Caesar of Rome



It is a somewhat little-known fact that after the, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmud II "the Conquer" actually proclaimed himself the "Caesar of Rome," considering himself to be the successor to the Byzantine ("Roman") Empire, based on the capture of Constantinople ("New Rome"). This title was ignored by most of Christian Europe, and even the Patriarch of Constantinople. Eventually, this title was soon ignored, and the successors to the Sultan preferred the titles of "Sultan of the Empire" and the "Caliph of Islam" instead. The dream of succeeding the ancient Roman Empire ended.

But in this timeline, one night several years after the capture of "New Rome", Mehmed has a dream of capturing "Old Rome," believing it to the the will of God. And so, instead of making war with the Venetians, in 1463 Mehmed prepares to conquer Naples and Rome. After an almost two-decade long war, the Ottomans win. Rome is captured.

What would become of the world with an Ottoman Caesar of Rome?

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