I brought WEST ROME back from the brink of DEATH in EU4!

The sack and fall of Rome in 476 marks the end of many things but today, in EU4, it marks the beginning of West Rome! That's right, we're restoring the Roman Empire from it's smallest and weakest point! This EU4 mod is the extended timeline mod and is one of the best eu4 mods out there! This EU4 challenge though... it awful. It's just the worst.
I brought WEST ROME back from the brink of DEATH in EU4!
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Faith incandescent
JoshuaS
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Crilly
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Kargon
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Of The Dragon
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#eu4

[@Daniel-jm7ts]

He wanted to restore the roman empire, accidently reformed Austria-Hungary

[@HappyBazinga]

There are no accidents

[@Helpful_Corn]

I also came to comment this.

[@somethingelseidk1035]

​@@Helpful_Corn You came?

[@knpark2025]

but this Austria-Hungary is better, it seems to have a chonkier Tyrol

[@Yomesto]

cuse me *reformed?*

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

12:36 "Why do I have land here?" My best guess? Rebels enforced their demands there, since you have Cores all over Italy, some roman separatists must have sieged down that land and flipped to you.

[@JaddarJexiszuir]

or italy made vandalia return core provinces

[@derwini7404]

Or somebody beat italy in a war and made them return cores

[@denniswilkerson5536]

The AI just sees the words ‘West Rome’ and is just like: *War Declaration* No wonder The Western Roman Empire fell as fast as it did.

[@bonkercube8974]

Yeah in ET every barbarian tribe nation has a decision to invade Rome , west Rome, Byzantine and gallia for free that gives 12k troops

[@cosmicpearl5497]

You shouldve played the Soissons, they are a roman rump state started by a roman general that outlived the Western empire itself!

[@mikab631]

He actually addresses this near the end of the video!

[@cosmicpearl5497]

@@mikab631 ah, thats what i get for commenting before finishing the video XD

[@NicCageCDXX]

It's also got a massive custom mission tree that includes going past the historical imperial borders (i.e. Scotland/Ireland), and once you get things established as a regional power, you get the scripted events for the rise of the Rashidun caliphate which is a hell of a challenge.

[@JustGeridan]

The way you expanded makes it look like you are restoring the Austro-Hungarian Empire rather than the Roman Empire

[@thesenate7954]

Laith, if you would so kindly, continue the save as western rome. It would greatly make your fans happy, not only because we get to se you in pain, but also because we like seeing you play nations that have a hard start, though you might not like returning to the save, it would greatly satiate us, the fans, to se you continue the save. So please. Continue the save game as western rome.

[@elvastan]

it's Laith

[@kabobawsome]

At least to retake Rome.

[@thesenate7954]

@@elvastan thank you for correcting me

[@biharek7595]

Perhaps he would also restore the senate? 😎😎

[@thesenate7954]

@@biharek7595 hopefully...hopefully

[@kizermason]

You know at the earliest start date of the extended time line mod you can play as indo-greeks. I would love to see a video of the rebirth of the Alexander empire from a one province in the middle of Afghanistan 😂

[@Crusader899]

How can you play as them?

[@kizermason]

@@Crusader899 On the start screen just roll back the date till you can't and they should be in the Afghan region

[@nathanrog06]

@@Crusader899 it's bactria I think

[@kizermason]

@@nathanrog06 Indo-greek is the successor state of Bactria so I believe you can reform them

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

@@nathanrog06 why would I want to play bacteria?

[@Mr_Mcgee_]

I must say you’ve got a lot better at the game the past few months. It’s fun to see you play a bit more seriously as of late!

[@oliverthomas-couch]

I think you mean as of laith

[@trippygamers6518]

@@oliverthomas-couch this

[@takeeto9894]

Rome every 30 seconds irl "Did I just get no cb'd by the Ostrogoths?!?"

[@axelrajantie9381]

love how you had no choice but to become austria hungary

[@MisterPogman]

Laith: “If you want me to continue this series” Me: *starts to type in the comment section* Laith: “You’re a terrible person” 😢

[@wyndhamfreeman1489]

Laith's West Rome looks like he tried to draw the Austrian Empire from memory.

[@powersell8589]

the soissons have a mission tree to reform western rome

[@easytiger6570]

So does West Rome in missions expanded

[@marcisius1351]

Yeyy more extended timeline, I love it :)))

[@stephenbernard3003]

I’d love it if Tom has installed a mod that does make his sieges take longer. That would be some epic trolling

[@overlord3083]

how can you say you restored rome when you dont even own rome, we need part 2 to see rome taken back. P.S. im not terrible human being or am i :P

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

A part 2? How can you ask such a thing of him? Don't you know he's allergic to parts 2?

