AHC: Reunite the Mediterranean Sea with a POD after 476

How do you reunite almost all of the Mediterranean Sea in a single empire?

Bonus points if it's all of the Mediterranean Sea.

Bonus points if neither East Rome nor the Caliphate have anything to do with it.
 
The EU admits Morocco in the 80s, which causes a domino effect where North Africa, Turkey, and Israel join as well.

That is unlikely, and probably not what you're looking for (this is pre 1900 after all) but it was what came to mind first so I decided to share.

With a weaker Spain and France maybe the Ottomans could do it?
 
The Arabs loose to the ERE, who are a shell of their former self. Thus the Arabs never invade N. Africa or Spain, ect. From here, there is an opportunity for the Franks to pick up the pieces, invade the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania and possibly go on to Vandalia. They take Italy from the Lombards and Romans and defeat the Magyars.

Wank the hell out of them so there is no succession crisis, and then eventually they get caught up in this whole "We Are the Holy Roman Empire" kick, and they retake the East...

It's unrealistic... but it's something.
 
Off the top of my head, have the Habsburgs defeat the Valois and take over France. With a Habsburg empire containing France, Spain, Germany, and a few other areas, I think Mediterranean domination would be fairly easy, especially if they continue to hate the Ottomans and launch some major campaigns against them. If they fully conquer the Ottoman territories on the mediterranean, then all that's left is a few stray Italian and north African states, which could pretty much be subjugated at will.
 

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Well, to throw one out there, why not the Crown of Aragon? It had a large number of Mediterranean holdings, though I'm not sure how exactly to make this into a empire dominating all of the mediterranean.
 
The French help the Portuguese more in the Castillian War of Succession, somehow getting their hands on Aragon. Then they manage to win the Italian Wars a while later. From their they manage to launch their crusade against the Ottomans and eventually defeat them, at least enough to dominate the med if not rule all of it.
 
Well, to throw one out there, why not the Crown of Aragon? It had a large number of Mediterranean holdings, though I'm not sure how exactly to make this into a empire dominating all of the mediterranean.

Have their Greek adventures go more succesfully followed by union with Castille to bring in more strength? Certainly a situation where we have an Aragon which controls Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, parts of Greece (Janina, Attica, the Morea) and a Castille that is eager to defend against the Muslims and attack into Northern Africa could work. Somehow retain Provence and then really the main issues are Egypt, Syria and Northern Italy.
 
Possibly Venice? If you dont demand that all the land of the med is taken (just influence and outposts etc) then i can see them achieving that easily
 
The EU admits Morocco in the 80s, which causes a domino effect where North Africa, Turkey, and Israel join as well.

That is unlikely, and probably not what you're looking for (this is pre 1900 after all) but it was what came to mind first so I decided to share.

With a weaker Spain and France maybe the Ottomans could do it?

If one's looking for a non-sovereign pan-Mediterranean organization we already have the Union for the Mediterranean. Hardly a polity though.
The OP wanted an empire anyway so everything short of that will fail to please him/her. ;)
 
Justinian rather overstretched himself, but he came pretty damn close to reuniting the entire Mediterranean. Just add Tarragona and Marseille and you've just about got it. Could Justinian have been a bit more prudent and left his successors more money and less chaos - setting them up for more conquests?
 
Justinian rather overstretched himself, but he came pretty damn close to reuniting the entire Mediterranean. Just add Tarragona and Marseille and you've just about got it. Could Justinian have been a bit more prudent and left his successors more money and less chaos - setting them up for more conquests?

I think this is the best scenario. Justinian's conquests were on a shoestring, but it's obvious he could have supported Belisarius better, and if he had the final cost would be far lower.

If Belisarius had a larger army, then he migth have ended the Gothic War very early, and Italy would not be devastated and be an economic benefit to the empire. Then either he or Narses could be sent to the Languedoc or Visigothic Spain.

Of course, it might still fall in a hundred years or even less, but it'd be united for at least a while.

If it's not to be the Byzantines or Muslims, it'd be a lot harder. Nothing obvious springs to mind.
 
I think this is the best scenario. Justinian's conquests were on a shoestring, but it's obvious he could have supported Belisarius better, and if he had the final cost would be far lower.

If Belisarius had a larger army, then he migth have ended the Gothic War very early, and Italy would not be devastated and be an economic benefit to the empire. Then either he or Narses could be sent to the Languedoc or Visigothic Spain.

Of course, it might still fall in a hundred years or even less, but it'd be united for at least a while.

If it's not to be the Byzantines or Muslims, it'd be a lot harder. Nothing obvious springs to mind.

Axis victory in WW2 and Mussolini gets to recreate his Roman Empire around the Mediterranean Sea?

Byzantines doesn't split and go from strength to strength conquering the Meditterenean?
 
Barbarossa raided and wintered at Toulon

If Malta had fallen, then Sicily and probably S Italy would have been vulnerable to Turkish invasion

Maybe they can keep going?

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