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Anastasius I is a thoroughly underappreciated Byzantine Emperor. During his reign, he enriched the treasury by 23,000,000 solidi, and fortified much of the remaining frontier. What if Justinian, rather than squandering all of this significant wealth, was another Anastasius, of sorts, and worked...

A counterpart to this thread. I have read that Austria-Hungary took 90% casualties within its armed forces. Somehow make it so that this statistic is true of the majority of each nations combatants.

There have been threads about drawing the ideal map for ensuring peace in Europe after WW1. Now, try and create the worst plausible post WW1 map. I'd say that OTL was pretty bad, but I'm sure it can get worse. EDIT: Clarification; I mean the worst for stability and lasting peace in Europe.

Could the conquests of Chandragupta Maurya be possible without the disruption caused by Alexander the Great's unsuccessful wars at the fringes of India?

Cambyses II, after invading Egypt, unsuccessfully invaded Kush, to the south of Egypt. Is it ASB for the Persians to succeed in this endeavour, and if they could do so, what effects would it have?

For The Sons of Carthage: A Victorious Carthage TL A/N: The first time I tried this, it went largely unnoticed, because I had made it neither pretty nor interesting. So here is my second try. PoD: Carthaginian forces are not ambushed by Timoleon of Corinth, and instead, successfully defeat...

Just the title. How long can the American Civil War last without the South being recognized as its own nation, and without anything à la North + South Korea happening? What would the effects of this be?

What would the effects be upon world history were the First Crusade to fail abysmally- i.e, get wiped out on route to the Holy Land. This can be in any manner, whether by starvation, or by ambush. What would the changes to Europe's developement be? Does this delay the Renaissance?

This was the book that brought me into alternate history. Upon rereading it, I noticed some inconsistencies, not to mention the idea of Spain ruling Britain after a successful Armada. Opinions?

With any PoD, make Britain the backwater of Europe, a minor power that nobody bothers to even exploit. i.e, no major British Empire at any point.

Choose any PoD before ~1450, and after 569, and create a unified Italian state, which may or may not contain Sicily (up to y'all) under any form of government, whether native-ruled, or ruled by a foreign dynasty.

The Himyarite kingdom was the predominant ancient South Arabian state. How powerful do you think they could have gotten and maintained such power, and how?

I was reading about the year of the 5 Emperors, and was intrigued by the preliminary Emperor, Pertinax, a man who had had a long successful military career, and seemed to have his head in the right place, increasing silver content in the currency. As deeply influenced by the Romans and their...

What would be the results for the Byzantines if Basil II managed to successfully start his reign, without being overthrown, but without going into EPIC mode? I.E, had a reign like his brother, Constantine.

In the late Empire, the western half in particular, there were many generals who controlled young or weak emperors. Let's say that under the leadership of a series of Stilichos/Flavius Aëtiuses the Western Empire recovers. What would be some of the effects of an emperor so weak that the biggest...

When one reads about the fall of the Roman Empire, there tends to be two views about how this effected the development of Europe: That a) it positively effected Europe's development, because Rome's security lead to little technological and scientific advancement, or b) that it destroyed Roman...

Early in his reign, the feared Bulgar slayer was plagued with rebellion. What if the rebellion of Bardas Phokas succeeded? It's likely he would have not been as effective as Basil in brutalizing Bulgarians, but what other major changes would occur?

This is for a TL I'm considering, to gauge how likely it is. Let's assume that Belisarius/Narses completes his reconquest of Italy successfully per OTL. If we assume that the story of Narses inviting the Lombards into Italy is true, do you think that the ERE could hold on to Rome...

Let's say that Claudius Silvanus, the Late Roman General of Frankish descent who revolted against Constantius II after false accusations against him, succeeds in his rebellion, and becomes Emperor. From what we know, the cause of his defeat was probably his lack of action. If he had been...

Inspired by the "Rome vs. the Mongols" rant thread. What do y'all think Romano-Mongolian fusion cooking would taste like and be composed of? Where do y'all think this sort of food could most easily arise, and how? And finally, what era of Roman cooking would go best with Mongolian cooking?