Is it plausible for the *Byzantines* to never overthrow the Latin Empire?

Is it plausible for the *Byzantines* to never overthrow the Latin Empire?


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raharris1973

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What it asks on the tin - can the Latin Empire remain in place for the entire period until the end of the eastern Roman Empire?

ie, Somebody can conquer or destroy the Latin Empire (Turks, Mongols, Bulgarians, Serbs, other West European etc.) but a Byzantine restoration from the Empire of Nicaea or Despotate of Epirus never occurs.
 
Of course it is possible. Maybe not probable but if you allow a third party to destroy both then Tamerlane or the Turks are prime candidates.
 

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No, it cannot outlast the Byzantines. The Latin Empire was filled to the brim with incompetence, manpower and financial shortages, economic mismanagement, decentralization, infighting and marginalization of the native Greek and Orthodox peoples. The mere fact it lasted so long historically is a miracle in an of itself considering you had the state balkanize itself in the first few months of its existence. Either the Bulgarians will take the city, Epirus will make its way across the mainland, Nicaea will retake their former territories, or the native Greeks under the Francocracy will revolt and take back their homeland and resubmit to the imperial remnants.
 
It kinda depends on what you mean by "The Latin Empire". The OTL Latin Empire was set up badly from the start, as Soverihn says, so any POD more than a couple of years after its founding would probably be too late. That said, the idea that the Crusaders could establish a long-lasting state based in Constantinople isn't an inherently ridiculous one, although it would require a lot of luck and good decisions, especially early on.
 
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