I think people underestimate the amount of Antony supporters there were and how history is written by the victors with their own propaganda. I don't know necessarily if moving the capital to Alexandria was plausible, but Egypt would be on the same level playing field as Rome during the duration...
I always thought they would take over Rome and start their own version the empire with the capital being moved to Alexandria. So I wonder what the name of it would be, I figure Roman-Hellenistic since those would be the two prevalent civilizations, but it could have had many different names.
Yeah and I don't know why people think Antony and Cleopatra didn't really love each other. While else commit suicide and get buried together in the same tomb?
What would the empire be known as? Still just the Roman Empire? Roman-Hellenistic Empire? Roman-Egyptian Empire? Roman-Ptolemaic Empire? Alexandrian Empire?
Maybe they would want to have close ties with the Bourbons since she was married to Louis' younger brother and maybe they wanted to be different so they went with a woman.
In an alternate timeline following the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the American people decide they want a constitutional monarchy. The American leaders, seeking a candidate who is not already a ruler of another country, turn their attention to Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy, a member of the...
I mean is it not feasible to say during an alternate battle the two most important leaders find themselves dead by any numbers of factors and causes, and this results in the routing or destruction of their fleet?