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  1. Why were so many Roman emperors of Illyrian descent?

    Basically this question. Many of the most well known Emperors especially during and after the Crisis of the 3rd Century were of Illyrian descent eg (Aurelian,Diocletian,Gothicus Constantine etc). Was it because Illyria was heavily colonized.

  2. WI:Sassanid Empire took the Roman Eastern provinces the 3rd Century Crisis?

    Odenathus saved the Roman Empire defeating the Sasanids under Shapur 1st. However let us say the Sassanids dedeated Odenathus and eventually took over the Roman Eastern provinces? What would have happened? Would they be able to hold onto their possessions or would the eventually Auerilian comes...

  3. Grenadye Alaso!:A Haiti TL
    Threadmarks: Background

    Background: Haiti in 1825 was a young isolated nation. It just fought a bloody war of freedom 20 years earlier. Now the new leader Jean-Pierre Boyer was living in fear of France coming back. So, Boyer started “negotiations” for France to agree to recognize Haiti unless it paid 150 million...

  4. AHC:Turn the July Revolution in France into a civil war.

    Well the title says it all. The challenge is to turn the July revolution of 1830 into a civil war in France. Also how will the Concert of Europe would respond to a civil war in Europe?

  5. What was the state of the French military under Charles X?

    There was a recent thread on Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo and how to make it happen to this day. Anyway I made a point that the debt that the coward Jean Pierre Boyer took that made Haiti into ruin led to the Dominicans. However i said that to eliminate the debt Haiti would have to fight...

  6. What was the size of the British garrison in Jamaica during the early 19th century?

    I am writing a timeline on an alternate history to the Haitian Revolution and was wondering what was the size of the British garrison of Jamaica?

  7. AHC: Making the Palmyerene and Gallic Empire survive.

    The crisis of the third century has always been a very interesting time to read about Rome. Anyway my challenge to the AH community is having the Palmyrene and Gallic Empire survive. What would the POD be? Aurelian dead? Also if the three empires survive how will it change Europe,North...

  8. How would America have fought the Chechen War?

    Recently I have been reading alot about the Chechen wars. The second war seems to be over but there is still problems in the Caucasus(islamic insurgents in Dagestan,Ingushetia). The 1994 war was an epic fail(Grozny,Dolinskoye etc). The Russians approach to the war was practically total aeria...

  9. Any good books on the French Revolutionary Wars?

    I have been looking up information on the French Revolutionary War and it interests me greatly. So my question is there any suggestions of good books on the french Revolutionary Wars? Not the French revolution but the Revolutionary Wars.

  10. How could have the First Mexican Empire and Gran Colombia survive?

    How could the First Mexican empire be able to survive intact? Could the elimination of Santa Anna and Guadeloupe Victoria able to give Iturbide breathing room? Also for Gran Colombia could Bolivar die earlier and have Santander taking his place? Or the Venezuelans have an uprising that gets...

  11. What if Napoleon instead of invading Russia,he focuses on the war in Spain?

    I have looked at plausible ways of Napoleon gaining victory in the Peninsular War for a timeline I am brainstorming on . How about this idea? What if Napoleon reaches a deal with Alexander 1 to partition Poland between themselves and this gives Russia an incentive to stay in the Continental...

  12. How would a Gran Colombia survive intact?

    Recently I have been reading on Sim Bolivar and his revolutionary wars in South America. Also I have been watching the Cop America football tournament(Brazil fan sorry:D). Gran Colombia is a very interesting subject. To me it is one of the biggest what ifs in history. My question is how would...

  13. What if the royalist were sucessful in vendee and it spread across western France?

    What if the royalist in Vendee were better equipped and beat back the revolutionary army? And also it spreads across western France with aid from Spain? Would this end the revolutionary govt or be a bloody civil war with no end?
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