The Persian Alexander

Khosaru II is gonna get his hands on more money, you need to wait and see how exactly ;)

Also on a side note, keep in mind alot of Romans hated Phocas because he was a tyrannical leader. Some romans would defect i bet, especially if this Khosaru is more tolerate to Christians (POD involves him getting another Christian Wife)


They were angry with Phocas but them defecting to the Persians when they know Khosrau is going to take them over is not going to happen, at all. While the tolerant decrees in 409 would ease tensions among such sects as Armenians and Nestorians I doubt it would make the Romans happy.
 
there will be many decrees to make the Romans happy. While they will generally remain mad at Khosaru, they will tolerate him over Phocas (who will make many really bad decisions)
 
The problem is that it isn't a decision between Phocas and Khosaru, its a choice between a Roman Emperor (meaning someone doing what Heraclius did OTL) and Khosaru.

Khosaru has to do something that makes Roman rule fundamentally less appealing than Persian rule, not merely his rule vs. a particularly nasty Roman's rule.

That will be...difficult.
 
well Phocas survives to the end if you read the pre-story and Khorashu could do something appealing to the romans (If he had any children with Miram maybe that child could become heir)
 
well Phocas survives to the end if you read the pre-story and Khorashu could do something appealing to the romans (If he had any children with Miram maybe that child could become heir)

Short of murdering all of them I'm not sure how Khorsau will stop massive dissent.
 
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