The Byzantine Empire was the OTL Roman Empire's successor state. They were the most powerful country in the Mediterranean region for hundreds of years, and represented a bastion of Roman might during the Dark Ages. Needless to say, the Empire has much AH potential, and is loved by many AH.Commers for its sheer coolness.

Roman/Byzantine division

Visigoth survival, Byzantine collapse

Alternate Eastern Roman Empire capitals

WI: Nika Revolution in 532 AD

WI Justinian killed during Nika Riots ?

Plausibility check: Justinian symbolically moves the empire's capital back to Rome

Earthquakes and other catastrophes that could have changed the history of the Byzantine Empire

WI Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer had a successor ?

If the empire had won at Yarmuk

Discussion about the pronoia system and its issues

Byzantines restart the Olympic Games

WI: No war between Byzantium and Armenia

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Battle of Manzikert Points of Divergence

Battle of Myriokephalon 1176 POD

Byzantine victory at Myriokephalon

Myriocephalum 1176 - Comnenus Wins

Comparing Myriokephalon and Manzikert : Which was more decisive ?

Successful Andronikos Komnenos ?

WI the Empire of Nicaea stays in Anatolia ?

WI: No 1204 Sack of Constantinople ?

Plausibility check: Mongol Constantinople

Plausibility check: Serbian Empire conquering Constantinople

Plausibility check: A Limited Roman Restoration in 1356 AD

Discussion and a timeline about the Byzantine Empire

Some more discussion about a surviving Byzantine Empire

Could Constantinople have held out in 1453 ?

Challenge: Multiple Byzantine Successor States

Challenge: Rump Byzantine Empire lasts to present day

How would a surviving Byzantine Empire impact the modern world ?

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Seljuk is never born

WI: Continuing Seljuk Empire ?

Byzantines assimilating Turks ?

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Byzantine Empire

Useful Resources about the Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire Points of Divergence

Greek Points of Divergence

Ottoman Empire Points of Divergence

List of Countries by POD

Points of Divergence Main Directory