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  1. AHC: further expanding Balts

    my chalenge: make sure the teritory of the Baltic people is expanded double the OTL size by 1500 AD how could such a thing be achieved???
  2. AHC: Odrysian Kingdom centralized

    my chalange: how can we create a Thracian kingdom united under one king who has real centralized rule I know the history of the Odrysian kingdom is filled with murder and manny kings and chiefs, but was there anny of them capable to unite the tribes, even for a moment? double the points...
  3. WI Burebista of Dacia Fails....

    To defeat the Boii and Taurisci in battle what effect could if have iff these Celtic tribes could rise to become stronger powers in these regions. could they restrain germanic tribes for even just a bit? what cultural effect would it have? could there be a lasting "Celtic" identity...
  4. WI: Nervii win the Battle of the Sabis

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sabis What will the effect be on both Rome and Gaul would Crassus try to invade Gaul for himselve, ending with his head on top a pike? What will happen to Vercengetorix? and what kind of effect would it have on the Nervii themselves, defeating a...
  5. AH Challenge: Werewolf cult

    when I started reading in about germanic and slavic culture, I noticed the fact they both knew stories of people turing into wolves. intrigued by the fact, I started digging in, searching more information. I eventuly found information about a certain group of norse warriors. when I dugg up...
  6. AHC: Keep the Franks "Germanic"

    the title says it all. I have been reading in on my countries national history (the netherlands) The Franks as a group alwasy fasinated me. but their migration into gaul led to several assimilations from both the Franks and the Romano-Gauls. My chalenge: Keep the Franks more "Germanic" then...
  7. WI: Succesfull Batavian Revolt.

    in 69 AD, The Batavians revolted against roman rule. they where lead by an ambitious man named Gaius Julius Civilis. OTL they where defeated a year after their revolt. but what would it take for the revolt to succeed? by what means?? and how would it end. extra point if it creates a kingdom or...
  8. Two Thracian WI's

    not one...but two indeed:p: WI: a longer lasting Thracian identity. how could this be achieved. double point if you can get a independant thracian kingdom:D. Roman precense not nessacery. WI: the celtic kingdom of Tylis lasted longer. what kind of effect could it have on the balkans??
  9. WI: Neanderthals from the Ural to Norway

    I was reading and looking up some information about Russia for my TL, and I found an interesting article. http://news.discovery.com/history/neanderthal-last-stand-tools-ural-mountains-110512.html appearently Neanderthals reached placer more to the north then I thought. I am always looking...
  10. Need some help with a Caesar-less rome

    I am busy working on a Scythia TL, and a while ago I asked how I could finish off the Roman empire sooner. I got some great ideas out of that, and I could progress greatly. now I only have one major problem to solve. supposible Caesar died at the battle of the Sabis, his head taken in triumph...
  11. WI: The Scots and not the Picts......

    ....Where assimilated?? is there anny way for the Pictish kingdoms not to fall at the hands of the Scots of Dal Riata? I was reading and I came across an article about Oengus I son of Fergus, who was King of the Picts from 732 until 761. he managed to Crush the Kingdom of Dal Riata rule it...
  12. How to destroy the Roman empire

    I am working on a TL about Scythia and Sarmatia, and planning to work first on the rise of this kingdom, and afterwards both focussing on europe and these nomads. and I have a question. not about the nomads, but about the Romans you see, I always wonderd about what iff the Romans fell long...
  13. WI Cimbren and Teutones sticked together

    in OTL, for a reason unknown to me, the Cimbri and Teutones separated for a while and didnt invade italy, thus giving Marius time to make his reforms. Marius then atacked the Teutones, which he defeated, and the Cimbri endend up sharing the same fate later on. but what iff they sticked...
  14. PC: Saxon kingdom

    I have always wondered (as being a person from a region where people speak Dutch low Saxon) : Could the Saxon tribes form a kingdom?? could they resist the Franks? how would such a kingdom be formed? how strong would it be? is there anny way how?? (an I mean by Saxons the continental ones...
  15. A question about Pontus

    I have a question about the kingdom of Pontus: how did its military system worked at the beginning of the reign of Mithradates VI?? what where its strengths, and weaknesses?? and how did its campaing in the Bosporon kingdom started?? (seriously working on something...but I need to know this...
  16. Questions and WI's about Pagan Lithuania

    wherever I read a history book about the spreading of Christianity, I always read about Lithuania being the last of the european duchey's to be converted. so I started to dig things up about the subject, and it occured to me Lithuania was a serious power, even able to fend of and defeat the...
  17. WI: Slavs push further West?

    Could the Slavic tribes migrate even further west then they did OTL??? could they defeat the Saxons?? Could they assimilate (at least) the people in northern Germany?? what cultural effects could they bring??? what would the main obsticle be??* (In my working TL...their is not *one* Frankish...
  18. AHQ: Kingdom of Frisia

    the title says most of it. I am thinking about a TL about a Great Frisian Kingdom. what is the earliest most possible date to do so?? to make thins interesting : I prefer to keep them generaly Pagan iff is means "No Franks" how do I do that. (I was thinking about replacing them with a...
  19. Scythia

    I have a few questions. i am working on a TL (starting around 56BC) and I was reading about the Scythians and the Sarmatians. the text however, was rather vague. so my questions: 1: was their a great difference between them?? 2: when did the actual Scythians dissapered (the european ones) 3...
  20. questions before posting

    I am working on a TL, and before I tould post it, I am just looking if it is interesting........ or just nearly imposible:D it is a TL about the daugher of Caesar dying very early, and inflicting such a damage to the political relations between Pompey and Caesar, that civil war would break out...
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