justinian

Given that Emperor Justinian's dreams of "renovatio imperii", the restoration of the Roman Empire, died with him, what factors could have led to his empire surviving his death? From the reading I've done ive come to the conclusion that: 1: The plague of Justinian cannot happen. 2: Maurice...

The challenge here is to get Belisarius, a famous byzantine general who worked for Justinian, on the constantinopolitan throne. I also want to know what are the ramifications of 'Beli as emperor -- is the italian Gothic War butterflied away? If not, then can Belisarius achieve earlier successes...

Assuming that the Lazica under Persian protection isn't as oppressive as normally IRL, and Persians doesn't react when Justinian had been advancing very far against Ostrogoths, how far Justinian's campaigns would go? MY PERSONAL OPINION... Gothic War would end very early in Ostrogoths' front...

So I've been toying with the idea of a Roman East Africa, just because the idea intrigues me. If we posit a scenario where Justinians renovatio imperii is slightly different. Rather than trying to reunite the whole Empire in one go, the goal is just Carthage and Italy. To achieve this, he...

Imagine a scenario where Justinian, more crafty than he was historically, presses the advantage wherever he can, diplomatically. He marries the Gothic princess Amalasuntha instead of Theodora, allowing him to gain a significant faction of loyal Goths in his conquest of Italy, and giving his son...

With a POD at the beginning of the reign of Justinian the great, wank the Byzantine Empire as much as possible. Bonus point if they control all of the the Mediterranean coast.

From an ideological point of view, Justinians attempted Restauratio imperii was quite reasonable. The Roman Empire without Italy, without Rome, without the half of its ancient territory doesn't look that impressive so to say. But this is mere ideology. Justinians invasion of Italy ruined the...

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...