roman empire restoration

Hello there. I've been fascinated by the Roman Empire since I read Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series in middle school. My interest was reinvigorated by Oversimplified's First Punic War videos. And while most people imagine a surviving Roman Empire to be polytheistic and filled with...

I was reading the Byzantine Empire Timeline Cliches To Avoid thread, and I figured it might be fruitful to create a similar thread for Roman Imperial timelines. I am not presently planning on writing any timeline (though I'm always toying with ideas), but nevertheless there are a lot of cliches...

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...

Spain genetically, papally, and legally have a claim to the title of Roman Emperor. So what if they enforced this claim throughout its history? (Title legally given in 1499 and it entered the family genetically ~1530s)

The Roman Empire is undeniably the most powerful nation in the Mediterranean, controlling Anatolia, Italy, The Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, and the rest of North Africa. However there was one moment in history when the empire seemed on the verge of losing everything, Islam had risen in Arabia and...

The Roman Empire is undeniably the most powerful nation in the Mediterranean, controlling Anatolia, Italy, The Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, and the rest of North Africa. However there was one moment in history when the empire seemed on the verge of losing everything, Islam had risen in Arabia and...

Hi everyone, this is my first attempt at a historical timeline. I've always been a history buff with a passion for Classical Roman and later Eastern Roman history. I've always wanted to explore the possibilities of a more successful restoration of the Byzantine Empire after 1204 under the House...

Assuming Karloman survives and fights with Charlemagne, could a Lombard Version of Charlemagne arise in Western Europe? Italy despite being ravaged by the Gothic Wars and Lombard Invasions was still the wealthiest region in the Mediterranean world. Assuming some military genius...

Based of this time line https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/cesare-borgia-a-restored-rome-timeline.410232/page-6#post-14261329 and base off this map on Deviantart https://www.deviantart.com/maonsie/art/AH-Italy-1506-533029442 What if Cesare Borgia never lost support from the Pope...

The Seljuk Turks took Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert and it was partially recovered by the Komnenoi. This recovery stagnated after the Komnenoi were deposed. Let's say a new emperor comes along in the 1200's and retakes Anatolia. In this POD the Venetians fail in taking Constantinople...

Hello guys, today I want you to think about the likelihood and the consequences of some kind of union between the eastern Roman empire and the holy Roman empire, precisely I'm thinking about a unification between the 9th and 11th century. How would this new empire look like?

Inspired by my doing a little reading on Lest Darkness Fall. How possible is it for the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy to avoid its decline and eventual fall to the Byzantine Empire, and to indeed expand, perhaps taking North Africa west of Egypt, all or part of Hispania, and all or part of Gaul...

Given that Emperor Justinian's dreams of "renovatio imperii", the restoration of the Roman Empire, died with him, what factors could have led to his empire surviving his death? From the reading I've done ive come to the conclusion that: 1: The plague of Justinian cannot happen. 2: Maurice...

Cesare Borgia: A Restored Rome Timeline Act 1 Cesare Borgia Part 1: The Young Prince ‘While you are the mighty representative of God on Earth, after your passing there will be no glory, no hope for our house, for land determines glory in this age of might makes right.' Cesare Borgia, 1491...

Hi guys! I have a question for you: How plausible is a republican renewal after Augustus? How probable is it to have a restoration of the Roman Republic during the Principate? And how can we achieve that? Some clarifications: I know that the Romans called their state res publica even during...

I'm currently working on a timeline beginning in 1917 going until World War II. Our point of divergence is March of 1917. After 3 years of the most brutal conflict in the history of man, the German people decided they had enough. Seeing that things were not going their way and that a positive...

From an ideological point of view, Justinians attempted Restauratio imperii was quite reasonable. The Roman Empire without Italy, without Rome, without the half of its ancient territory doesn't look that impressive so to say. But this is mere ideology. Justinians invasion of Italy ruined the...

During the fall of the Western Roman Empire and its official fall in 476 AD/CE a Kingdom was created called the Kingdom of Soissons. This Kingdom was meant to be the last holding of Roman land, it followed early Christianity had Roman Culture, Language and basic way of life, although it ruled...

I had an idea with two great friends of mine for a complete victory for Napoleon, including the following achievements: 1) Break up Austria-Hungary into... Well, Österreich and Hungary. 2) Don't seek to take over Moscow. Just focus on liberating the Baltics, Poland and emancipating the...