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The Plague of Justinian depopulated the entire Mediterranean region between 541 and 542, hitting the Byzantine Empire in the crucial moment as it was in the progress of reclaiming the Mediterranean region.

Now, assuming the Plague doesn't happen, what are the long-term effects?

- Could the Byzantine Empire hold to what Justinian gained, and perhaps even restore it's control over the Mediterranean in long term and for example end Visigothic control over Iberia, and perhaps even defeating the Franks, or would this overexpand the Byzantine's resources even without the Plague, and would it demise anyways?

- Assuming that Islam isn't butterflied away for obscure reason due to the absence of the Plague, would a stronger this prevent the Arabs from conquering Egypt and the Levante as they did in OTL? What effect would this have on the development of Islam in the ATL?

- What would happen with the Persian Empire in this TL, and how would Perso-Byzantine relations look like in long term?
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