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interesting But under such circumstances, could Thessalonika be held from the Avars? Assuming no Heraklian reconquista, the Sassanids could perhaps beat off the Arab challenge, or at least contain it, being in a stronger position relative to OTL. On the other hand, Sassanian conquest of the...

What if Constantine made his eastern capital on the Asian side of the straits rather than the European, in one of the historic cities of the region like Chalcedon, Nicomedia, or Nicaea, or a new city? Just like in historic Constantinople, there are some decently fortifiable peninsulas, and the...