Here's a map of Anatolia's demographics in the late 16th Century: In both scenarios, the state religion remains Orthodox.Īnatolia's provinces is another thing that should be changed. Embracing keeps his religion as Catholic and continues Venice's guarantee, while rejecting changes his religion to Orthodox and revokes Venice's guarantee (and possibly have Venice set as a historical enemy). After the death of John VIII, there should be an event for whether Constantine XI embraces or rejects the Union with Rome. I highly doubt this would prevent the Ottomans from beating Byzantium in an AI controlled game. In context: the Emperor (John VIII) tried to get the Byzantine Church to unify with the RCC, but the vast majority of Byzantines rejected the union over not desiring to bow to the Pope and commune with "Latin heretics."Īdditionally, Venice should also guarantee the independence of Byzantium to reflect the western aid sent to the Byzantines during the siege of Constantinople. This would be an effortless change that would easily reflect the Council of Florence. I know EU4 isn't exactly spot on with historical accuracy but I've noticed a lot of quite bothersome and nonsensical things while doing a Byzantium run.įor one, the rulers of Byzantium should be Roman Catholic while the state religion is Orthodox. Update on my “finally succeeded Byzantium start”