In 1427, the Byzantine Empire, nearly reduced to the mere mayor of Constantinople, continued to struggle under the threat of the Ottomans.

The Empire of Trebizond could only survive through marriage and the mercy of the Crescentists.

The fall of Rome was imminent.

But far away on the northern shores of the Black Sea, no one noticed that the remnant of the empire on the Black Sea, the last kingdom of the Goths - the Principality of Theodore, was in the calm before the storm.

No one would have imagined that here would emerge the greatest restorer of the Roman Empire.

Until many years later... "By the grace of God, the Emperor of the Roman Empire, the glorious Basileus, the Lord of Tauris and Trebizond, the Holy Sea

"It's a capitalist country. It means I have capital and you don't, so this country is mine! Contact the police and suppress it. If Rockefeller can do it, why can't I, Sheffield?" William Sheffield restrained his smile and said coldly, "Happy America, gunfights every day." The Gilded Age, 1895.

Travel back in time to 19th-century Greece and witness his rise from a small Balkan nation. Lead Greece to its great ideals, restore the glory of Rome, and make the name of "Rome" known from Ireland to Khitan! And this is Constantine, the only sun of the Balkan Peninsula, the heir of Komnenos, the second Aristotle, the world's restorer, the Turkic butcher, and the loving father of the Roman people: Rome has only one chance to be revived. If you don't seize it, then let me do it!

1. When Lin Yan, a science and engineering student, opened his eyes, he found himself as Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street in 1939—a declaration of war against Germany lay on the table, and outside the window, the countdown to the collapse of British hegemony was underway. But clutching his Zippo (his only token of the future), he was determined to overturn the script and personally rebuild British glory at 10 Downing Street.

A history student is unexpectedly reborn as Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1915, during the raging flames of World War I. He decisively halts the deadly submarine war, champions the technological revolution of tanks and aircraft, strategically sows discord among the Allies, and secretly funds the spark of the Russian Revolution. From breakthroughs on the Eastern Front to the formidable Western Front, from court intrigue to diplomatic backroom deals, he leads Germany to defy historical destiny, triumph over the war, and forge a Central European alliance centered on Berlin. This is a clash of modern thinking and imperial ironclad force, witnessing the "disabled hand" reshaping the world.

[Soul travels through the Three Kingdoms + no cheats + not stupid + no gunpowder cannons + rise of an average person + respect for the IQ and force of historical figures + gradual growth of the protagonist + real casualty rate (the protagonist's subordinates will also lose generals)]

The protagonist's cognition is only the cognition of ordinary people in later generations, but it also contains the simplest values of ordinary people.

Cao Cao is very powerful, but the protagonist can grow through repeated confrontations and achieve counterattack victory.

Jia Xu is very vicious, but the protagonist can force Jia Xu to bow his head, which makes people feel that the protagonist is even more vicious than him.

Liu Bei is very kind, but he is also rude to the protagonist. In this chaotic era of the Three Kingdoms, the protagonist wants to change his fate and the course of history. The protagonist has a difficult journey, but on his way forward, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, one after another, become his stepping stones.

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, Augustus the Strong of Saxony, King Christian of Denmark, Frederick I, the "Soldier King" of Brandenburg... Across the European continent, countless enemies aimed to crush the hegemony of the Swedish Empire. In the face of powerful adversaries, the Swedish King Karl XII—who hails from a future era—tells his soldiers: "Victory or death."

1204, Constantinople is burning!

The Crusaders were wreaking havoc in the streets, the Venetian warships were hovering in the Golden Horn, and all the Romans were waiting to die in numbness... At this moment, a martial arts master proficient in ancient Greek opened his eyes and found that he had become the Roman despot, Theodore Lascaris!

"History says Rome will fall tonight... Then I will rewrite history!"

Sharp swords will cleave the armor of Latin knights, and deadly Greek fire will devour the hulls of Venetian ships in the Aegean Sea. When the armored paladins stomp the earth again, that will be the day when the double-headed eagle empire spanning three continents returns!

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