antiquity

(Disclaimer: there's an overall difference in this alternate Social War, not just contrasting military fortune. The Romans historically proved themselves extremely firm in war, not giving in to enemy goals. This particular conflict isn't going to be an exception, that's why they're going to...

Suppose that Parthia manages to finish off the moribund Seleucids before Rome does. They were on the verge of doing so during the reign of Phraates II, but his plans were shelved by a major crisis on their empire's eastern border: nomads from Central Asia launched raids deep into Parthian...

In 172 AD, tensions over taxation and the increasing imposition of Latin and Greek over traditional Egyptian spheres of life led to the Bucolic War led by Isidorus, a Native Egyptian Priest. Whilst most records on this war are sparse, the records that do remain paint a panicked Rome, as this...

-Prologue- A painting showing the fabled fight between Archangel Michael & the Garrods of the East “Verily, The Winged Beasts of the East confronted Michael in the skies above Jerusalem. Michael confronted the Garrod [1] of the East, accusing them of wickedness as the descendants of the foul...

Some people might think it ASB for Pharaohs to rule in Egypt mucho ger than they did OTL, but, one must always remember that the Pharaonic system was in place for 3000 Years- more amount of time than there is between Cleopatra VII and us. So, my question is, what is the longest you could...

Suppose that Alexander fails to reach India, either because the Achaemenids defeat him in one of the decisive battles that led to the conquest of their empire, or because the gets the illness that killed him IOTL before he can lead his army beyond the Hindu Kush. How would Indian history...

From: WI Emperor Leo I declined to name Majorian as Western Roman Emperor in 457 AD? Leo I (Valerius Leo) was indeed a very influential emperor in the west. In fact, there were three instances where Leo was sole Roman emperor (461, 465-67, 472-73), and he was the one who appointed Anthemius as...

Greetings, everyone. This thread is a replacement for the apparently concluded thread started in 2019 by Tempered Zen. I intend this thread to be a continuation of that earlier discussion, but in a forum with more impact and with greater longevity. Things to discuss in this thread (friendly...

What if Cyrus the Younger survived the Battle of Cunaxa and overthrew his older brother Artaxerxes II? He had administrative experience thanks to his stint as satrap of Lydia, and, most famously, had ten thousand Greek mercenaries in his army, one of whom was Xenophon. What would he be like as...

The Battle of Raphia was pretty close, and despite being outnumbered the Seleucids had a good chance to win until the moment Antiochus III failed to seize the opportunity that appeared after he and his cavalry defeated their Ptolemaic counterparts and put them to flight, a mistake he would...

Syracuse was a powerful Greek colony located in southeastern corner of Sicily. For centuries it fought several battles against Carthage for supremacy over the island, but neither side managed to overcome the other decisively, creating a stalemate that lasted until the outbreak of the Punic Wars...

What circumstances could lead to the Roman Republic successfully conquering all of the Italian Peninsula, the Po Valley and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica (so basically modern Italy's borders + Corsica), but not having any significant expansion beyond these core territories (as in...

For three centuries, Carthage's nemesis was the Greek colony of Syracuse. The two states vied for dominance in Sicily, with several major battles and sieges being fought, but in the end neither side managed to dominate the island completely, the stalemate between them lasting until the rise of...

The Battle of the Persian Gate was the Achaemenid Empire's last act of resistance against Alexander the Great. After an ambush that caused heavy casualties among the Macedonians, the Persians held the pass for a month before the invaders found an alternate path through the terrain (the battle...

Stronger Essences of the Old World An Antique Late Antiquity ATTENTION, probably it will have bad grammar and orthography. I am still learning English. Also this is my first TL! The Legendary Restoration of Gens Mamilia As the year 258 AUC aproaches, later would be renamed as 496 BC. What...

While the Phoenicians had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean world, their culture is dead. Your challenge is to keep it alive in some form.

Imperator Germanorum: The Legacy of Arminius Prologue “The boy is something else. He will go places, just like his father.” – Flavus, Brother of Arminius I, Liberator of Germania *** Excerpts from ‘The Son of Arminius: Limits of an Empire’ by Andreas Adrikonos. “In order to truly...

So after my exams i will have a lot of freetime, and as one of my tls approaches finish, i will have even more free time, so i got thinking about a new timeline, preferably set in Antiquity and Medieval times. So which idea do you guys think should be written? 1. Mithridates VI the...

Darius' defeat at Issus is less drastic than OTL, and a portion of Greek mercenaries and Babylonian spearmen manage to escape the battle, deciding to go south to defend the Phoenician cities and ensure they wouldn't get uppity and go over to Alexander, to delay him until Darius can raise another...

The POD is that Alexander lives longer, but only for long enough to conquer Arabia and to conquer Carthage, as well as impose some status of vassalage or tributary status on the Greek cities of Magna Graecia, and to keep the Italian tribes quiet, but that he suffers a fatal wound that kills him...