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How could i forget him? And the inspiration for my middle name Prince llewellyn? or Owen Glyndawr.

Alfred the Great and Æthelstan-the first true king of "england." Harold II should also count, for nearly stopping the Normans. William Marshal, who stopped the second french invasion of england in 1216 is also under appreciated.

Would you like to help me with this circle? - Archimedes Alright! We're bloody surrendering....just give us a second.... -unknown British Sargent, before the surrender of the 44th foot to afghan fighters at the battle of Gandamak This play doesn't end until i have Tiberius' head...

I'm torn. Do i cheer for my direct ancestor William Hastings, Earl of Westmorland? Or for my other ancestor the Nevilles? Great TL-keep it up!

A Phillip V of Macedon beating the Romans in the 2nd Macedonian war would be interesting. A very interesting one would be Alexander the greats uncle, Alexander the king of Epirus not dying while campaigning in Italy but instead form a united Hellenistic empire in Southern Italy that could...

Wow. Has Hannibal become an initiate of Buddhism? Or is this all part of a cunning plan to protect his Iberian domains? Or worse-has something happened in Iberian that has forced Hannibal to flee? Oh i do hate cliff-hangers.....

Phillip V's Macedon had already signed an alliance with Antiochus III the great's Seleucid empire during a war against Rhodes/Pergamese/Athens in the 1st Cretan war 205 BC-201 BC ( during which a Rhodian and Pergamese embassy had persuaded Rome to intervene on their side-thus starting the 2nd...

Completely agree. While i think that the Macedonian Phalangites were overall inferior to the old Greek Phalanx ( since military doctrine states that the longer the spear, the less you trust your troops- the Macedonian phalanx was merely a temporary fix to make traditional hill tribesmen stand up...

Firstly, no birds are related from Tyrannosaurs-they come from the Therapod family of Saurasin dinosaurs, more related to Deinonychus than T-Rex. Secondly, to stop it dying out you need to A: stop N and S America from joining up and B to stop saber-tooth out competing them.

Actually, Vercangatorix uniting Gaul is not completely impossible. Firstly, peoples assumptions that "the Gauls weren't advanced/civilized enough"to unite is false. The Gauls were highly organised and urbanized by the time of Caesar, with cities having populations in excess of 50,000 people (...

I thing the Freys and the Boltons would approve of Romulus' systematic annihilation of an entire class. Nice job!

Pyrrhus of Epirus was, while almost certainly not a "great" king in terms of stability and good governance, was certainly one of the greatest-if not the greatest-of the Diodotchi kings that succeeded Alexander the great. Even after his eventual defeat by Rome ( and some would even argue that...

I would prefer germ theory, on the grounds that plagues (especially the plague of Antonine) complietly decimated the available manpower-a roman emperor, and a push on both the Marcommani and the Parthia's were postponed or abandoned due to lack of forces. Later outbreaks were nearly as bad. if...

As a lover of ancient history, i would vote for number 1# because the Peloponnesian war has so many possible PODs, and i don't think they'res that any TLs based during this fascinating period of Ancient history.

Actually, the reason Spain and Portugal were driven to overseas expansion WAS BECAUSE of competition and lack of resources in their own countries-two very key motivators for the growth of many overseas of empires OTL. Rome at its height, with its abundance of natural resources but already...

Tiberius?! Absolutely not. That emperor was one of the first to recognize that the empire was getting overextended and set about reorganizing and strengthening it. He would never just squander it all on a random, dangerous expedition Secondly, your idea of northern barbarian slaves makes no...

I think this is the best argument so far.

Perhaps that's not the point-rather, the point is exactly WHY an emperor would waste money, resources and men on a dangerous trip to a place they don't even know exists, across one of the most violent oceans on the planet and to a place that may prove to be an economic black-hole. Secondly...

If this influences your decision, the 11th of April 1954 was apparently the most boring day in recorded history http://gizmodo.com/5700069/the-most-boring-day-in-history-was-april-11-1954?comment=33131023#comments

Sorry about the pat irregularities of posts- although i cannot offer a cast iron promise, from now on i will attempt to post a new part every Monday-Tuesday.