Could the territory of present day Bulgaria aswell as the region of Thrace, become Romanian speaking sometime post the fall of the Roman Empire? How so?
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#Byzantine empire was not RomanWhat do you mean by after the fall of Rome, given the area we’re talking about?
After all, a post-1453 PoD is definitely far too late.
However, post-476 seems doable if you butterfly away the Slav migrations or delay them in “Dacia” to pick up Romanian instead.
Would Moeso Romance be considered a seperate language from Daco Romance had it survived till present day?Do we even know whether Romanian comes from Daco-Romance rather than Moeso-Romance? If the former, then problably ASB: the Bulgaria region was just much more densely populated than the Transylania region were it is speculated a Romance survival might have occured. If the latter, then you could just avoid the Slavic migrations. However, you should also see that with such an early POD, there will be no such thing as Romanian, and the population movements by Romance-speaking people that are speculated for that scenario will likely not occur. So you may end up with a "Romanian" speaking Moesia and Northern Thrace, but not a Romance speaking "Romania", unless you have a simultaneous Romance survival there.
#Byzantine empire was not Roman
Most of Bulgaria was inhabited by proto-Romanians before the 7th century Slavic invasions.Could the territory of present day Bulgaria aswell as the region of Thrace, become Romanian speaking sometime post the fall of the Roman Empire? How so?
It was Greek
Could states with Romanian or Gothic nobilities have held present day Bulgaria and parts of Romania?Most of Bulgaria was inhabited by proto-Romanians before the 7th century Slavic invasions.
It happened in OTL.Could states with Romanian or Gothic nobilities have held present day Bulgaria and parts of Romania?
Would Moeso Romance be considered a seperate language from Daco Romance had it survived till present day?
The Asenevs were most likely of Cuman origin, judging by their names. And calling the Second Bulgarian Empire a Romanian state is at best a substantial exaggeration and significantly misleading.
Not really. It was inhabited by Thracians which were assimilated into either Latin or Greek culture, depending on their location. So at most you could call northern Bulgaria inhabited by proto-Romanians but that would be an anachronism.Most of Bulgaria was inhabited by proto-Romanians before the 7th century Slavic invasions.