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What if the notable badass Krum of Bulgaria had either not managed to unify the bulgarian tribes under his own rule or been defeated at the Battle of Pliska?
In short, what if the pain-in-the-ass to the Byzantine Empire that was the First Bulgarian Empire had been conquered two hundred years before OTL?
Will the byzantines expand into Pannonia?
How uppity will byzantine Bulgaria be? Because if it isn't, then it's a good source of troops; if it is, then it's a drain of them.
What are the effects on the magyars?
(I'll also postulate an optional question: what if Krum had instead lived longer, carrying on with his planned siege of Constantinople?)
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