[@TombulSavas]

You don't need Rome city for restoring Rome

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

@@TombulSavas As a Roman from Rome, and not from one of the discount knock-offs, I vibrantly disagree. 😂

[@salivatingfarmhand5409]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 Rome during 5th century was mostly uninhabitable due to diseases and climate, that's why Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman empire

[@tacoblude8208]

@@happyslapsgiving5421sorry to break it to you but being modern Roman does not equal being ancient Roman

[@astillia6073]

West Rome saw a premonition of the HRE and decided to make itself Austria to spite Voltaire

[@TempleofSolomon]

“Patrolling the Adriatic almost make you wish for a barbarian invasion”

[@noahshutts5655]

Laith I’d love to see more part twos on this channel! You’ve got a ton of awesome video ideas and I’d love to see you continue them

[@bankotsu2a]

25:35 Laith learns how assassination works

[@MoogleEmpMog]

Fantastic job to expand as much as you did there. I'd love to see more Extended Timeline, even if not in quite such painful circumstances!

[@50mt]

I love seeing a good rome rp (being in a state of constant rebellion)

[@aetu35]

In the ET mod during Migration Age, barbarians can use a decision to declare war against Rome, West Rome, Byzantium and/or Gallia to migrate into their territory. That's why you kept getting declared on.

[@SadSvit-d2x]

8:06 - Western Rome is like Hungary... cursed

[@oinkypower997]

So all Rome had to do to survive was to turn into Westria Romegary who would've thunk it

[@Supergforce777]

So that’s why it’s called “Romania”

[@rottytherottski522]

You must retake Rome! We are the angry plebeians and we are horrible!

[@safirpewdiepie1262]

Tunisian man tries to restore the western roman empire, accidentally creates Austria-Hungary

[@elcazador3349]

West Rome looked Habsburg shaped for a while.

[@stojankovacic1524]

Watching this feels like watching someone tightrope walking across a cliff

[@landoflorida]

This is one of the best runs so far 🙌🏼 Good Job man for dealing with so many troubles at 1 time 👏

[@tjn7608]

Soissons exists until 486 while Western Rome existed until 480, so you could have played as them

[@thatrandomportugueseperson2162]

Love your videos, from Portugal

[@Wombo55]

i love how all of these are defensive wars

[@phnx257]

Well it was a really fun video to watch and you really did a great job. I know that I'm a horrible person but I'm really hooked in and I want to see more of this campaign :D

[@vasilijestevanovic5142]

You know something is low effort when latin name for Blegrade is Belgradon instead of Sirmium, and for Niš is Nysos instead of Naissus. Great gameplay, btw. I would have died on the Ostrogoth's attack, I don't know how Laith is pulling this off. XD

[@dylan__dog]

Why would Belgrade be Sirmium that's a different place and there's a whole different province in the game for it

[@vasilijestevanovic5142]

@Dylan Dog You're right, thank you for correcting me. Although I wrote this late at night, it doesn't excuse me. I swpped the names of Sremska Mitrovica and Beograd. Still doesn't change the fact that it is called Belgradon when it should be Singidunum. Thank you again for spotting the mistake.

[@altimou1368]

please, continue this campain !! It was so epic ! try to beat the byzantium and restore rome !

[@LaithClips]

ROMA INVICTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@TempleofSolomon]

Ave true to Caesar!

[@sybrandwoudstra9236]

Cross the Rubicon! March on Rome! :D

[@SuperFrank124]

You should totally keep playing this save and recover the full prestige of not only the Western Empire. But the entire Roman Empire

[@patrickanquetil7937]

He needs to reconquer the city of Rome with this save!

[@llamaboioflusatia]

Austroman-Hun garian empire. Declare war today

[@RavenFlight413]

"We need constant expansion to survive!" and thus, He discovers the very mechanism which caused Rome to become a chonker in the first place, constant conquest is great for the economy! as long as you keep winning. Once you run out of stuff to conquest though... Yeah, that's when things go downhill... Fast.

[@AiluridaeAureus]

**Laughs in TNO Göring**

[@natedawg7943]

plz continue and yes I have self reflected before typing this

[@pheonix6119]

I actually would like to see this continued and west rome ujite the empire once more

[@ewenDDR]

you should try to restore the ussr with Kazakhstan

[@dominikrode8184]

"if u want me to continue this save..." I click the like button "youre a terrible human being i will not continue this save" I do not unclick the like button ;)

[@admiralforged1613]

West Rome is even more curses than the Third Rome

[@mitchellalexander9162]

4:12 Now THATS Main Character Power!

[@elise1409]

I've always been fascinated by this period at the very end of antiquity and the beginning of the "dark ages" and early Medieval period it's a time of chaos and great change in Europe , the Middle East, and North Africa and the first time in a long time Rome did not dominate the Mediterranean basin its a smaller much more local world now its an incredibly fascinating period

[@judictus5178]

going from west Rome into the Austro-Hungarian empire

[@jrl5535]

I am a terrible human being. I would like to see you continuing this campain.

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

"The East is just a mess, I'm not looking at it." That's funny, that's what all the Eastern emperors said about the West after a while.

