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Caesarion was the son (although never acknowledged) of Julius Caesar by Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt. Mark Anthony and Cleopatra commits suicide after the Battle of Actium. Octavian sends out assassin's after Caesarion to remove competition and legitimize his reign. With the help of his tutor...

Hoping this is the appropriate forum for such a question. If not, I'll refrain in the future. I was watching the film, Gladiator recently. My question isn't around a WI the Roman Republic was restored or anything like that. My question is could an identifiable Roman Citizen, such as Maximus...

Hello everyone, I always wondered about the influence of the name "Palestine" itself, and the consequences thereof. So, let's say the Roman Empire never renamed the province of "Judea" to "Palestina" or "Syria Palestina". Later, the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine), continued with the name...

What if Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero, the Roman statesman and Lawyer never existed, or died at a very young age? I don't think this would have too much of an affect on the Civil Wars, but it would affect later Roman writers such as Tacitus who longed for Republican era statesmen. Beyond that...

Apologies in advance, I'm not sure if this is an appropriate venue for such a question. Many ancient building have been sourced for other building projects. The Colosseum was sourced for building the steps to St Peter's Basilica in Rome and other projects as an example. I know some of the...

The POD can be no earlier than 600 AD. How powerful would this Byzantium be on the world stage? Could Greek replace French as the prestige language of Europe? What do you see being the major cities of this empire in the modern day? Would such a strong Eastern Roman Empire delay or accelerate a...

I've seen some discussions regarding Pompey's victory at Pharsalus, but what about a draw? What if either side gained any kind of victory? What do Caesar and Pompey do then? Does Caesar attempt to withdraw from Greece, or does he try to goad Pompey into another battle? Is there any room for a...

You can choose any POD from the founding of Rome to the fall of the western empire. Is a surviving Rome with no core territories outside of Europe too unrealistic? What polities could arise to ensure Rome is confined to these territories? Could any political, cultural, or religious beliefs...

if the Romans took a large chunk of territory from the Germans/Slavs/Arabs/Berbers (or any other group which didn't have a particularly developed culture at the time), and used the various romanising tools they had (settler coloniae, co-opting native elites, recruitment to auxilae), how much...

This scenario is inspired by this article. Long ago, it was thought that this super-cool, extra strong material called carbon nanotubes is a recent invention. After all, what ancient culture could have thought up of something as complex and complicated as a piece of metal as thin as an atom...

While normally the population of Germany would make this not likely, what If at some point the Holy Roman Empire takes control of the entirety of Italy. After this at some point the Renaissance or something similer occurs boosts the economic power of Italy. From charts I have seen from this...

What if Trajan chose to move on to Arabia after conquering Mesopotamia? Would this increase the viability of Mesopotamia as a roman province? And assuming that the invasion is a success and Arabia is in roman arms until its fall, how would it affect Islam when - or if - it's created?

What if Gaul was not conqueded by Rome? What butterflies might come from Julius Caesar not attempting to conquer Gaul? What butterflies might come from Julius Caesar failing to conquer Gaul? Would their be another Roman attempt to conquer Gaul had Caesar attempt not happened or if it had...

The reign of Tiberius was short and unremarkable, he was proclaimed Princeps by the Senate in September of 40AA* and was dead just two years later, having slipped on a wet stairway and cracked his skull open**. That he is well known throughout the Roman World is almost entirely down to the fact...

As inquired by the title, what would be the most realistic location for a roman rump state, more specifically, a rump state for the western empire.

So here's a question that's been on my head for a while, but what if Mark Antony died/was killed during his failed invasion of Parthia in 36 BC? Obviously Octavian is now the last of the Second Triumvirate's remaining with Lepidus having been forced into an early retirement by this point, but...

With a POD of the establishment of the empire by Augustus, find a way to prevent the age of migrations or have it go anywhere but Rome. How does history change? could we see a Germanic Russia? A Slavic/Hunnic dynasty controlling persia?

With a PoD between the Year of The Four Emperors (69 AD) and the death of Marcus Aurelius (180 AD), what could be the worst case scenario for the integrity and stability of the "late Principate" Roman Empire? For a bit of context, OTL's 2nd Century AD saw a few invasions of Roman territory...

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With a POD of 1453, you’r challenge is to have the Three Romes (Rome, Constantinople, and Moscow) be owned by a single empire all at the same time. Bonus points if this empire survives to the present day with the Three Romes inside it’s borders. So which countries would be the best cannidates...