I just want Russia to keep her territories and have a powerful Byzantine Empire.

Alaska would definitely make sense, both for balance reasons to strengthen Russia and realism wise, considering that Russia would be much more powerful and stable. I definitely could add more minorities around the fringes, though Anatolia and Greece proper would remain Greek.

As for Armenia and Crimea I would suspect that since the Byzantines are supposed to have staved off weakness in the middle of the middle ages, they would have prevented the Ottomans from keeping it for long, and thus would have prevented Russia from taking it from them. Otherwise I definitely see your points, thank you for the imput! :D

I could suggest a greater Russian empire including Alaska and a bunch of other stuff. A suggestion for this current mod. Make it less Greek, like add some minorities and Armenia and Crimea weren't part of the Byzantines for long, I though they would still be part of Russia.

Its been a while since I was last here, but thank you for enjoying it! I might be able to come out with a new one with the new editor features at some point. Do you have any suggestions for something like that?

This is amazing, thank you very much!

They did take Rome under Justinian I but it was eventually lost under subsequent emperors. While my mod attempts to reflect how they held on to their colonies in southern Italy tenaciously and for long after Justinian's death it would have been much harder to keep Rome.Rome would have the protection of the papacy which had always been contending with the Empire for supremacy as well as simple Italian nationalism throughout the ages. Specifically speaking though in this mod the Byzantines forwent reconquest of the less prosperous European territories in favor of recapturing the much more commercially viable provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. (Each incidentally also having more religious significance as they would wish to retake the patriarchates of Alexandria and Jerusalem from their conquerors.

would the byzantine empire not have taken Rome itself

That's a good point, however i don't think it would specifically be the Mahdists to take over the area because according to what I've now found about the uprising, it was mainly die to Ottoman rule and Islamic religious conflicts, both of which wouldm't factor into this mod due to the much stronger Orthodox influence in East Africa. Thanks for the advice though, I'll look more into possible independent nations or perhaps some orthodox dependent border states. Feel free to comment with more criticism though, you've been a great help! :D

If I may suggest, if the Byzantines hold Egypt then Britain probably won't take over Sudan, you might see another power in the area or perhaps the Mahdists could establish as independent. This would probably also lead to them Taking over all of East Africa from the sultanate of Zanzibar.

perfect!!!!!!!!!!1

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