AH Challenge: Napoleon I, Emperor of Rome

Xen

Banned
b_napoleon_in_his_coronation_robes.jpg


Write a scenario in which Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned the Emperor of the Roman Empire, and turns it into a great western military and economic power. The Roman Empire should have these borders or something very close to it.

newromezy0.jpg
 
Hmm... nothing saying it can't be in addition to Emperor of France. I guess that you could just have him do it on a random urge... I mean select the right time and he controls most of the European holdings. North Africa may be a bit more trouble though...
 

Rockingham

Banned
I'd think that France would be integrated into the Roman Empire actually, and perhaps Switzerland and Iberia.
 

ninebucks

Banned
Actually, I prefer the idea of Napoleon setting up both a French and a Roman Empire, and ruling both of them under a personal union.
 
Hmm... nothing saying it can't be in addition to Emperor of France. I guess that you could just have him do it on a random urge... I mean select the right time and he controls most of the European holdings. North Africa may be a bit more trouble though...

Napoleon invaded Egypt with horrible results. However, much of his failure there can be attributed to an outbreak of bubonic plague. The death of his brilliant cavalry commander, Charles Desaix, didn't help, either. Take those out of the picture and things look much rosier for the French. Victory in Egypt gives him free reign in much of North Africa.

If he stays out of Spain and Russia, there's no reason he can't control France, and most of Central Europe. You don't even have to reinvent him as a different kind of person; just have him turn his conquering ambitions elsewhere.
 
Take those out of the picture and things look much rosier for the French. Victory in Egypt gives him free reign in much of North Africa.
Perhaps in Cyrenica and other regions near Egypt. But not any futher... why?
1. His naval support was all but completely destroyed at the Battle of the Nile, so Nappy can't move any significant force by sea.
2. Deserts are not the nicest places to march a large army through... particularly an army that has fairly minimal logistical support.
 
Actually, I prefer the idea of Napoleon setting up both a French and a Roman Empire, and ruling both of them under a personal union.
I think this is the best scenario. Integrate his Italian, Illyrian, and Swiss holdings and influenced areas, along with soon-to-be-taken territory in Greece, Istanbul, and Aragon, and created a Roman Empire to be ruled in personal union with his French Empire.

Ooh! Idea for his title by 1820: His Imperial Majesty, Napoleon I, French and Roman Emperor, King of the Italians and Hellenes, King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, and Helvetia, Duke of Frankfurt and Protector of the Rhine Confederation. :D
 
Napoleon emigrates to the Kingdom of Sardinia in the 18th century, rises to power there.

some sort of Genoan or Piedmontese revolution which makes Napoleon power, and he invades Italy and captures Rome. proceeds to crown himself emperor, then goes on a conquering spree in Illyria, Aragon, and Tripolitania
 

Rockingham

Banned
Perhaps in Cyrenica and other regions near Egypt. But not any futher... why?
1. His naval support was all but completely destroyed at the Battle of the Nile, so Nappy can't move any significant force by sea.
2. Deserts are not the nicest places to march a large army through... particularly an army that has fairly minimal logistical support.
Well, Napoleon used camels, not horses, in some of his campaigns in Egypt-at least for a time. These could ease the pressure from further desert campaigns if they catch on.
Actually, I prefer the idea of Napoleon setting up both a French and a Roman Empire, and ruling both of them under a personal union.
Firstly, Rome was part of the French empire, so more likely is either a Roman Empire centered around Constantinople (an Easr Roman Empire), or else France becomes the core of the Roman Empire, but the said empires capital is made to be Paris.
 
Top