Maybe Rome can muster a fleet and launch a punitive expedition against the Viking homeland. It's really infuriating that the Vikings did what they did with near impunity.
Maybe Rome can muster a fleet and launch a punitive expedition against the Viking homeland. It's really infuriating that the Vikings did what they did with near impunity.
What, make England what it is today, give birth to the idea of "Russia", and expose the glaring weaknesses of the hapless little petty chiefdoms of the Europe Peninsula?
What if a rump Western Empire survived in Italy? You'd still have the Franks, the Saxons, the Visigoths, etc. establishing the nuclei of OTL's early mediaeval kingdoms. Let's say that, somehow, the WRE managed to hold on to Italy south of the Po. How does this change things?
What, make England what it is today, give birth to the idea of "Russia", and expose the glaring weaknesses of the hapless little petty chiefdoms of the Europe Peninsula?