A key event in the final fall of the (Eastern) Rhoman Empire to the Persians was the siege and then sack of the Rhoman capitol, Constantinople, in the year 4 AH (or 626 AD) by the Avars, Slavs, and other barbarian groups.
But what if the siege had failed and the city had held out against the invading force? The Rhomans did hold out for several months after all; it is conceivable that the invaders could have lost patience, or that the emperor had sent even a small detachment of men from his army to even the odds, or any of a million other counterfactuals. What I want to know is: how would our modern world be different?
But what if the siege had failed and the city had held out against the invading force? The Rhomans did hold out for several months after all; it is conceivable that the invaders could have lost patience, or that the emperor had sent even a small detachment of men from his army to even the odds, or any of a million other counterfactuals. What I want to know is: how would our modern world be different?