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It's 2021. Some big TV network (doesn't actually have to be HBO) seeking to emulate the success of shows like Game of Thrones and Vikings, is looking to the past for inspiration for a drama series, and has settled on Gaul and Britannia during the Gallic Wars from 58 BC to 52 BC ending with the...

It's the 14th of October, 1066 at Hastings. The now legendary Battle of Hastings rages on. As we know, at one point in the battle, William was believed by his troops to have been struck down, and to prevent his army from going into a full panicked retreat, William raised his helmet to show his...

Now this isn't in the whole "Templars went underground and survive to this very day" conspiracy sort of thing. What I mean is, what would happen if Pope Clement V ignored King Philip IV of France and chose NOT to suppress, arrest, exterminate and disband the Order of the Temple aka the Knights...

The challenge is to feasibly change historical events so that the Western Roman Empire is able to survive past 476 AD, with a POD of 376 AD. Would it be possible for the Western Roman Empire to survive up to the late 6th Century or even later? EDIT: Furthermore, avoid unifying it with the...

What if Pompey had managed to defeat Caesar at Pharsalus in 48 BC and Caesar died either in battle or shortly thereafter. What exactly would have changed? Would Pompey have followed Caesar's example and established his own hegemony over Rome, or would someone else step forward immediately and...

The question is whether or not Nikolai Bukharin would have been able to take power over the Soviet Union following the death of Lenin. What sort of POD would you need to have him triumph over the personalities of Stalin and Trotsky? Is it even possible? If so, how would his reign over the Soviet...

What-if the Moroccan Crises of 1905 and 1911 never happened? How would this affect Franco-German as well as Anglo-German relations in the lead-up to World War I? Would it possibly delay World War I, or even stop it completely?

What would be the outcomes of such an event? How would China and the USSR react, along with the rest of the world, and how would the Cold War continue?

How would the French resistance and the future of France itself be affected if Charles de Gaulle was shot down and killed while flying to Britain to seek refuge?

What-if Hadrian, instead of being the respected and overall praised ruler that he is seen as now, was psychotic very much like Caligula or Nero? How would this affect the Roman Empire during Hadrian's reign and in the future? Would this lead to the breakdown of the empire a lot earlier than in...

I'm not sure if this has been done before on the forum, but what-if Alexander the Great had went west into Italy, Illyria or Carthage instead of east into the Persian Empire? I challenge you to make a timeline based on this with the following stipulations 1. Philip II of Macedon must die on the...