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Not sure but suspect not. Although if he's supported by a lot of the army and is popular with the ordinary people, as the Macedonian dynasty was after Basil's death then I suspect there would be few people raising the question of his parentage, at least not openly for long. However I have...

Very much so while also suppressing a lot of the regional nobles who had produced a number of soldier emperors in his youth. It was good for his dynasty in removing rivals and also made the ordinary people very loyal to the Macedonian dynasty but when that, compounded by the intrigues of the...

It does breach the argument that the papacy is incapable of error which is what your repeatedly argued before.

Well that was the situation before ~800 when the then Pope used weakness in the empire and the brief power of Charlemagne to escape the dominance of the empire. Which led to centuries of wars over who was dominant in the west, church or state. As such it was the standard system until that...

How early was Hungary looking southwards toward the Slava and lower Danube? I think by that time the empire was greatly restricted OTL so there was no basis for conflict between the two. If instead of Serbia and Bulgaria on their southern borders - and then latter the Ottomans - there was a...

Unless Hungary falls to a strong eastern empire. Possibly even after an equivalent to the OTL 1240's Mongol attacks if the empire survives the Mongols in a good condition. Alternatively the two will clash over their common border as Hungary did with the Ottomans. Moscow - or whichever...

I don't know as the Seljurks did it and then Tamur. Plus the Mongols crossed some pretty mountainous terrain in their battle in Iran, Afghanistan etc. Also if the empire is strong its likely to be seeking to defend the very rich and historically important locations in N Syria, such as Antioch...

I think it depends on how they win and how strong the empire is or stays. Without the division and treachery that marked the empire after Basil II death in 1025 - his great crime being to have failed to secure the succession - then its likely to last a lot longer. The Turks would continue to...