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  1. PC : Could the Carthaginians have developed Turtle Ships ?

    I was listening to a recent podcast on the Korean turtle ships of the 15th and 16th century and the hosts made a point about how one major reason why the ships were so successful was because the 'turtle shell' prevented Japanese marines who were experienced in hand to hand combat from boarding...

  2. WI Yom Kipur War launched in May 1973

    I recently read a book on the failure of Israeli intelligence to anticipate the Yom Kia rpur war. One thing that got my interest was that the Israelis had been informed by a highly placed Egyptian spy that the Egyptians planned to attack on the 15th of May. As response, the Israelis initiated...

  3. WI Marcus Aurelius dies before ascending to the purple

    Here is a simple WI in keeping the recent spate of Roman threads that we've had. WI Marcus Aurelius dies sometime in the 150s AD ? During this period an aging Antoninus Pius had Marcus follow him around all day teaching him the ins and outs of administering the empire. If say the studious Marcus...

  4. WI Roman East India Company

    After the establishment of the Roman Empire, the trade in luxury goods between the Egypt and the western coast of India exploded. It became such a big deal that scholars like Pliny the Elder bemoaned the fact that at the very least a million sesterces were being spent every year so that the...

  5. WI Septimius Severus didn't have an heir

    The assassination of Commodus in 193 AD caused the Roman Empire to go through a chaotic period of assassination and civil strife known as the Year of the Five Emperors. After the initial successor, Pertinax was assassinated by the praetorians, the office of emperor was auctioned off to Didius...

  6. Plausability check for Crusaders going native

    I was wondering how you could get a significant chunk of the Crusader nobility to go native to the point where they would consider forming alliances with neighbouring Islamic states neighbouring states (The Burids of Damascus come to mind ) against common enemies may they be Christian (A new...
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