When people talk about a power dominating over Europe, they usually assume a greater France with the Rhineland and Piedmont, or even more commonly Greater Germany with the Austrian parts of the Habsburg Empire.
As Italy fascinates me, i realized that even with its "terre irredente" (Malta, Nice, Savoy and Corsica, Ticino, Istria and Dalmatia) it wouldn't be able to compete.
So, thinking of how they could be big enough to have a chance of being the dominant power in the continent, i remembered about the Ostrogothic Kingdom, which had both Italy and northern Illyria.
So, would an Italy with an italianized (I assume that by never losing it, it would just evolve as a "normal" territory) Illyria (Which i consider roughly Yugoslavia+Albania) be strong enough to be the strongest power in Europe?
As Italy fascinates me, i realized that even with its "terre irredente" (Malta, Nice, Savoy and Corsica, Ticino, Istria and Dalmatia) it wouldn't be able to compete.
So, thinking of how they could be big enough to have a chance of being the dominant power in the continent, i remembered about the Ostrogothic Kingdom, which had both Italy and northern Illyria.
So, would an Italy with an italianized (I assume that by never losing it, it would just evolve as a "normal" territory) Illyria (Which i consider roughly Yugoslavia+Albania) be strong enough to be the strongest power in Europe?