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A minor help might be earlier no-kill skeps. The main benefit would be better pollination of orchards etc; but having more plentiful beeswax could have benefits, too

It's just a detail, but you might find interesting: https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/2011/12/18/december-18th/

Subscribed. Lots more, please.

I suppose you've read Turtledove's 'Agent of Byzantium'?

Love that last line!

Thanks for taking the the time to give us another fine chapter. An excellent blend of Roman and Arthurian.

Looking forward to them, and hoping the tl doesn't end too soon.

Would a severe enough plague outbreak be ASB?

For the eighteenth century: a different or less successful Frederick the Great? I rather like the idea of him pulling a Christina, and his younger brother Augustus William doesn't seem as ept, but perhaps the best thing would be to have one of his elder brothers survive

Would http://www.uchronia.net/bib.cgi/diverge.html be any use to you?

I don't know if these would be big enough scale, but allowing that this Roman Empire's elite probably has vey rich and powerful individuals, I can see them coming up with some pretty wild stuff for pleasure, or to impress. 'Bridges' that are sky-high rooftop gardens, restaurants in absurdly 'end...

Another excellent cliff hanger. And I do like the way you show how being High King incorporates an amount of horse trading.

@Scorpius72 : Have you read A Fistful of Amphorae:https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/for-a-fistful-of-amphorae-or-these-oath-gods-will-destroy-you.275091/

His Cats of the World 1964. Ocelot was his own pet in Florida. Jaguarandi was the pet of a friend (locality not given). Margays were kept 'in city apartments', possibly in Paraguay

Armand Dennis records tame ocelots, margay and jaguarundi (all first generation)

I don't have one outstanding, but a favourite of mine would be pointing out the hiding Temujin to those toughs who were trying to take constructive action.

If you have the time, you might like to read the books: Marcus' 'The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity', Grehan's 'Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in 18th-Century Damascus' and Hathaway's 'The Arab Lands Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1800'.

Great cliffhanger!

I did wonder about a non-Emperor Julian, who concentrated more on preserving classic civilisation through an academy or something.

The Chinese Christians are a great idea! Also, the jar hanger, plus the species list.