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  1. What if the Western Roman Empire survive and the Eastern Roman Empire fell?

    Lately I have been researching the Western Roman Empire and I have been making a mapgame of the usurpation of Magnus Maximus and I have asked myself the following question: What would have happened if the destinies of the West and East were reversed? that is, the Western Roman Empire manages to...
  2. If Justinian's Reconquest Never Happened

    The resurgence of Roman power under the reign of Justinian and the military efforts of Belasarius was an impressive feat, and for a time restored Roman power in the West. Yet what would have happened if these military campaigns never occured? For an opportune point of divergence, let's say that...
  3. WI: Eunus and Cleon win the first Servile War?

    In all of history, there has only ever been one succesful slave rebellion, in Haiti. What would the effects of a succesful slave rebellino 2000 years earlier be? Could the slaves have ever succesfully kicked the Romans out of Sicily? If they had, what would happen? What sort of society would...
  4. Timelines where Rome does not exist

    Rome is snuffed out in its infancy https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-eternal-flame-dies-out-rome-loses-the-siege-of-veii.308105/page-3#post-8816428 https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-wars-of-the-greeks-or-the-hellenistic-age-uninterrupted.434222/...
  5. Ulyanovsk

    WI: What if Pseudo-Marius Was More Successful?

    Pseudo-Marius, as the posthumous nickname indicates, was a man who claimed to be the grandson of the famous Roman Gaius Marius. He was active during the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and in the immediate aftermath, where he was executed by Antony. Pseudo-Marius attempted to position himself as...
  6. Basileus_Komnenos

    WI: Western Roman Empire Restored By Maurice?

    It seems that Emperor Maurice had plans to divide the Empire between his sons. The most common consensus about this scheme is that it would be a return to the division of the East and West rather than a new tetrarchic system where it would be split among all his sons. Supposing that Emperor...
  7. AHC/WI: China and Rome switch fates after Migration period

    Okay, I know this topic was discussed several times, but I would like to start a new one because I came here relatively new. Basically, after the POD of 3rd century, I am wondering how to make China collapsed, broken into multiple countries, and never to reunite after invasion of barbarians...
  8. PolishMagnet

    Latest possible PoD to restore Egyptian religion?

    What is the latest possible PoD for some form of Egyptian religion to be restored/founded (in Egypt, of course)? It must be an Egyptian religion involving worship of at least one native Egyptian deity IE Ra, Set, Isis, Osiris, etc, not a syncretic religion like Hellenism and not a composite...
  9. Avrorange

    WI Jesus was handed over to the emperor and executed in Rome?

    Suppose Pilate decided that the Jesus Christ problem was too big of a problem for him(not likely but not ASB) to decide and instead sent Jesus to his superiors in Rome where they confirmed the decision to kill him, how would that impact Christianity and the impact on politics? Rome is likely to...
  10. Sierra

    Syncretized Roman Christianity in the Late Principate/Early Dominate

    In the Late Roman period, Christianity was a fast growing force, the rough number of Christian converts increasing at exponetial rates from its rough founding during the reign of Tiberius until Christians were the majority in or around 350 AD. At the same time, as has been well hashed out, here...
  11. Perfectus Romae (What if Rome didn't fall?)

    So in this timeline, Aurelian survives the assassination attempt by some of his officers. Executing those responsible, he launches campaigns in Germania but is killed a year in by a plague. Aurelian is succeeded by Tacitus, who finished the wars of his predecessor but was killed in a battle...
  12. What was Mark Antony's title and official position as a Triunvir?

    The Second Triumvirate is quite famous. Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus divided control of the Roman Republic among themselves. Mark Antony got the East, where he would live and eventually become involved with Cleopatra and her family. But it is also known that the power of the Triumvirate...
  13. सार्थक (Sārthākā)

    Carthage 'wins' the Third Punic War

    By win, I don't mean march to Rome like Hannibal did. At this point, though economically prosperous and militarily recovering, Carthage had no ability to do that anymore without a land link through Iberia and due to the Numidians. What I mean by 'win' is repel all Roman invasions of Africa...
  14. A Light Shines East: The World of a Christian Persia
    Threadmarks: Foundations of the Church

    From “History of the Apostolic Church” by Afshin Khorrami Even after the death(and some say resurrection) of that certain man from Nazareth, the young religion of Christianity continued to gain new members in spite of official persecution. The young church ran into increasing issues with its...
  15. Flavius Phocas

    WI: The Donation of Pepin restored the Exarchate of Ravenna.

    IOTL, after the Exarchate of Ravenna fell to the Lombards, the Pope turned away from Constantinople as his traditional protector, and looked to the Franks for aid. Following Frankish intervention, the territories of the Exarchate of Ravenna were restored, but not given to the Exarch as the first...
  16. Mecanimetales

    The Kingdom of the Romans and Goths | Visigoth-Roman ATL

    Do not take this timeline as something really serious, this is just a project to check how good can I simulate realistic alternate history scenarios, and doing them in a Wikipedia-Biographic format. Also a review on my grammar and my imagination. Still I hope you enjoy...
  17. WI: Anti Slavery Roman Republic

    Historically Rome had no problem with slavery, and I would argue that it was a major driver of Late Republican expansion, as well as later Republican instability. What if that was not the case? I don't think the reason really matters, maybe instead of Geese warning Rome, it's a Slave (Supplicia...
  18. AHC : Western romance speaking europe united

    Your chalenge, with a POD not earlier than the fall of the WRE, is to have a state with this borders in AD 2022. Bonus point if there is a common lenguage spoken by the vast majority of the population.
  19. No Rome:Seleucid civil wars still happen?

    if Gauls destroy Rome from existence in 390 BCE would Seleucid civil wars still happen lead to their conquest by parthians?
  20. Ides to Ashes: Planning Thread

    Hey everyone! I’m a longtime lurker on the forum, and I just wanted to gauge interest for a new project I’ve been working on lately: Ides to Ashes. The basic premise is that Julius Caesar avoids his infamous assassination, allowing him to accomplish most of his planned goals before his death...
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