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Honorius the western Roman Empire grow up to be a super competent emperor who's main ambition is to not lose any territory to the barbarians. When he reaches his majority he forms a good working relationship with stilicho and surrounds himself in competent men who advise him on how to preserves the empire and improve tax collection, the army, and law. He also get the recruting ground of ilriycum rather bloodlessly from his brother in a short campaign he personally leads. He live to the age of 70 and has sons to succeed him.

After getting ilriycum how would a competent honorius keep more invading hoardes out and use his empires reasourse to the fullest. How would he improved tax collection, the army, and law to help with that. And above all else would these changes reasult in surviveing West?

Scenario 2: Instead of getting illyricum both Honorius and arcadius are competent and coaopritve with each other
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