justinian

Basically, could the Goths have won (or at least not completely lost) the Gothic war with a POD after the crowning of Totila? What POD would be necessary? For example, maybe he defeats Narses in battle around 553, destroying the Roman army. Given how many other issues the Romans had to deal with...

The butterfly:timeline (in lowercase) is an alternate history worldbuilding project made to basically answer "we could've gone to this path, but for some reason we didn't". It focuses on the niches and quirks happening, while implementing original ideas, maintaining the general flow of history...

I think this premise is plausible. Militarily the vandals had an estimated army size of 15-20,000 men, and it wouldn’t be hard to meet or surpass that. If needed Masuna could ally with local Berber tribes. The Vandal kingdom in the 6th century was also weak, which is evidenced by how easy it was...

First off, this is my first post here, so please let me know if I do something wrong. Your challenge is to get the Byzantine Empire during the 6th century to undergo an industrial revolution. Rules for the PoD: It must be after the 5th century BC, and preferably during the Common Era If there...

what if Justinian had a male heir, and decided that after his death the empire should have divide in 2, with a western part formed by the reconquered territories (africa, italy, spain and dalmatia) and ruled by a ceasar or a junior emperor? would this arrangement have changed the fate of the...

What effects would either of these three situations have: 1) The Ostrogoths never invade Italy or Odoacer defeats them. 2) A surviving Ostrogothic kingdom, perhaps Justinian doesn’t invade. 3) Justinian does invade the Ostrogoths but does it right and it goes as quickly and successful as in...

It seems that the Gallo Italic, Italian, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Dalmatian, Romansch, Sardinian, Romanian, Venetian, Portuguese and Spanish have nothing in common but it seems that the languages were affected by the Justinian reconquests. These languages seem to have something in common in their...

What if Justinian Fled Constantinople during the Nika riots ? Who would succeed him? Can he retake the throne at any point?

EAGLES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN I: The Wars of Justinian In mid-September of the fateful year 533 AD, the future of the Roman Empire was decided a mere 10 miles from the city of Carthage, ironically a place where the Romans had asserted their dominance over the Mediterranean many times in the...

Athalaric was the grandson of Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. His mother and regent Amalasuintha, tried unsuccessfully to give him a Roman education. She was also in good terms with the Eastern Roman Empire, allowing their fleet to use the harbours of Sicily during the Vandalic war. Let...

Ok so I had seen some debates in youtube saying the avars reached the Danube and thus the Byzantine border circa 560 justinian bought them off, they pushed northwestwards into German lands say justinian for x reason from believing these where the new huns or he knows after their done they will...

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...

Justinian and Bellesarius(?) Are famous for reconquering vast swathes of the old empire, namely italy and north africa, but it bankrupted the empire to do and left them open to Persian and Islamic rushes in relatively short succession. What if instead, Justinian conquered italy (tbh bringing...

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...

In 695, Emperor Justinian II was dragged before jeering crowds in the Hippodrome and mutilated by the rebel Strategos of Hellas, Leontios. After that, he was exiled across the Black Sea to Kherson, expecting to never be heard from again in Constantinople. But, he came back. After many years...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ad_Decimum What if the Vandal's had won at the battle of Ad Decimum? What if Gelimer had not disconnected from the battle at the news of his brother's death. What if he had pushed through with another assault? What different scenarios might play out...

What if Hilderic had not been killed at Gelimers order? How would ERE handle Africa if Hilderic was alive and in their possesion? Justinian's casus belli for invading hte Vandal kingdom was to reinstate Hilderic, a pro-Roman king who had been deposed by Hilderic. Hilderic was tolerant of the...

The Battle of Dara was a quite important battle during the Roman-Persian Iberian War, the Roman forces successfully repelled the Persian offensive, gave rise to Belisarius and eventually lead to a stalemate of the war, where Rome agreed on an "Eternal Peace" (that lasted 8 years) with Persia and...

Justinian I ruled over the Eastern Roman Empire between the years 527 and 565. During this time he managed to retake large swaths of land including North Africa, Italy, and parts of Spain. However, in doing so, he would squander the Byzantine treasury and weaken it's military, leaving it ill...

Justinian the Great was one of the most controversial Roman Emperors.You either love or hate the guy.He spent his entire reign fighting against the Persians to the east,enjoying spectacular success.Large new territories were gained in east where the empire would permanently hold.On the other...