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Wow Akkismat, you amaze me! :eek: Those banners are gorgeous, thanks a lot!

I wish I could help here, but the eastern Germanic tribes are not my speciality.

*cough cough*

Haha, Monty, you're always ahead of me :) The next chapter is going to be about the Roman reaction and (interference). But anyways, it would be possible that with Vespasian being a former military commander and the disaster of the Batavian Revolt, he would give the local commanders a bit of...

Ask yourself this; the Batavians had been in a long, hard struggle for their independence, why would they decide to move to Gaul when they finally achieved it? Edit: I can think of at least 5 ways to answer this question :P

Comments anybody? :confused:

None of you listened to me. :( The only way of permanently getting rid of the British is the Dutch... (I know this is supposed to be post 1770 AD, but still, it's the best way (in a 17th century POD though).

Inspired by what eddyking77 did, can I also ask for a flag to be made? It's for my Batavian Timeline, and thus it's for a Germanic tribe roughly 74 AD. If you're not sure what Germanic flags of those times would be like, they supposedly did not have a large variation of colours and normally...

Indeed. Okay, thank you for your input. I know only a little bit about historical linguistics, but I do speak Dutch, English and German, so my knowledge of Germanic Languages should be alright. Those three languages as well as Frisian should be the main ones I should look at, although a name...

For starters, how about the mutiny of the Batavia not happening and the Dutch colonize Australia and New Zealand. Why not make things even more interesting with the "Glorious Revolution" not happening (and the Dutch push out the French without English help), and thus Amsterdam remains the...

Chapter IV: Prince Robert Four years after the Batavian Revolt ended and the Kingdom of Batavia was made, King Civilis I's wife, Queen Gertrude, gave birth to a healthy boy. Despite the King's old age, this was his first child, who was named Robert. The King and Queen were not the only couple...

Okay, I'll look at those two as well as Frisian, most things shall have to be guesses though. And yeah, a mixed language is definitely possible. Who are the linguists that I should talk to about this though? Thank you and great :)

Thank you, and that is a very good question that you bring up Sa'id. Honostly, I'm having a bit of a problem with the languages, as no Germanic or Celtic language from back then has survived 'till today. The fact that I'm not able to find any information on any Germanic languages from back then...

But Belgium is only the size of a battleship :eek:

Due to my broken pc I can't really write anything, so there shall not be a large update for a few days. I made a drawing though, This drawing depicts a Batavian soldier, as you can see he has a standard Roman uniform with a few modifications. Things that the Batavians had that the Romans...

I decided to make a new, fresh thread with the first three chapters, that's where I'll be posting the updates on from now on, so if your interested in this topic, please follow that thread. https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=163508

Chapter III: Reforms of Rex Civilis I As time progressed the Roman soldiers originally stationed at the Rhine left Batavia and new fortifications were made more south in Germania Inferior. As for the Batavians, many things were changing in the once Roman lands. King Civilis I was very...

Chapter II: The Kingdom of Batavia It was said that when Julius Civilis and his company arrived back in Germania Inferior they were welcomed back as heroes and huge feasts of legendary proportions were held in every town, and that the Germanics celebrated their independence for several days...

Chapter I: The Negotiations On the 21st of December, 69, Titus Flavius Vespasianus was declared the ninth emperor of Rome and started his reign facing several problems such as the Batavian and Jewish rebellions as well as many power-hungry politicians wanting the position of emperor for...

Introduction (OTL) The Year of the Four Emperors: The sixty-ninth year after the birth of Christ was the year of the four emperors, when the acting emperor of the Rome was switched four times after the death of Caesar Nero Claudius. His first replacement as emperor was Galba, the second one...