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  1. Saint Caligula??!

    It'll probably change the nature of unrest and resistance to Roman occupation, but I doubt it'd settle it. Potentially, the establishment of Christian leadership in Jerusalem could lead to a Christianity more accommodating to Jews, and maybe with a bit more of a Jewish flavor, but that's not...

  2. Saint Caligula??!

    I really like this idea! The Bishop of Jerusalem gets legitimacy from apostolic descent from Jesus' authority and imperial grant. The Emperor could easily also grant Peter and successors the title of Pontifex Maximus, if he's feeling generous. Jerusalem's distance from Rome means that it...

  3. Saint Caligula??!

    Very likely, but if he reigns long enough, Christians would be too well entrenched to dislodge. The pagan temples will surely be restored at some point, and the privileges of the Christian Church could get pared back, but that still leaves Christianity as a powerful influence and potential...

  4. WI: Avars did not move to Central Europe

    We probably can't be too confident in the Gepid Kingdom's endurance. The Eastern Romans were willing to weaken the kingdom before, and the Lombards could end up occupying and absorbing the Gepids instead. Whether they do or not though, either the Gepids or the Lombards are going to have to...

  5. The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518

    There's a lot of potential drama if the child is a girl, but I'm actually hoping it's a boy. Not for Marie's sake or anyone else's, but because I don't think there's been a lot of exploration of what Henry had planned if he actually got what he wanted. We know how the story is apt to go if Marie...

  6. How Could the US Have Decisively Won the War of 1812?

    There are a number of big British reasons why this is hard. On the US side, there's a problem in that the American politicians who were aggressively expansionist and in favor of a big army and navy were also the ones least-likely to want a war with Britain. If we're imagining a two-term...

  7. The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518

    I realize its not the main focus of the TL, but I am curious if the Habsburgs will be taking advantage of France's humiliation and weakness to demand their own pound of flesh. Ending French ambitions in Italy, perhaps?

  8. Tolerant Spain TL Ideas

    An Unbeliever's Tithe seems like the most practical solution, here. It gives the crown an economic interest in the toleration of Jewish and Muslim communities, and provides a durable model that could be used in the colonies or the Mediterranean. I could see the crown making a concession to the...

  9. AHC: Make Japan majority Christian by 1900

    It might not be specifically Nestorian, but an early presence of a Christian sect in Japan could be possible, and closely contemporary with the introduction of Buddhism. Odds are though, unless Buddhism is less influential in China and Korea, it's going to be difficult for a Christian community...

  10. The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518

    It's good Mary was wise enough not to promise a son, and having a child so soon would do a lot to increase court confidence in her influence, fertility, and staying power with Henry regardless. That presumes the pregnancy and birth is successful, of course, and that's far from certain. Still...

  11. The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518

    It doesn't actually have to result in the capture of Paris, or even move beyond Normandy to be successful. The mere threat presented to Paris by an English army in Normandy might be enough to cause Francis to abandon the siege at Calais, and potentially come to terms if there isn't an unusually...

  12. The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518

    Henry might be still operating under the presumption that Katherine's marriage to Arthur was never consummated--Which could be true, but is also convenient because it ensures the legality of the marriage, the purity Katherine's virginity prior to her second marriage, and Princess Mary's own...

  13. What made the early Ottomans so successful?

    There's a decent chance that Constantinople and what remained the Empire could have been taken by an ambitious Bulgarian or Serbian monarch by that point. A united Bulgarian-Byzantine Empire would stand a better chance at defending the Balkans from a random Turkish Beylik, or even potentially...

  14. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    In order of preference, option 4, 1, 2, & 3. I realize I've put the long-wait ones first, but those would be very interesting to get the details on as a grand historical view. I admit to being very curious to see how different the Mediterranean world becomes with a united Spain untethered to...

  15. The development of an Iran that doesn't fully become Muslim?

    That seems like it could be an unstable situation over the long term without significant concessions by the Muslim ruling class. It'd be more than a religious issue as well: Persia remaining largely non-Muslim would serve to highlight and strengthen the differences between Arabs and Persians...

  16. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    Is northern Italy still technically part of the Empire in legal terms, and left unaddressed in this reorganization of the HRE?

  17. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    That map of the Venetian Empire, and the description of its growing dominance over Greece, makes it seem an odd echo of the Byzantines coming from the West.

  18. Maximum Victory of the Grand Alliance

    Would Britain and the Dutch not want some colonial concessions (from either France or Spain) as a means of offsetting the cost of the war, or would be made up another way? The Dutch presumably would be restored in their control of the fortresses in the Southern Netherlands, but if the Habsburgs...

  19. Maximum Victory of the Grand Alliance

    What would a realistic crushing defeat for the Bourbons in the War of the Spanish Succession look like? Given the relatively narrow unity of interests of the Grand Alliance and the expense of the war, France ought to be able to end the war with most of its power intact if the Bourbons give up on...

  20. President Gore's Domestic Policies

    IIRC, the main issue was logistical and diplomatic. Supporting especially large numbers of US troops would have required the close cooperation of Pakistan and/or Russia, and their cooperation would come with very 'friendly' requests for concessions or support in various areas that would be...
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