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bguy reacted to Tanaka did nothing wrong's post in the thread Would Sextus really be able to defeat Octavian AND Mark Antony just by keeping his naval blockade in Rome? with
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Not an expert, sorry in advance for any errors. Well, it could help perhaps to examine, and understand, the position and situation of... -
bguy replied to the thread Best case scenario for native Americans in the US.What would happen if smallpox, influenza, and measles are all introduced to North America much earlier than IOTL? (Maybe with the...
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bguy replied to the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try?.There's something to that, but it's not as though the Romans had no ability to expand the size of their army either. Rome had 25...
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bguy reacted to Jord839's post in the thread Best case scenario for native Americans in the US with Like.
I think people are vastly overestimating the loyalty of Britain to the natives. Sure, there was some pressure to keep up with the US...
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bguy reacted to Legofan4's post in the thread Best case scenario for native Americans in the US with Like.
My question to this is what stops the settlers from just forming militias and taking care of the problem themselves. The British have...
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bguy replied to the thread Best case scenario for native Americans in the US.Would a lack of support from British regulars without more really be enough to discourage colonialization though? The initial British...
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bguy replied to the thread Best case scenario for native Americans in the US.I don't think killing Andrew Jackson would actually help much. Jackson himself believed that the Indian Removal Act was necessary to...
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bguy replied to the thread Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try?.Would taking the remainder of Caledonia enable them to eventually station fewer troops in the British Isles? The Romans were able to...
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bguy reacted to Tanaka did nothing wrong's post in the thread Augustus was succeeded by Germanicus with Like.
Well, it is entirely possible that this was potentially a factor as well, but I think that it was a small one. There have been numerous...
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bguy reacted to Tanaka did nothing wrong's post in the thread Augustus was succeeded by Germanicus with Like.
Well, I think that we would see a more bellicose Roman foreign policy, both in the West and the East. Tiberius, partly due to age but...
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bguy replied to the thread What if Carthage won the 2nd Punic war?.That's a fair point but by the same token the Carthaginians would also have shorter and more secure supply lines in Spain than they did...