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Fabius Maximus reacted to DrakeRlugia's post in the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements? with
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To be honest, by the last years of the Ancien Régime (essentially in 1788-89) they had essentially run into issues of paying their short... -
Fabius Maximus reacted to bguy's post in the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try? with Like.
That was how almost all Roman conquests played out though. The Romans sent very large armies against the Carthaginians in the Third...
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Fabius Maximus reacted to bguy's post in the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try? with Like.
The wall really wasn't good enough though. That's why Rome had to keep 3 legions stationed in Britain until the 5th century. And the...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.My point was that other countries were capable of settling vast tracts of land. Canada has a lower population because its climate is...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?.Given all this, what would have happened if the French Crown had simply declared bankruptcy and announced it wasn't going to pay its...
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Fabius Maximus reacted to Kellan Sullivan's post in the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements? with Like.
it didn't help that the Americans also renegged on the deal to pay back the French loans
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Fabius Maximus reacted to DrakeRlugia's post in the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements? with Like.
I definitely agree re: Calonne, though I think his reforms came a bit too late given the terrible shape of France's finances by the...
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Fabius Maximus reacted to Emperor Constantine's post in the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements? with Like.
Meant to respond earlier, but to take a closer look at my Alt Louis XVI TL notes. Anyway, the Parlements. Basically their reform (and...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.Where did the millions of migrants willing to work the soil in Canada from? Though even if the Great Plains don't get settled, I think...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.Louisiana would either remain part of the Spanish Empire, be given back to France again, or conquered sometime by Britain (probably...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.A dis-united America wouldn't be as powerful as OTL's USA, but its aggregate resources might well be similar, or even greater (since...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try?.Ptolemy describes the region as being divided among several tribes, although I don't think he goes into much detail.
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Fabius Maximus reacted to RedSword12's post in the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try? with Like.
The English failed because there was already enough political unity in the region to sustain an effective resistance movement. That...
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.Even a balkanised USA would probably be better run than Latin America, which would make subjugation harder.
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Fabius Maximus replied to the thread US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower.The Allied blockade of Germany was more important to the latter's defeat than direct US aid. The US indirectly helped the Allies before...