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  1. Map Thread XII

    Ahem: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=307097

  2. What If Antiochus IV Epiphanes Refuses to Turn Back?

    In 168 BC in OTL, Antiochus IV of the Seleucid Empire marched down the Levantine coast and was preparing to invade Egypt with a great host. He likely would have succeeded, had the Romans not sent an ambassador named Gaius Popillius Laenas to turn him aside. Laenas met Antiochus near the Nile...

  3. Real ASB

    Oh. I was thinking Coptic, but then I realized that that was never a liturgical language per se, but rather a common tongue that became used in vernacular religious services. Yeah, the Hebrew comeback is pretty ASB, you're right.

  4. Real ASB

    And that would be...?

  5. Real ASB

    Then which medium of information exchange put that idea of Julius Caesar into your head?

  6. Real ASB

    He's the Stephanie Meyer of historical fiction.

  7. Real ASB

    The talented son of a small-time senator of a very ancient and noble family who declined to divorce his wife (who was no longer a citizen) and thus "had to" be killed to purify the priesthood is pardoned due to his relatives' interceding, on condition that he take up military service in the...

  8. Real ASB

    Alexander just conquered all that territory with an army, and kept it obedient (very briefly) with an army. I'm not saying he wasn't amazing, but just take a look at what Seleucus did. He took control of over a million square miles of territory, ruled over by dozens of satraps and local lords of...

  9. How can Americans retain an English accent and dialect?

    Actually the typical "General American"/"Chicago" accent (that you see most news anchors over here using) is about as close to British English in the 1700's as you can get nowadays.

  10. Richard the Lionheart POD

    With Richard's return not delayed, and with his ransom not having to be raised, he is in a much stronger position militarily and diplomatically. The laymen, nobles, and clergy have a better opinion of him (IOTL they were taxed for 25% of their wealth to pay his ransom), and John and Philip don't...

  11. Real ASB

    ...which collapses as soon as the second king dies. I'm more inclined to think that Seleucus is more ASB.

  12. Real ASB

    Heh, how can there be any other answer than this?

  13. The People Of Thunder

    The problem is, as you said, the abundance of resources in the area. Sailing so far is ridiculous when they can't even be bothered to invent metalworking. That said, are there any deposits of copper, tin, or iron nearby? If not, they'll have a hard time working metal no matter what. Also, the...

  14. The People Of Thunder

    Hmm, not as pack animals. I mean, I guess they could carry forty pounds or so, but that's nothing compared to what a horse or ox could pull on a cart, and with so much less effort per unit of useful stuff transported. Moose, so far as I know, don't do so well over mountains; on plains and...

  15. The People Of Thunder

    Meh, maybe a llama or some kind of relative can pull heavier carts. I'm sure it's possible. Once they're down from the mountains the bigger, meatier llamas (as opposed to the smaller, nimble ones) are at a greater advantage, breed more, etc. In a thousand years or less from AD 1 there could be...

  16. The People Of Thunder

    Any Native American victory over/holding back of the Europeans needs a POD that's pretty far back in the past, I think. Here's one idea: The Native Americans basically had to carry everything on their backs, or in wheelbarrows and the like, because they didn't have any large draft animals...

  17. Map Thread XII

    Look now, look all around (all around) There's no sign of life Voices, another sound ('nother sound) Can you hear me no-owwwww? Ohhh This is planet Earth, you're looking at planet Earth Mmm, that Simon Le Bon *licks lips*

  18. Map Thread XII

    Are you sure that the EU would accept an independent Srpska?

  19. The Ten Thousand Greeks of Mesopotamia

    Alright...I'm just trying to postulate what might happen with this POD now. So the Ten Thousand win Cyrus his throne and are showered with rewards; after decades of service they decide to go home, and more extensive and more accurate tales of the wealth of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India are...

  20. The Ten Thousand Greeks of Mesopotamia

    Hmm, I thought that by Artaxerxes II's time the Achaemenids already had decent control from Ionia to the Hindu Kush, and from the First Cataract up to Sogdia? Are there really any more Iranian peoples to conquer? If you have some sources and information, though, let me know; Heirs of the...
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