Chapter 7 – Otto’s Crusade: Asciburgium and Novaesium | TREBAME

The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is summer, 99 AD. It has taken time for the Holy Roman Empire to get its business in order, but things are beginning to settle down. There remain two emperors-elect, neither of them crowned by a pope: William of Holland reigns from the County of…
Chapter 8: The Grand Armada of Ming | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 8.1 – Preparations for the Armada (1610 – 1612) China in 1610 can be described as being in a period of calm before the storm. After rising out of the ashes of the wars to eject Genghis Khan’s descendants from China, the Ming Dynasty had entered a period of deep decline in…
Chapter 6 – Moesia: Archers with Horses | TREBAME

The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [Prev] [Next] It is December, 98 AD. Decius stands on a watchtower shivering in the cold. Below him, the Danube River has completely frozen over with ice so thick a legion of cavalry could march over it. Beyond the frontier lie whatever mysteries the Act of the Gods has…
Chapter 5 – Hungary: Kings and Princes | TREBAME

The Roman Empire—But also Medieval Europe [Prev] [Next] It is January 98 AD; yes indeed, we have gone back in time so that we may examine events in the Kingdom of Hungary starting from the immediate aftermath of the Act of God. Hungary has a threefold problem: firstly, the capital city of Esztergom was on…
Chapter 4 – Court Day: Princes and Electors | TREBAME

[Prev] [Next] It is March 17th, 98 AD. We are in the Free and Imperial City of Goslar to witness the Hoftag—court day—of the Holy Roman Empire. All the princes who did not march with William of Holland are here, and even some of those who are with William have sent representatives. There are so…
Chapter 3 – William’s Crusade: Castles and Castles | TREBAME

What if The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe? [Prev] [Next] It is April 7th, 98 AD. William of Holland’s call to arms is answered enthusiastically by princes all up and down the Rhine. From the Hague to Freiburg, men don gambeson and mail, take up sword and crossbow, and march in the armies of lords…