WI: Longer Lasting Palmyra

Not going for Egypt would probably have given Palmyra peaceful autonomy for another decade or more. Once Egypt is snatched away from central Roman control, you won`t get ignored even in a time of serious internal crisis.
 

Pellaeon

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Perhaps have the Gallic empire last longer and the western empire collapse into various successor empires and warlords fighting for Western Europe, combine that with Germanic invasions of Greece and Constantinople, combine that with Persian distraction or weakness and you have a far longer lasting Palmyrene empire. Though as stated it would require a lot of luck and things going in ways it could not control.
 
Perhaps have the Gallic empire last longer and the western empire collapse into various successor empires and warlords fighting for Western Europe, combine that with Germanic invasions of Greece and Constantinople, combine that with Persian distraction or weakness and you have a far longer lasting Palmyrene empire. Though as stated it would require a lot of luck and things going in ways it could not control.
You mean a germanic raid on the Port town of byzantion?
 
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