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    WI: Premature Death of Augustus

    From what I can tell, there is a general scholarly consensus that the stabilization of the Roman world hinged largely, if not entirely, upon the longevity and strength of Augustus' regime. This regime was innovative, both conservative and revolutionary in its nature, based on grants of both...
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    AHC: Make a Short-Lived Roman Emperor or Usurper Reign Longer

    In the long span of Roman history, the average length of an emperor's reign was something like seven years. This average only includes the emperors generally regarded as "legitimate" by historians. When factoring the total number of men who have, at one time or another, claimed the imperial...
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    Historicity of Early Rome (Regnal Era and Early Republic)

    It is more or less accepted that the events of the early Regnal period of Roman history (from the reigns of Romulus to Tarquinius Priscus) are almost entirely fictional. As the traditional chronology progresses, events like the overthrow of the monarchy, secessions of the plebs, decemvirate...
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    AHQ: Solving Institutional Weaknesses of the Roman Empire

    First off, I should admit some bias. As a student of comparative government, I am of the mind that any country, regardless of all the inherent complexities therein, can be governed effectively and survive in the long term provided it has all the necessary institutions (except in the case of...
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    AHC: Reform the Roman Empire's Defensive Strategy

    I've been reading Edward Luttwak's, "The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire," and it's gotten me thinking about possible ways to reform the Roman army during the early empire in ways that will mitigate the perennial civil wars that plagued the empire for its entire existence. It's difficult to...
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    Most Overrated and Underrated Roman Emperors?

    There's a general consensus on which Roman emperors were "good" or "bad", but which emperors get too much credit, and which emperors don't get enough? I'll go ahead and get us started. Most Overrated Emperor: Trajan He obviously gets a lot of credit for being at the helm when the Empire...
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    More Roman TL Ideas/Discussion

    Apparently the Romans are the only part of history I'm interested in writing about. Anyway, I still plan on pursuing the Annals of Aelius TL for 150 more years, but I may start a secondary/minor TL just so I have something else to do and I don't burn out from reading Tacitus and Suetonius over...
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    AHC/Plausibility Check: Make Stilicho the Emperor of the West

    Been doing research on the late Empire, and Stilicho has fast become one of my favorite Roman generals of all time. After his assassination in 408, the WRE fell apart fast. Not saying he could've saved the West on his own, since many historians think it was a lost cause by this point, but is...
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    The Annals of Aelius -- A History of Rome Under the Julian Emperors
    Threadmarks: Volume Three -- Have I Played My Part Well?

    IN· ANNALIBVS· ÆLIVS· HISTORIA· ROMÆ· SVB· IVLIANO· IMPERATORIBVS SCRIPTVM· A· PVBLIVS· ÆLIVS· ADRIANVS ················· The Annals of Imperial Rome Beginning in 745 AUC by Publius Aelius Adrianus Translated by Clodius Theodoricus Alexander, MDXXIII ab Urbe Condita for the Imperial Universities...
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    Calling All Roman History Buffs: Writing a Realistic Rome-Wank
    Threadmarks: Opening Thoughts

    So I've been reading Tacitus and Gibbon recently, as well as listening to Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast religiously, and thinking a lot about why the Roman Empire fell. I want to write a Rome-wank, but I know that scenario has been beaten to death, and there's scarcely an original take...
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