Establish Latin Empire/Dismantle Byzantium

[Sergeant Flutter]

I want to establish the the Latin Empire. How should I do this?

I want to start in 769 for a few reasons.

1: More play time.

2: Byantines are getting screwed over by Iconoclasts.

3: Bulgaria can be a thorn in Byzantium's side for a bit.

But where should I start?

And the biggest question, how do I dismantle Byzantium? I don't want to just annex the entire thing, I want there to be successor states.

 

[A Swedish Goat]

I started one as the Duke in Georgia, to form my own de-jure and basically make a super-empire next to the corpse of Byzantium. It's tougher to hold off GH I'm sure, but it could lead to some interesting choices should I go Mia-or-Mono physite, and/or even somehow snag some Zoroastrianism to watch the world bow to my in-bred perfect child-dieties =P

 

[Cameron122]

There is a mod that does this on steam called after the 4th

 

[Bernard95]

The creation requirement is that Byzantium or the Roman Empire cannot exist, so you pretty much have to completely conquer it to the last county or otherwise getting a hold of the title then destroy it. Off the top of my head, invading/holy warring as a horde/pagan/Muslim or inheriting the ERE are pretty much going to be your options then converting if not already Christian.