[@mitchellalexander9162]

The Nations in this Game: YOUR A HORRIBLE MONSTER! West Rome: I have to be.....Because the world never gave me a choice.

[@hales2756]

I think you accidentally became Romania so close enough!

[@boomstickYT]

28:53 West Rome aka austro hungary with an elephant trunk

[@elgirl19]

Alt title: west Rome becomes Austro-Hungarian empire

[@jackdeering9301]

28:30 Speaking of Ulm, when are y'all going on that trip?

[@lugialover09]

I'm not sure why Italy doesn't have a conflicted govt vs provincial faith bc Odoacer is Arian but the provinces are Chalcedonian.

[@newromanianmappernrm4420]

Here's an idea for a future playthrough with this mod: Samo's Empire. Basically, irl Samo's Empire was, well, an Empire ruled by a guy named Samo obviously, but also the first proper slavic realm and union of slavic peoples, with the first year his Empire appears in in the mod being in 623. Your challenge would be, really, to try to survive and take over as many slavic lands as possible in order to turn the "first union of slavs" into a *complete* union of *all* slavs.

[@nuncasaberas5926]

Could've played with Soissons too, they are roman culture and have a custom mission tree

[@TheCroatianMapper]

Bro unironically made Austria Hungary as Rome

[@ivangaidukov4132]

24:47 That's a funny way to spell Austria-Hungary

[@denniswilkerson5536]

Continue this! We need to see a Roman beauty

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

"I'm pretty happy with what we have" Literally didn't take any of Italy

[@biharek7595]

5:04 damn, this insult was funny

[@20thcentury94]

"The last of western rome" *confused Soissons/ realm of Syagrius noices*

[@lazarmiladinovic3840]

west rome at 24:39 looks like austia-hungary

[@Wynn_Silver]

Yes, I am a horrible person. Would love this to continue. XD

[@gitmoyt]

Anyone else’s ears blown out every time there’s an ad break?

[@Syrup__Maple]

I love those longer videos

[@xpqzl2551]

ive kindley thought about how much of a terrible human i am and am asking for a continuation

[@zacharyescobar6668]

you should do more extended timeline, if you enjoy it!

[@generallime8357]

Hungary the true successor of Rome.

[@dylanprater5202]

Continue it, take Italy for the glory of the emprie

[@isimiel3405]

West Geats: you know what guys lets fuck off south and fuck with West Rome

[@mrw9044]

Laith learning Migration Age mechanics... the very hard way XD. As always, enjoyable to watch. Though I'd rather recommend you to continue the Rashidun campaign you did. See my comment there :D

[@fizzyvods235]

Again, I go back to my previous statement, “I am becoming more concerned about Laith Mental health, or lack there of.”

[@mago3694]

The amount of times I see Laith upload a video of him doing something I've just done myself is beginning to get concerning

[@AtomicSub]

If this guy doesn’t conquer italy I’m gonna die

[@hawkerben1158]

Did they change the province shapes in this mod? I recently did a Romania run and I hated that once I got Transylvania I looked like a uneven blob and not at all what the modern or historical Romanian borders looked like but in this mod I can see them a lot better.

[@san12345-x]

Restores Austraia-hungry, have new rebels every second

[@easytiger6570]

Historically accurate

[@matheusGMN]

This was pretty much the West Rome Battle Royale

[@quadcannon]

Yes. Yes. Do moooooore.

[@bencristofani3116]

Please continue this save until you stomp italy and the visigoths this was genuinely enjoyable

[@danielr3587]

makes this a campaign and finish the restoration!

[@SereglothIV]

And not a single province in Italy reconquered :P (well, except for those two on Sicily which were taken over by rebels, I guess?)

[@VindicatorAalun]

I'm a terrible human, i demand more.

[@SgtPeppr]

Even the AI knows that no CB = Best CB

[@darkguild69]

Loved the video keep it going

[@matt_the_croat9521]

Dalmatia to Rome again great play through.

[@nicholasoneal1521]

33:59 NO NOT THEM, THEY YOU'RE FELLOW ROMANS! Also, please make another episode of this, this was a great one

[@redekzentlew2470]

You should try the 10x mod, all modifiers times 10

[@Rullino32]

Why do they keep attacking you without a Casus Belli so many times? Can you try the Soissons un the next video?

[@low_key_f_key3237]

Keep going with the save!

[@jacques8221]

How do you accidentally rebuild Austria-Hungary aahaha

[@spacefonz949]

Next run, you should unite all the german tribes and sack rome.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

I just did this same campaign, but in CK3. I forgot the name of the mod, though... 🤔

[@sanyokS1]

the immortal roman - chinese emperor julius nepos, pog

[@tetra.]

I like how you just became Hungary

[@Vaelar2007]

Byzantium literarily sended a ally request at the start but he didn’t even see it…

[@bobbacon1398]

He says that he didn’t want to ally Byzantium as part of the challenge smh