THIS is what happens if EU4 starts in 1356! 

I love that mod! Naybe I should also play it?

15:50 As a Pole, this is 1000% accurate. For those uniniformed - liberum veto privilege lets any member of Parliament to just not only veto an enitre vote on certain matter, but also negates the whole sitting of the Parliament (including matters and reforms that were ALREADY agreed upon). Added as a part of the Nihil Novi constitution from 1505, it was not used in Commonwealth at first, as we Poles could actually dispute at the time to reach a universal consensus. However, starting in 1651, when a local minor noble used it after being bribed by Lithuanian Radziwłł magnate family, it started being used as the weapon to fight internal opposition, neuter any attempt of the king to strengthen his position and just ensure the local short sighted particularists benefit over lack of reforms. It was one of the major reasons of downfall and later partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Basically it is the bomb with a long fuse that later will continue to fuck you up as nobles sooner or later become particularist bastards until your country is partitioned by neighbours.

As a Polish person, I confirm that Liberum Veto is a bad idea.

Thé reason why navarra owns Normandy is because the king of Navarra at that time was also claiming the French throne and with his heritage also had possessions in Normandy and whenever he would pressure the king of France that he would rebel and start a war, the king would give him more land

Laithe suffers so much for us.... but damn is it fun to watch xD. Keep up the great work lads!

Laith took the son of John Kantankenous over the Palaloigoi house of Byzantium

I hope EU5 starts in this year. 30:44 I was todays years old when I realised that menu button exists.

Ioannis Kantakouzenos being a pretender is not quite accurate as he just wanted to be a regent for Ioannis V, who was too young to become emperor and he was a very close friend to Andronikos III, Ioannis V's father, whom he probably wouldn't even have betrayed in his death bed. He even called himself Ioannis VI when he became emperor to indicate that Ioannis V is the legitimate successor. It would have been really nice if Kantakouzenos just became a regent instead of just removing the Palaiologos from the throne. Edit: It seems I was wrong about Kantakouzenos not attempting to become emperor since he made his son co-emperor. Still Ioannis V, who was still co-emperor, succeeded Kantakouzenos after he tried to do so which means the real historical timeline can't be replicated in this mod.

Didn’t he say he wouldn’t play the Byzantines for awhile…must of been his lack of sleep that’s gotten to him

I would love to see a part 2 to this one!

Please do a part 2 and reclaim Rome

I'd love a part 2 of this byzantine playthrough

idea, play as norse swedish tribe of svealand in extended timeline and conquer scandinavia and the brittish isles.

autonomous rebel suppression if you enable it with military spending up, as soon as a rebel stack spawns your army will go to engage it.

Such a fun campaign, please continue!

Byzantium stronk 💪💪💪💪💪💪

You've no right to conquer? ....You're Rome.

ey yo you posted this when I woke up. It's a gift from god

Almost 2 years in the future all I can say is interesting

i need to tall you: during the peace deals you weren't using return territory, clicking the map will always be the demand territory, and the way it looks is different enough for me to tell you lost some warscore when fighting the ottomans by not having them return the cores properly also if you use a fleet to hunt pirates, it reduces the devastation impact they cause and reduces the money they get from you. this one is very important to look into

Surprisingly, the Byzantine armies by the end of their existence were mainly cavalry based. The Tagmata, the elite section of the Byzantine army proper, were all heavily armored knights.

that was so cool thanks man

Maybe do an Athens guide for old times sake? Starting as one of the Greek minors is always pain.

Rome strong

“You’re a white power” - Laith 2022

That mod is great! I like it more than extended timeline because it doesn't change a lot of base game mechanics

parthenon giving me flashbacks i think that was the first time i watched the social streamers

I wish to see this more often

Certified Byzantine moment

I can't stop thinking of the White Horde as just a bunch of WalMart moms rushing around, screaming for the manager - the protectorates are the casualties of their Karenness 😔

At the start, you might have wanted to mothball your fort for the pretenders to take Constantinople? Maybe someone would have declared...

I like you playing mods. May I suggest the Voltaire's New Mightmare mod. I like the historically HRE a lot.

more of this!!

'Roger the Norman' Sounds like the sort of Geek that would love playing EU4 lol

They changed my favorite mil idea

Was listening with half an ear. "We've got Zwarrah we've got Tataouine..." Wait what, we're invading Tatooine?

