Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-4923787-20130407155044

Okay, though I still have doubts about the timeline. I'd think I'd like to go back to the direction of the first version of AoG, which was a Byzantine Roman timeline. I'd like to know how history would be affected if the Plague of Justinian didn't occur, say if it came by ship, the ship was lost in a storm. I assume the Romans could've held onto Italy, perhaps relocate the capital to Rome for purely symbolic reasons (may not acutally be the actual capital, just by law or something like that), or just prop up a state to counter the Franks and Germans.

Another alternative is a change of leadership in the Battle of Myriokephalon, say to Byrennius. Say they win by fighting in more favourable terrain, and capture Konya. Could over the next few centuries, the Byzantines retake Anatolia and potentially avoid the Second Crusade from occuring in their territory, and would they be able to prop up something in Italy eventially?