What if the Byzantine Empire Survived?

The Eastern Romans survived for a millennia after the fall of the West before their own demise from the Ottomans. The sack of Constantinople is often thought as the end of the Medieval Age and the start of another. Politics of the past forgotten. So what if in an alternate timeline this never happened? What if the Byzantine Empire actually survived, and continued on? Here is one scenario.

[meandros]

>byzantium never falls
>university of constantinople never falls
>Greeks raiding Amerika in 15th century with robot dinosaurs

[hiimme]

In this timeline, the Roman Empire would have the single longest unbroken streak of independence in history

Edit: Why tf are people still responding to this comment it has been 3 actual years

[christianholbrook]

There's a reason Constantinople was called "the city of the world's desire." Because everyone, and I mean everyone, wanted it for themselves.

[TheJas-vrvr]

Imagine how shocking it would be if the Americas weren't discovered until planes or satalite mapping.

[nowhereman]

The last Emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XI Palaeologus, upon his city being invaded proclaimed "The city is fallen and I am still alive". He then tore off his imperial ornaments so as to let nothing distinguish him from any other soldier and led his remaining men into a last charge where he was killed.

[WightTsar]

If I had a penny every time this was attempted on EU4, I would probably buy tesla or something

[TheMudKip-fftb]

“Man nails a piece of paper to a door.” Best explanation I’ve ever heard a better description of the reformation

[josephcola]

What if Byzantium survived?

So basically half the EU IV games I play...

[the_carter_smith]

“The Byzantine state will be re-organized into the Greek Empire!!!!”
“So this is how Rome dies, with thunderous applause.”

[romainvicta]

Imagine if Odoacer's Kingdom of Italy survived. A united Kingdom of Italy starting from 476 AD instead of uniting in the 1800s

[ironmaiden]

"I won't get political after this video"
-A couple of drinks later....
"ΠΟΥ Θ'ΑΝΑΨΟΥΜΕ ΚΕΡΙΑΑΑΑ???" XD

[Ostalgie]

Lol “look at that territory, that’s no way to live” priceless

[PandoraKin]

"Because the Byzantine, no the ROMAN EMPIRE held firm." I love that end quote.

[saladbruh]

I swear I am not a Byzantophile. *SHakEs iN eXItEMenT*

[michaeljohnson]

This make me think of a long running EU4 campaign I played. I was using the extended timeline mod and started in 1060 as the Byzantines. I played that same campaign for 8 months until it was 1880. What I did to keep Byzantium alive was I had deep dynastic connections with Russia. Anytime there was a Russo-Turkish War I jumped in with Russia and push down the Levant's coast till I got to the Sinai. Built some ports in the Red Sea and expanded towards India. Set up some colonies in the Indian Ocean, got involved in some Succession Crises, took some overseas colonies from Portugal, etc. By the end I controlled some Indian princely states, some of East Africa, and had all of Indonesia.

By the 1800

[complexemotions]

"No, the roman empire..."

HE SAID THE THING!

[TheCometdefender]

I'm disappointed, I was expecting them to reconquer Rome and eventually land on the moon. Not become virtually irrelevant.

[CssHDmonster]

was sure that this was a ck3 sponsored vid

[hdgsxvx]

Bulgaria: is one of the few to even try to battle with the byzantines and was a serious threat
Cody: serbs and slavs

[julesstephenson]

Anyone else catch it around 2:15 the music to Yakko’s World starts as he’s naming off other potential Byzantine enemies? Good one, Cody, that was awesome