@TheSocialStreamers because I know you guys are both big history buffs, you should look into John VI Kantakouzenos, he was the the Byzantine emperor just before the start date you picked. He had a very close friendship with Umur bey of Aydin (whose heir and older brother you conquered), so close they considered each other brothers and Umur Bey turned down a marriage to Kantakouzos' daughter because he claimed it would be like marrying a close family member. Long story short, during Kantakouzos' reign the byzantines followed a policy of cooperation with the Anatolian Turkic beyliks, and historians believe that the byzantines likely could have maneuvered into a role as kingmakers in Anatolia and likely would have held the Bosphorous in such a role. Instead the Palaiologos dynasty claimed sole rulership after a devastating Civil War (ending in 1347), and turned policy towards garnering nebulous and ultimately futile support from Catholic europe. I dont know if anyone besides me finds this totally fascinating as a "what if" scenario, but I presented an undergraduate thesis adjacent to this topic in the Spring, and I find the final days of the Byzantine empire (but even more so the early days of the Ottoman empire) totally fascinating and in dire need of new historical perspective.

Could you continue this playthrough please? Another fun play would be Transoxiana where you could play as Timurlane.

Blob Serbia ah this is the male fantasy

I THINK you should form the eastern roman empire i like this video it was nice

YES DUDE 1356 IS AMAZING

Pagan playthrough as Lithuania next!

What is that graphics mod what is that graphics mod at 10:30? It looks super nice lol

Not entirely sure why, but whenever you capture that southern Albanian province, it tries to name it Aulona but it doesn't like it.

Part 2 when?

For the life of me, i cannot understand why in the Extended Timeline, in this period the ottomans first conquer Philippopolis, not Kallipolis.

18.54 Laith casually flexes on everyone who mispronounces Tunisian provinces

ahhh laith youre our favourite byzantiboo/romeaboo

How do you get the map to look like that??

I'd love to see a 1356 Byz campaign using Flavor Universalis however as far as I am aware there is no compatibility patch for them?

This is what you do for a living

more time lines!!

part2 pls

What makes the troops a bad decision

I like this mod a lot. But, in this mod, AI has a very hard time forming Russia and even France. Also, it needs a mechanism to weaken Timmy after Timerlane dies. Now it's such a monster.

3:58 english colonists arriving in america and asking the native tribes what the area is called

Did they debuff the Timurids in this one? By the 16th century they are usually unstoppable.

time to spam him about not putting the link to the mod in the comments

Ngl liberum veto is good

Is there a mod that make the game starts in a era when the Western Roman empire was still around? Or even the Ummayade Caliphate?

gib part 2

13:42 doesn’t blockading not affect sieges until one of the age options in age of reformation?

Thessaly was ruled by simeon uros nemanjic , why is it not in serbia?

This play through

what i want to know is how did Byzantium lose the selanik province and gain achaea & morea between 1356 & 1444? is that a real historically accurate thing that happened?

So tell me what you want, what you really really want.

You know what other mod starts at 1356? Meiou and Taxes. You should try it!

Play MEIOU and Taxes

hello laithe

I don't play a lot of Eu4, but why is the decision at 15:45 So bad? What's the Problem with Free Manpower? Is there a hidden catch or is this only historian roleplaying?

Did Tom leave the channel?

-SocialStreamers -No -CasualCrash -Yes

Yo Laith go contact Geography Now, they making an episode about Tunisia

Don't think there are many who are interested in European medieval political history who's top 10 favorite guys list doesn't include Roger I or II - at the very least a honorable mention. Those dudes were literal legends

Wait the Liberum Veto is bad?

Whats the name of this mod?

The White horde is based

9 seconds

I instantly started speaking Greek and forgot Turkish when you vassalized Aydın :(

any way to get this mod on cracked eu4?

I am spamming you in the comments

You went too far when you conquered walachia which was beyond the Danube personally I would have made them a march

Eeeeeeee

Boy that background music is starting to get old my man. Maybe get some variety idk.

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Do you ever use a background soundtrack that isn't that ffs, I am so tired of hearing the same background music over and over and over. other than that enjoyable video :)

I disagree, that's not the best time line but i respect your decision

10:16 pls tell me what graphics mod that is?