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  1. Potential population and developmental trends of Constantinople if the Fourth Crusade is avoided

    I have been thinking about the economy of the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Fourth Crusade. I’ve seen estimates of Constantinople‘s population in 1100 at 400,000 and 1200 at 200,000. The Twelfth Century was not kind to the Eastern Romans (ERE), but I am wondering what the population...

  2. AHC/WI: "Socialism With a Human Face" is Successful

    What do you think the eventual outcome would be? Same as OTL or simply a less authoritarian communism? The Czech people did legitimately vote the communists into power in 1946 though. They were perhaps the only Central/Eastern European country that had a (mostly) free election following WWII...

  3. AHC/WI: "Socialism With a Human Face" is Successful

    Alexander Dubcek was the Czechoslovakian Party Chairman in 1968. He sought to slightly democratize and liberalize in order to regain popular support for Communism. He never sought to leave the Eastern Bloc, merely reform it into something more palatable and less dystopian. IOTL his reforms set...

  4. AHC/WI: Earliest Possible Industrialization

    I've seen plenty of posts regarding how Rome or Song China came close to industrializing. I am inclined to discount these claims, however there is a hint of truth. Most notable comes with the somewhat vague and unverified claim that there was a proto-steam engine within the Library of...

  5. France annex Piedmont-Sardinia post-1815

    Perhaps a French-Austrian alliance against Prussia/Germany leads to a partition of Northern Italy. That seems the most plausible to me, at least.

  6. Could the War of 1812 have morphed into the US taking direct involvement in the Napoleonic Wars?

    America would probably act as a distraction to the British, leading a few thousand or tens of thousands of men to be absent from some key battles on the continent. Seeing as how many turning points there were in the Napoleonic Wars, the absence of 10-20,000 British troops could make or break key...

  7. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    Okay, now we have various means of curbing their power. Let’s say instead of reforming the Praetorian Guard into a much larger unit, Severus instead simply disbands the Guard and recruits loyal foreigners in a fashion similar to the Varangian Guard of the late ERE. How would this affect the...

  8. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    I like this idea. It is really a natural extension of existing attempts at curbing the Guard’s power, thus it is very plausible. The Praetorian Guard was reformed to have two prefects IIRC, inspired by the dual consuls of old. This was to create internal rivalry and instability so the Guard...

  9. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    It seems that after 300, the number of emperors murdered by their own troops dropped dramatically. Was this caused by Constantine’s reforms or was there something else behind this much more stable regime in the East (though it was by no means very stable, just more stable than the West). I can...

  10. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    What about in the East? The Parthians weren’t very competitive against the Legions, especially later on, and these lands were quite rich. The main issue I see is that the population would probably be particularly hostile to Roman rule. Though, the same could be said of many territories Rome had...

  11. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    I’m no expert on the subject, but it seems the political instability began to grow after Hadrian abandoned much of Trajan’s conquests. Would further expansion of the Empire act as a supplement for the pay increases of OTL? Would this create more stability economically and politically, or would...

  12. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    Under the Roman Republic and the Early Empire, the Praetorian Gaurd served fairly honorably in defense of their Senators, and later their Emperors. Later on, however, they became increasingly involved in the Empire, killing multiple competent emperors and instating many horribly incompetent...

  13. Worst case scenario for Rome in the 2nd Century AD?

    Commodus wasn’t really known for his competence. Perhaps he simply doesn’t care so long as he can continue his Herculean gladiator delusions.

  14. A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    That’s because the Allies’ intent was not to solely blame Germany for the war. That’s not what I’m claiming either. Merely that their poor wording exacerbated the problem with the line “Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the...

  15. How could the 2008 Recession be delayed?

    The US was still at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Heck, the US is still pretty much at war in both.

  16. A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    There was no Austrian support for the May Coup. The furthest allegations I have heard in regards to Austria are that they were aware of the conspiracy. It is widely accepted that Russia was the main supporter of the May Coup [1]. In fact, the Karađorđević dynasty, the dynasty that came to power...

  17. France in an Axis victory

    I am led to believe that Germany would annex the so called Zone Interdite, regardless of the French reaction. I’m primarily led to believe this because it is all we have to go off of in terms of colonization plans and the like. Because there was no coherent plan, there is no way to know for...

  18. A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    First of all, the successor to the throne was not killed in Russia by a foreign supported terrorist organization. Nothing you mention comes anywhere close to killing the next in line to the throne. Second of all, I think you misunderstand the 1903 Serbian conspiracy. The government prior to the...

  19. A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    Taken into context, the collection of treaties suggest that responsibility for the war lies with the CP. Taken out of context, the Versailles Treaty suggests Germany is responsible for the war. It’s not very hard to see why Article 231 could be seen as humiliating for the Germans. Particularly...

  20. A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    I never said it meant that Germany was solely responsible, merely that the burden for the war was put on Germany as they were the only major CP that didn’t collapse. No, frankly they were not the sole nor even the main aggressors. When a Serbian backed terrorist group assasinates the next in...
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