Northern Roman Empire

How to make Eboracum the Capital of a Northern Roman Empire. The Empire divided into three.
The north covering Britannia northern Gaul and Germania. Later expanding to Caledonia and Hibernia.

Then further...? Scandinavia?

Any experts?
 
How to make Eboracum the Capital of a Northern Roman Empire. The Empire divided into three.
The north covering Britannia northern Gaul and Germania. Later expanding to Caledonia and Hibernia.

Then further...? Scandinavia?

Any experts?

Maybe have Constantine somehow remain in Brittania, rather than marching on Rome.

Alright, in 307, as Italy was in anarchy and civil war again, Constantine tried to remain neutral. Maybe kill Maximian here, and have the Empire descend into more civil war. Eventually, the only figure with any true power is Constantine, Caesar of Brittania and Gaul. He or his successor lets the Germanic tribes invade the rest of the Empire, provided they spare his territory, and Iberia and Italy are devastated, furthering Eburacum's status as the only stable center of power in the West. Eventually, the Romans of the West turn on the barbarians, and expand into Germannia.

Sound plausible to anyone?
 
Maybe have Constantine somehow remain in Brittania, rather than marching on Rome.

Alright, in 307, as Italy was in anarchy and civil war again, Constantine tried to remain neutral. Maybe kill Maximian here, and have the Empire descend into more civil war. Eventually, the only figure with any true power is Constantine, Caesar of Brittania and Gaul. He or his successor lets the Germanic tribes invade the rest of the Empire, provided they spare his territory, and Iberia and Italy are devastated, furthering Eburacum's status as the only stable center of power in the West. Eventually, the Romans of the West turn on the barbarians, and expand into Germannia.

Sound plausible to anyone?

Sounds a little protracted to me. Why would Constantine not march on Italy when history shows us he had the might to? Why bottle up in France and England when Italy was seen as a hundred thousand times more important and prestigious. It's almost like an admission of defeat right there. And supposing all this does come to pass, how come Constantine manages to uniformly annex Germania when it had proved itself too strong already and the Roman Empire, and Constantine's power base, was far weaker than Rome had been when it last vied against German strength?

For that matter, why Eboracum and not Londinium? More "York-should-have-had-the-success-London-had-instead" lovin'?
 
The problem, as I see it, is that Roman England is too poor and too backwards to be of any significance. It can't really support the troops that are there, nevermind the apparatus of empire.
 
I had in mind a Roman General pulling back from Germania to Britannia to dig in. Easier to hold an island, a channel to make it a bit harder for the barbarians to invade.
From here he holds them back, then launches out again once his/decendants power has built up again....
 
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