roman empire

What are the most likely sites for a Eastern Roman capital which would be a suitable enough alternative had Byzantium, for any non-ASB reason, had not be chosen? Likewise, what could be a plausible reason for Constantine I not founding Constantinople?

Hi! This is my first post on this site, so this may not be the best in the world, but I hope you like what I have so far : ) What if the fates of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires were swapped? I doubt I'm the first person to ask this question. OTL, the Western Roman Empire disintegrated...

By general consensus the battle of Adrianopoli (378 AD) marks the beginning of the end of the Western Roman Empre. A lecture by the great italian historian Alessandro Barbero (which I recently watched) seems to indicate that this battle was by no means unavoidable. Wiser decisions and more...

Muhammad founded Islam in Arabia. This was when the Byzantine Empire was in a civil war and the Sassanid Empire reigned destruction upon it. But the Byzantine Empire recovered and repelled the Sassanid invasion. This defeat resulted in a Sassanid civil war. Both the Byzantine and Sassanid...

Christianity has historically been a religion mostly associated with the cities, while folk customs having pagan origins persisted in the villages, and the word "paganus" for a pagan comes from the word "pagus" for a village. Only with the emergence of Lutheranism in the 16th century did the...

First, I’m going to adress a point I see all the time and someone most likely would have argued, which is that the Romans decided that Britannia had enough resources to justify the cost of invading, so they would just keep trying until they won. That’s true, but the way they figured out how easy...

Where in « primitive » Europe during the classic age an country with a strong influence can be appear ? For myself, l think for the Rhine. ( Sorry for my English, it’s not my maternal language. I’m French but I think is better to publish in English

Let's say for the sake of the scenario that the Western Roman Empire endures into the middle ages with its border on the Rhine. Maybe the Gothic migrations are handled better, and they either don't revolt or are defeated at Adrianople and scattered around the empire. My question is, if all of...

So, I was thinking. From what I read, the Romans probably had one of the most, if not the most advanced glassmaking knowledge in the world at one point. So much so that China itself was enamored with Roman glass products (though not enough to balance out Roman imports of silk, it seems. A whole...

I'm talking about whether modern-day Switzerland was suddenly transported back in time to the ages of the Roman Empire. How would this affect history or the Roman Empire? I don't care if you all edit the time where Switzerland is put back into, as I put 0 AD as a placeholder.

“Shapur… Shapur my son, I ask of thee to once again free my flock.” It was that same ethereal voice again that Shapur had been hearing louder and louder in his dreams, it was a powerful but still very gentle voice and it reminded the monarch of the archery lessons with his father Ardashir...

Rome defeated the Selecuid Empire at Magnesia. This defeat forced them to abandon Anatolia and pay crippling reparations to Rome. Later the Seleucid Empire succumbed to civil wars. The Parthians took advantage of this to take over most of their territory. But what if Rome went further and took...

So, for my althist, I was thinking about Rome building a bridge over the Bosphorus after (fictional) Emperor Maximian transfers the capital to Romanova (New Rome, ATL Constantinople). The bridge would be a grandiose work of engineering. It would be made of Roman concrete, in the typical arch...

When thinking about the profound Greek influence on Slavs, it came to my mind that strong Latin marks on Slavic culture would also have a fine appearance. We saw plenty of fusions of great cultures on the Eurasian homeland, and it was never boring. But due to a one-hundred-year time range...

Hi, welcome to my first alt-history fic. This will be primarily focused on Persia, but for those of you Rome fans there will be plenty of focus on the Roman Empire too. This TL is partially inspired by this thread which I recommend you read. You may notice me in that thread, arguing that Rome...

The Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69, was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, caused by the assassination of Nero during which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian. The period witnessed several rebellions and claimants, with shifting allegiances and...

So, I'm thinking about a scenario in which the Roman Empire has less of a trade deficit with China. You see, I've always thought about what is it that Europe (Roman and post-Age of Discoveries) has that could be desirable to the Chinese. First, I think that a more direct trade route with...

First of all, I don’t think this counts as ASB. Sure the hunnic migration probably occurred for climate related reasons, but I think there’s enough modern historians who believe the Hunnic migration was caused by the collapse of the Xiongnu Confederation that we can reasonably have the Xiongnu...

When the last Nabataean king Rabbel II Soter died his kingdom was annexed. How and why the Nabataean kingdom was annexed is unclear, but there is evidence of minor military skirmishes. Aside from that there wasn't much resistance to the annexation. The Romans initially did not want to govern...

And let's for funnies say that Christianity merged with Hermeticism like what happened in our timeline. No ASB so no gnomes turning everything into gold There were plenty of religions competing at the time. -Mithraism -Christianity and Manicheaism (these were the two major ones) -Gnosticism...