justinian ii

In 695, Justinian II was deposed and the ERE entered a twenty-year long period of instability. Now my question is, how to prevent that? I have thought of several possibilities, including - Justinian II being more lenient with his taxes, eliminating the primary reason for the populace’s...

With a POD during his exile or after his return to the throne, how successful could his second reign be? I presume, much like IOTL, he'd want to reconquer lost roman territories, but how feasible would that be? Is a reconquest of North Africa/Italy possible (I assume by this point Egypt and...

what if Justinian II conquered the caliphate during second fitna when it was extremely weak

So, the details of the treaty, what we know of them at least, made by Abd al-Malik and Justinian II are easy enough to look up. And while I think that it was unlikely that it was ever going to really hold long term, let alone in the form it had originally taken... I find myself curious. What if...

Inspired by the Constans II triumphant thread. What if Justinian II had succeeded in his known plans? Or, rather, what POD would allow for him to have the most success as a ruler? What would be the consequences of this? I want to avoid wank, however. What's the best case scenario?

Introduction & Overview Justinian: The most fascinating yet overlooked Emperor of all the Roman Emperors that I know about in the 1500 years of Empire in OTL was an arrogant, stubborn, cruel and oppressive individual who ended his days in insanity and blood-soaked revenge of all those he...