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Let's say the battle of Tours was avoided simply if the Muslim commander, Abdul Rahman al Ghafiqi had done his due diligence and conducted reconnaissance, and been made aware of a potentially formidable enemy to his north. How differently would history have unfolded? What if he had taken the...

Interesting. Out of curiosity, let's look at the present-day: Percentage of World GDP Adjusted for PPP (2019) United States: 15.1% People's Republic of China: 19.24% India: 7.98%

The title was 'Which of the 13 colonies...', and that is rather more vague. It could be plural or singular.

Not South Carolina as well?

It seems the main reason for why the Vikings under Guthrim lost the battle of Edington was because the opposing forces were relatively evenly matched, and with the Saxons under King Alfred fighting on familiar ground, they therefore had the advantage. Another related reason was the disunity of...

First I'd like to second the sentiment of the above post -this timeline is a real achievement. Well done! As to your ideas about a successor timeline: May I suggest a timeline that picks up where this leaves off? There would be more of a sense of continuity. Like I'm reading a book on...

This is a very good timeline, but if you want to end it, it is best if you focus on a central flaw (I am sure you can find one) of your Roman Empire that would eventually bring about its demise so it doesn't look as if you abandoned this thread without finishing the story like so many others...

The only reason the Athenians and their allies were able to defeat the Macedonians in this timeline was because King Philip II wasn't there to remake the Macedonian phalanx into the supreme fighting machine that allowed his son Alexander to conquer the known world all the way to India.

I can't quite recall, but were there any walls connecting Ostia to imperial Rome as there were between Piraeus and classical Athens?

I only want Rome to advance to the Vistula/Tyras frontier before a Hadrian-like emperor emerges in Rome to declare that from then on no further conquests will be made. I am not asking for this Roman Empire to conquer the world like some posters here are fantasizing about. China certainly did not.

Hecatee, will the Roman Empire expand to the Vistula/Tyras frontier in your timeline, now that the threat from the Parthians and their Scythian allies have been dealt with decisively? And will that be the last major imperial expansion, at least in Europe?

And let's not forget the Mekong Delta city-states that comprised Funan.

Interesting -so the Persians could get away with a sort of surprise blitzkrieg that takes not only Mesopotamia but also the Roman province of Syria, placing the great naval port of Alexandria at risk, which could impel the Romans to either move to or create a new naval base at what is now a...

It may not have held much importance by the Romans prior to Emperor Constantine, but Byzantium (or Byzantion) was considered one of the foremost Achaemenid ports in the area by the Persians, and during the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta it traded hands numerous times due to it...

How come Byzantium isn't a Roman naval base on par with Alexandria, Ravenna, or Naples? One would think the Romans would want a (separate) naval fleet to keep a close eye on the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, as well as on their various client-states including the Bosporan Kingdom.