Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130411092807

No, the Byzantines had pretty much lost Italy by the time that plague came. And I'm aware that that is what you meant about Rome - and once again, there is no way that it ever happens.

Like I said, get the few starting articles about the PoD written, at least to some degree, and then do the "timeline" itself. You're at basically that point.

The mere existence of the ERE means the WRE is gone, for all purposes.

The ERE surviving to the modern era is highly unlikely, at best. Too many enemies, internal and external.