Latest possible POD for great-power, superpower, or hyperpower Rhomania

What is the latest possible POD for Rhomania to stay at least a Great Power?


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Well, I was tempted to vote 1071, but the Byzantine Empire wasn't totally devastated by Manzikert in the same sense that it was by the sacking of Constantinople in 1204. After 1204, it was only ever a regional power, and it wasn't even that for much of the rest of its life.
 
I say between 1185 - 1204. Just prevent 4th crusade to Constantinopole or then somehow get to Rhomania emperor who can unite the empire and fix things soon after attack of Venetians.
 
I'm somewhat inclined to say the early fourteenth century, especially in the enjoyable scenario of a conquest/merger by the Serbians. A state covering much of the Balkans plus fertile western Anatolia and maybe the Chersonese and Cyprus will have just as many resources as OTL Italy, and probably considerably more diplomatic clout throughout the Orthodox world. That would be a "Great Power", no doubt.

As for a superpower, you probably need a pre-Manzikert PoD.
 

Asami

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Hyperpower? Roman Empire doesn't fall, but the court ends up clustered around Constantinople, and turns Greek.
 
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