Would it have been possible for the Roman Empire to be reformed (in any way) after 476 by anyone other than... well, the 'Byzantine' Roman Empire (unless the Plague of Justinian as well as a defeat at Manzikert still happen)?
By reform the Roman Empire, I mean that the capital is at Rome and the state has at least... 3/4 of the Roman Empire. And the state-language should either be a Latin language (or more than one Latin language if there is more than one language-of-administration) or be actual Latin. However I suppose Greek, Arabic, or Turkish would work...but the capital still has to be at Rome, the nation must call itself the Roman Empire, and the 'Byzantine' Roman Empire, if it unites it, must go through the Plague of Justinian and Manzikert like OTL.
So... how could this happen?
Could one (or two, if one inherits another) of the big Latin powers like France or Spain essentially recreate the Roman Empire? Perhaps the Habsburgs are even luckier, and become Spain-dominated? Or a united France-England conquers the rest of Western Europe over the centuries and colonizes the rest of the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Could the Crusaders be extremely successful and create one united Crusader kingdom, which is later integrated into the Papal States (or any powerful state with Rome as its capital)?
Could the Arabs or Turks have made a Muslim (or secular/tolerant) Roman Caliphate?
Could the Pope go insane during the Reformation and demand the union of Catholic states against heresy, which at first is a very loose union, but later integrates more and more
Frankish Roman Empire, after conquering even more in Europe, surviving, and then ruling the Crusader states?
Eastern Roman Empire somehow manages to recover epically after Manzikert?
The Mongols are more successful in Europe, and the ensuing larger more western Golden Horde manages to recreate the Roman Empire and move the capital to Rome? Or, in the same scenario, the Pope gets Europe to unite against the invaders?
19th century Latin-derived-language nationalism?
Osmanli superwank?
Any ideas, or comments on these ideas?
By reform the Roman Empire, I mean that the capital is at Rome and the state has at least... 3/4 of the Roman Empire. And the state-language should either be a Latin language (or more than one Latin language if there is more than one language-of-administration) or be actual Latin. However I suppose Greek, Arabic, or Turkish would work...but the capital still has to be at Rome, the nation must call itself the Roman Empire, and the 'Byzantine' Roman Empire, if it unites it, must go through the Plague of Justinian and Manzikert like OTL.
So... how could this happen?
Could one (or two, if one inherits another) of the big Latin powers like France or Spain essentially recreate the Roman Empire? Perhaps the Habsburgs are even luckier, and become Spain-dominated? Or a united France-England conquers the rest of Western Europe over the centuries and colonizes the rest of the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Could the Crusaders be extremely successful and create one united Crusader kingdom, which is later integrated into the Papal States (or any powerful state with Rome as its capital)?
Could the Arabs or Turks have made a Muslim (or secular/tolerant) Roman Caliphate?
Could the Pope go insane during the Reformation and demand the union of Catholic states against heresy, which at first is a very loose union, but later integrates more and more
Frankish Roman Empire, after conquering even more in Europe, surviving, and then ruling the Crusader states?
Eastern Roman Empire somehow manages to recover epically after Manzikert?
The Mongols are more successful in Europe, and the ensuing larger more western Golden Horde manages to recreate the Roman Empire and move the capital to Rome? Or, in the same scenario, the Pope gets Europe to unite against the invaders?
19th century Latin-derived-language nationalism?
Osmanli superwank?
Any ideas, or comments on these ideas?
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