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This seizure-inducing abomination was apparently suggested as a flag for the European Union by some Dutch artist (insert jokes about drugs): You remember the New Zealand Flag referendum a few years ago? A lot of variations on the silver fern, but my favorite was this one: Not sure what...

MrGreyOwl's republican title generator! Use your birth month: 1-Lord 2-High 3-Prime 4-First 5-Master 6-Lead 7-Supreme 8-Head 9-Grand 10-Great 11-Chief 12-Optime The use your name's first letter: a-Consul b-Patrician c-Citizen d-Chancellor e-Director f-Chairman g-Protector h-Regent i-Marshal...

That's some TL material here!

Korea could get annexed during the same conquering stride that allowed the Qing to take over the Ming, but the further you advance in the 18th century the harder it gets. Qing military power declined fast. The Eight Banners, basically a warrior caste system, works well in a state of constant...

It just wouldn't make sense. In the middle age, a monarch had to tour the country from time to time (no, even then, they weren't "always moving") to display power, personally oversee difficult problems, and generally remind people: "hey, I'm still alive and in charge". Improvement in...

Various countries have tried to design an all-in-one weapon system and they all hit the same problems: you end up with a heavy, costly, complex to maintain, complex to use weapon. Even if engineers manage somehow to find an efficient design that reduce the complexity and production cost (start...

A map is a bit overdue, yes, I'm working on a update. Carantia won't be contented with playing behind-the-throne advisor anymore, but she will find something better to do than fighting her brother.

Part XIV: The Home Front (Gaul, 25 BCE - 10 BCE) There are no horizons that can’t be reached by a valiant heart. – Serra of Alesia. During the Roman expedition, Vercingetorix and Edorix would made regular trip back to Nemossos: but has the war ramped up with the invasion of Italy, the home...

Nothing. If they were fan of country music, then that fact would have went completely unnoticed by the media. Unlike Rap and Heavy Metal, country music is too mainstream to be whipped up into a moral panic.

Poorly thoughts alternate-history are dime a dozen, but one that keep coming back to mind are the background story of both Homefront games. The first one I could still (barely) suspend my disbelief. And it was more future story than alternate story when it came out. Since then, they realized...

Yes, definitely. Datis' expedition at Marathon was more a punitive raid targeted at Athens than an attempt to conquest, but Xerxes' campaign actually should have succeeded because the odds were in his favor. But he grossly underestimated his adversaries, and the Greeks benefited from a good...

For that, Russia and Germany need to carve up Eastern Europe between themselves like a big cake to satisfy pan-germanism and pan-slavism doctrines. Goodbye Poland...

A more extremist "back to our Bedouin roots" Gaddafi has the potential of turning Libya into into a Khmer Rouge-esque hellhole, with that specific combination of mass purge and anti-modernity. Fidel Castro dies early, and Che Guevara completely takes over Cuba. The man ruined the country's...

This is why I nominated your timeline for the awards this year: I think your timeline has a unique flair, a sense of immersion rarely found elsewhere. At the time of the nomination, I thought you abandoned it completely, so I felt such beautifully crafted piece should not fade into obscurity...

It may sounds stupid, yes, but that sort of thing happened before, apparently. How do you call someone who thinks rules don't apply to them, then?

Guys, it wasn't unjust. He was banned for a good reason. Being a good writer here doesn't give him a pass for being an ass in other parts of the forum. You're fighting the wrong fight.

It has been discussed here. Long story short, it's impossible. In Roman eyes, Caesarion is a nobody with zero rights whatsoever. The only way to change that and have a Caesarion Roman Emperor is not through Antony, but to have Caesar live longer, adopt him officially (instead of Octavian), and...

I'm glad people like it. I spent a lot of time writing and rewriting chapter 12 and 13, trying to pick the most plausible outcome. I had one version with Thurinus fleeing to Spain and continuing the fight, like a two-bits Sertorius, but I thought he would be too proud to abandon Rome. And I...

I've wondered too why the hot air balloon hasn't been invented earlier than OTL. The explanation I see is that it must not be as easy as it look to build one... As mentioned, you need silk. Linen apparently can't be a replacement. Apart from the immediate military usage, the benefit of air...

Part XIII: The Storm That Ate Italy (Roman Republic 24 BCE – 16 BCE) Deep are the wounds that civil strife inflicts - Lucan Stuck in Athens in 24 BCE, Pompeius found himself in a bad position. After his brother lost his life and his army in the ill-fated landing at Brindisis, he had to...