In order for this to happen Rome would need to avert the invasions it suffered before it ultimately fell. Then if it could it then could expand into Germany and then onward to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and perhaps all the way to the Ural Mountains after technology advanced. Perhaps Rome could have adopted weapons like crossbows, mongol bows and later firearms. Then the Roman Empire could have colonized North and South America entirely. Historically the americas were primarily colonized by Spain, Portugal, England (and later Britain), France and Russia. If there is still an industrial revolution and a period of modernization then Rome may have become a truly powerful empire with a large economy and powerful military. Perhaps when the Mughal empire collapsed then the Roman Empire could have colonized India. As for Siberia the Roman Empire may have conquered and colonized that area as well. Without America to open Japan up then Japan could have stayed backwards only to be conquered by the Roman Empire. If China ever had a warlord era in this scenario then China may have been conquered by Rome too. If the Roman Empire survived then maybe the earth may be under roman domination and the Roman Empire would be a superpower and possibly a hyperpower. Latin would be a lingua Franca. Latin-speaking men may have been the first men in space and on the moon. Maybe Rome may have annexed most of the planets of the solar system too. What do you think would have happened if the Roman Empire survived?
What if the Roman Empire survived?
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Roman Empire xpanding such way is ASB. There is not way how Rome could conquer so much and control that allfectively. Rome has not even need to conquer even Germania. If you count Byzantine as Roman Empire, you just need avoid Fourth Crusade.
If you want more classical Roman Empire with Rome as capital you need make Rome much more stable country. Probably you have just find way to avoid Crisis of Third Century.
If you want more classical Roman Empire with Rome as capital you need make Rome much more stable country. Probably you have just find way to avoid Crisis of Third Century.
Or maybe keep the status quo of the crisis a bit longer
I mean, the byzantines managed to survive so long as a independent entity, maybe three "Roman Empire"s could endure better the barbarian onslaught than the reunified one by Aurelian, and they would probably reunify anyways in the long run considering both the Gallic Empire and Palmyrene Empire tried to control Rome at some point
Yeah I got it from his other threads, but that doesnt mean we cant have fun taking his question at face value
A couple antiquity SIs(mostly roman ones) with timing coinciding with increase on YouTube videos about Rome(like Invicta and such) and scenarios involving it surviving longer(Mounsier Z made like a dozen of those lately), last ones I saw being about Majorian & Stilicho and their atempts to save the Empire as well as Overly Sarcastic Production's vídeo on the Crisis of the Third Century
Also vaporwave and being a romanboo in general got super popular with the right wing again not that long ago, you know, the whole "dis western civilisation" thingy
Put it all together and the roman weaboo-ness here must have increased by a hundred
Tldr: It's the Renaissance all over again
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