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  1. WI: Roman 'Renaissance art'

    Of course! It's a value judgment. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely adore Christian/Byzantine art. I love all the great art styles from history, on a fundamental level. But I often wonder if, given the knowledge and exposure to classical technique, they wouldn't have used perspective and a...

  2. WI: Roman 'Renaissance art'

    They needed to have a "renaissance," though, after the crisis of the 3rd century, when Greco-Roman art became more simplistic and stylized. I heard once that this could be blamed on a whole generation of artisans who died or gave up their craft in the civil wars/economic depression without...

  3. WI: Roman 'Renaissance art'

    They did. It's just that few survived. They had a mastery of naturalism and perspective very similar to the Renaissance. Here are some examples.

  4. Dualistic Rival Faiths?

    I think Zoroastrianism was one of the first "revisionist" religion that literally demonized an existing pantheon. The deva become "devils," gods to be rejected, not paid worship, and regarded as evil. A similar thing happened later with Christianity. The old gods of the Mediterranean and...

  5. AHC: Balkanize South America

    Colombia is still a très regionalist country. Were it not for advances in transportation and telecommunications, it could easily have become several republics. You could slice it up many ways. –The Pacific region of the country (el Chocó) could have been a freed black/brown republic, like...

  6. What is your favourite kind of Canada?

    I favor Canada as part of the US. :) Anyone have any links to maps showing that?

  7. The Earlier Widespread Acceptance of Atomism

    But It was popular. Epicureanism was one of the four major philosophy schools in the classical world. They taught atomism.

  8. Marginal Catholic Church

    Have the Moors conquer Western and Central Europe? The Catholics can exist as refugees in Byzantium.

  9. WI Eastern Orthodox Christianity underwent a Reformation?

    The closest thing I can think of is Iconoclasm. Praise Minerva, they lost.

  10. Dutch Colony of Zwaanendael (Delaware) Survives

    Well I doubt they'd gain entry in significant numbers--certainly not all the ones who would go on to found PA. Perhaps "PA" is founded in NY or Maryland or something.

  11. Dutch Colony of Zwaanendael (Delaware) Survives

    What happens to the Quakers? Delaware is the gateway to PA.

  12. Different names for entire regions or countries

    How so? The bloody Greeks were called Romans until like last Tuesday. Well, they did it once. So there.

  13. Different names for entire regions or countries

    I wonder if Rome could have recovered and then attained the stability and cultural cohesion of a China, that all of Europe and much of the Med could be simply have been known as "Rome" or "Romania" or something.

  14. French India: Cultural Effects on France?

    A penchant for tea and curry instead of couscous and tagines?

  15. The Root Cause of the Confederacy's Defeat Was...

    Divine Providence was on the side of Union.

  16. The Consequences of a World Without Christianity?

    A great deal of Christian and Jewish and Muslim theology is lifted from pagan monotheist syncretism in late antiquity. Check out this handbook written by a pagan supporter of Julian: http://hermetic.com/texts/on_the_gods-1.html So many of the beliefs we take to be "monotheist" or "not-pagan"...

  17. The Consequences of a World Without Christianity?

    I think it bespeaks a lack of political power and unity. Also, I think it's pretty clear that monotheist religions did not provide unity, peace or stability. I always like to trot out these maps: AD 200 AD 1300

  18. British California and/or Texas

    Canada West! :)

  19. The Consequences of a World Without Christianity?

    Oh? Why then, for a thousand years when Christianity was strongest in Europe (300-1300), was there no scientific progress? Why was there so much progress in the period of growing secularism and renewed interest in the Pagan past (the Renaissance and Enlightenment) post-1300? And why were...

  20. The Consequences of a World Without Christianity?

    Slanderous piffle. For every King St. Louis there were as many (perhaps more) Marcus Aureliuses or Ashokas, who were absolutely moderate and merciful—and who had no need for Christ or Yahweh to be so. As a student of ancient history, you should be aware that we have only the writing of the...
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