Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130507113159

Neither - it relates to your theoretical palace occupation.

WRE was gone by that time - but not impossible for a splinter to remain. There was several in more resilient areas that lasted longer than Rome itself, other than the East.

Yes - there is a Central Plateau to Anatolia. Lose it, and it's likely done.

Such changes would not let Manuel live longer - if you want to prevent the fall of the city, there are dozens of possible changes in the lead-up to it that would erase the problem. Manuel is not one of them.

Yes, possible for it not to form in that context.

Same reasons in Italy as Germany. Quite frankly, Europe was surprised at the time that either did it, and it's a fluke that it is not the case today. Heck, it's only in the last few decades that support for a dissolution of both states has finally gotten low.

Medici's were nowhere near powerful enough. Weren't even in the few strongest states.