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Let's say some mastermind Tallyrand-esque figure schemes together a plan to unify the three main claimants of the Roman empire and unite the Habsburg, Russian and Ottoman lands under a single personal union. How would he go about doing this? Your PoD(s) can be as ASB as need be (granted that...

Let's just assume that the above happens. It isn't important how it happens. Just that the Byzantines succesfuly reconquer Sicily, and then go about and expand into southern Italy, up to Rome during the Macedonian era. How would Latin Christendom develop? Papacy as an independent power worked...

Lets posit that that the Seleucids manage to win the Battle of Magnesia, either better luck with their elephants, maybe they bring Hannibal along or etc. They suffer some severe losses but manage to force Scipio to retreat. The Romans were war weary and a defeat this far from home may have...

Obviously, the core of the East was always in Greece, but was the obsoletion of the Latin language and culture inevitable? What developments would be needed to prolong or indefinitely keep it? If a later Emperor had some nostalgic ideas, is a later revival possible? Retainment seems to have a...

(sorry in advance for any mistakes in the title etc, it is my first thread. Also, I hope I am not asking too much :coldsweat: :coldsweat: ) Mark Antony is one of the usually overlooked characters of late Republican Rome. But he was one of the more prominent statesmen and generals of his period...

If Rome never goes about the conquest of britain, but trade with the tribes leads to the spread of Roman technology and ideas of government (not entirely unheard of in parts of germania), which tribes would be the best position to take advantadge of this and form a powerful kingdom in their own...

This video put a thought into my head Agrippa was Octavian/Augustus's best general and incredibly loyal. Effectively making up for Octavian's complete lack or even interest in military matters, particularly during the early years. With him being responsible for many key victories against...

It's 2021. Some big TV network (doesn't actually have to be HBO) seeking to emulate the success of shows like Game of Thrones and Vikings, is looking to the past for inspiration for a drama series, and has settled on Gaul and Britannia during the Gallic Wars from 58 BC to 52 BC ending with the...

What would be the impact of a Roman Emperor successfully conquering the Middle East to the extent that Alexander the Great did? It would be during the Pax Romana in the 2nd century and the Emperor in question would reign for decades after the conquest. What might be the short-term (next...

Your challenge is to have the Ancient Roman borders extend to the Elbe river.

Of the general history of the Empire, and of its collapse. Part 1: The Beginning of Roman Hegemony: Roman conquest was near unstoppable. After rolling through Gaul, Greece, the Balkans, Anatolia and Egypt, the powerful Roman war machine would claim most of Europe. Yet one thing stopped them from...

One interesting First Punic War POD that I have had includes Hiero II staying allied with Carthage instead of turning on his ally, allowing a general Carthaginian victory or even stalemate in Sicily, and preventing the chain of events that lead to the loss in all Punic Wars and the eventual...

After listening to a podcast, I become interested in the plight of Sejanus and his schemes I then came to wonder what would happen if he became emperor of Rome?

I'm new on this forum so I'm not fully sure how it works, I have been working on this timeline over the last few years on and off, revamping it entirely several times over, because of this there's probably a hundred different documents and maps that all now have various degrees of canonicity...

In 26 BC, emperor Augustus launched an expedition led by the prefect of Egypt, Aelius Gallus, to subjugate Arabia, particularly the southern parts, which were know for their aromatics and spices. The expedition didn't even fight, save for a few skirmishes with local tribesmen, but lost a huge...

In 321 BC, during the Second Samnite War, the Romans were trapped in a narrow defile after receiving false news of a Samnite attack near the city of Lucera, from which they could not escape. The commander of the Samnite armies, Gaius Pontius, asked his father Herennius what he should do with the...

The famous character Pyrrhus of Epirus, the man who gave us the term "Pyrrhic Victory" through his famous conflicts with Rome, could have been offed very early. His father was Aeacides, king of Epirus, and he had been temporarily dethroned for attempting to provide support to Olympias in her war...

May 13, 400 A.D. Near modern-day Virginia Beach It had been almost two months since he had felt the wonderful solid ground beneath his feet. The journey on the magnificent Roman galleys and dromons had been long and hard; almost 900 people had died of sickness or drowning along the way. A...

When it comes to alliances, you don't get much more legendary than Rome and Carthage. When Pyrrhus invaded Sicily, it was only natural that the actions he took would cause the two republics to develop the kind of friendship that can only be forged in fire. Together, the two would square off...

By "control" I am referring to fully integrated provinces in which every person residing there is considered a full Roman citizen. I'll leave the nature of this hypothetical Rome and how it came to survive to the modern day up to you. It does not matter whether it is a republic or empire so...