Byzantine Empire expands overseas

What I think would be fascinating is if the Byzantine explorers saw the Aztecs (or Incas) as the American version of Rome. If we say that the ruling Aztec would still believe the explorers to be gods then there may have been a chance of the Aztecs peacefully becoming a vassal.

The explorer could be made a saint and thus have no quarrels with the church.

I can see it now.They would look for open land .Eastern U.S would be colonized by Britan and they couldnt fight them,the Carribean and Mexico was Spanish, but BRAZIL!The Portugese fleat was one of the best but there land army, not so good.The Byzantines would catch them by suprise and raid there cities.Then they would set up armed harbors to prepare for a counter attack by sea.Next they would plunge into the un-conqured Incan Empire.They would clime the Mountains and conquere Machu Pichu!Later they would expand south being sure not to fight the Spanish empire in Northern, South America.In Europe there would be a Byzantine Portugese Conflict due to the lives lost in Brazil.A Medditeranian fleet battle I presume.The Portuges would win and then attack Constantinople.This would be around 1600.The Byzantine Empire would fall to Portugal.They would conqure all there American Territories and all ther Middle Eastern land as well.By this time Byzantine would of toook back Sicily and Egypt and would of took over in the Arbian penninsula.The Portugese Empire would conqure all this and prosper!

Byzantine Emperor, wrote (a long time ago);

". Where would the Empire choose to expand to first, the Americas or the East Indies?"

It should be reasonable to assume that this Empire would have to expand to the East! It could not ever be able to fight itself out of the Med.!

Thus, it would have to rebuild or build the Suez canal, and move towards India and S.E. Asia!, at least by sea! But, could it do so, and still defend its Western approaches?

IN my opinion, it would have been decapitated no matter what!
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