macedonia

  1. pls don't ban me

    North Macedonia/ FYRONM involved in the Yugoslavian war.

    So... what we know, or at least i know, is that in OTL Macedonia left Yugoslavia peacefully. Bulgaria had no reason to join in as they hoped for a peaceful unification when all the mess ended and they even ignored the embargo on Serbia by allowing the Mafia and others to supply the Serbian with...
  2. WI: Alexander the Great, the oldest man ever?

    What if Alexander had been the longest verified living man, passing in 240 BC at the young age of 116? With an extra 80 years, could his empire survive as long as him? Could he continue his conquests, and if so how far could he push Macedon's borders? The oldest continuously serving...
  3. George Maniakes survives and marries Theodora Porphyrogenita

    for the many of the George Maniakes scenarios they assume and correctly that Maniakes had little patience to be a good emperor and would challenge the legitimacy of Zoe but Theodora was still influential in court could he had married her out of convince with Theodora taking care of the civilian...
  4. A Persian victory at Gaugamela?

    The move that secured the Macedonian victory at Gaugamela - a massive charge straight into the Persian center, where Darius III was - was an immensely risky gamble for Alexander. Case in point, his manouver created a gap in his army's line, one which was exploited by a detachment of Persian and...
  5. Apollonidai of the Oikoumene: Seleukos's Assassination is Averted, 281 BC
    Threadmarks: Averting Evil, Fall 31 MS to Spring 31 MS

    APOLLONIDAI OF THE OIKOUMENE Averting Evil, Fall 31 Meta Seleukos to Spring 31 Meta Seleukos There was a stirring in the room behind him. Demetrios, no novice to guard duty, opened his eyes and stiffened to attention. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Metron across the doorway doing the same...
  6. Semiramis

    Vengeance is Best Served Cold (An Antiquity TL)
    Threadmarks: A Daring Plan

    Tripolis, Phoenicia. ~November 333 BC: There’s trouble on the docks. Soldiers are taking control of ships, men are running, the citizens are panicking. Just a few moments ago, these very same soldiers were hurriedly making their way towards the city, claiming to be the mercenaries of Darius...
  7. WI Alexander the Great is killed at the Persian Gate?

    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...
  8. AHQ: No Persian Empire and a Divided Anatolia-Mid East, effect on Greece.

    Greetings, We know well from otl what the effect was on Greece and Hellenic culture when there was a large imperial regime and geopolitical power to the east in Anatolia, the Levant and Egypt in the form of the Achaemenid Empire. However, in opposition to a large unified imperium, what would...
  9. SunKing105

    WI: Pausanias assassinates Alexander the Great?

    POD: The incident at Cleopatra Eurydice's wedding doesn't happen, and Alexander and his mother do not flee Macedonia for Epirus, while relations between Philip II and Alexander are restored enough that Alexander attends the wedding of Philip's daughter Cleopatra of Epirus to Alexander I of...
  10. SunKing105

    WI: Meleager overthrows Perdiccas?

    On June 11th, 323 BC, Alexander died, and the world changed forever. While it was tensely agreed that Perdiccas would become regent, there was debate as to whether Philip Arrhidaeus would become king, or Roxane's unborn child, and Meleager, an infantry captain, took advantage and attempted a...
  11. SunKing105

    WI: Alexander the Great murdered in 330BC?

    In 330 BC, there was a plot against Alexander's life lead by Dimnos, a Macedonian of Chalastra, for reasons somewhat obscure, but what Diodorus says was because Dimnos, "found fault" in something Alexander did. Either way, it isn't relevant, because the conspirators will be torn to pieces once...
  12. SunKing105

    WI: Alexander dies at the Granicus River?

    In 334 BC, during the battle of the Granicus River, Alexander almost got killed. While his companions were engaging the Persian cavalry on the right bank, he got into an intense cavalry fight with some of the nobles and satraps, and was stunned by an axe-blow by Rhoesaces, the satrap of Ionia...
  13. SunKing105

    WI: Darius III not killed by Bessus

    In 330 BC, after the disastrous defeat at Gaugamela, Darius III fled into the mountainous regions of Media, entrusting the defence of Parsa to the satrap Ariobarzanes, who failed to stop Alexander the Great despite putting up valiant resistance. A group of conspirators led by Bessus, satrap of...
  14. SunKing105

    WI: Philip II is killed at the battle of Erigon Valley

    In 358 BC, Philip II of Macedon embarked on a campaign against Bardylis, the king of the Dardanians, to recover areas of Upper Macedonia. In OTL, the battle of Erigon Valley neutralized the immediate Dardanian threat and gave Philip II much needed breathing room to concentrate on other threats...
  15. What if the Great Powers didn't insist on Albania's indepedence/ What if Macedonia became independent earlier?

    It might be known to the public that the the original intention of the Balkan League in the first balkan war was to divide the remaining territories of Turkey in Europe between themselves. However, their plans were upset when the Great Powers insisted on giving Albania independence. Thus, I ask...
  16. SunKing105

    DBAHC: Wank Macedon

    OOC: This is a DBAHC, where we present an AHC from somebody in an alternative world’s perspective. This would be really difficult to do, but could you find a way for the kingdom of Macedon to not only survive, but be wanked. Macedon had to suffer centuries of civil wars, foreign invasions, and...
  17. WI: Pyrrhus goes for Macedon

    In 278 BCE, Pyrrhus of Epirus received two offers at the same time. One was from the Greek cities of Sicily, asking him to drive out the Carthaginians. The other was from Macedonia, asking him to take the throne. It was kind of like getting mutually exclusive quests in a video game. Pyrrhus...
  18. Mr_Fanboy

    Was "Greater Serbia" a realistic prospect in the 1990's?

    With no point of divergence before the Yugoslav Wars began in 1991, was there any realistic way for Serbia (whether under that name or Yugoslavia) to establish at least de facto control of the territories claimed under the Greater Serbia concept and hold them into the present? Follow the link...
  19. Eparkhos

    Run Through the Šar-Plannina: A Springtime of the Vardar Basin Timeline

    After making so many jokes about Vardar Insurgents in other threads, I'm actually going to make a timeline about said Vardar Insurgents.
  20. GauchoBadger

    WI: King Nabis of Sparta not betrayed by Rome?

    King Nabis of Sparta was the last remarkable king in the history of Sparta, having fought his wars and pushed his reforms in the backdrop of the first war between the Roman Republic and Macedon, after the former spectacularly defeated Carthage. He allied himself to the Roman side and against...
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