many threads on this topic, despite seeming like perfect Alternate History fodder. Anyways... Sultan Mehmed II, the Great Conqueror, spent a good deal of his life on the warpath. After adding Genoese Crimea to his growing...