ancient rome

How would it be possible that during the Risorgimento of the 19th century, the proponents of the social movement of Italian Unification are a bit more enthusiastic about the Ancient Roman Empire and decide to make a modernized form of Latin the official language of Italy, kinda like how 19th...

Your challenge is to have the Samnites survive as a distinct people until at least the 1st century CE.

Mark Antony's invasion of the Parthian Empire ended in disaster. But what if his campaign had succeeded? Would it have impacted the conflict between him and Octavian?

It's not hard to imagine Gaius Marius dying before becoming consul. One possible POD might be him getting killed at the Battle of the Muthul while coming to the aid of Metellus, though there are probably quite a few other potential PODs resulting in his death. What might happen if he died before...

Your challenge is to have a woman in control of Rome. I'm not talking about a woman being a behind-the-scenes power, as was said to have been the case of Agrippina the Younger, I'm talking about a woman being Rome's de jure ruler.

What if Crispus had succeeded his father as Roman Emperor? How might things have changed?

What if Augustus and Livia had at least one healthy son? How might it change the history of the Roman Empire?

In 363, the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate attempted to rebuild the Jewish Temple, likely at least partially as part of his efforts to reverse Constantine's Christianization campaign. However, the outbreak of fires forced the project's cancellation, and Christianity reasserted control over...

Even Tacitus was pretty pessimistic about the Roman Empire's survival during the Year of the 4 Enperors. So, what if the empire tears itself to pieces? What are the likely splits that would occur? Is this even plausible? And would anyone be able to put a Humpty Dumpty Roman empire back together?

As we all know, Emperor Britannicus would be one of the most prolific Roman Emperors (and one of the longest reigning as well). The Julius-Claudius amphitheater being one of his most prolific building projects. What do you think the effects would be on Rome, in the long term if Britannicus never...

Point of Divergence ... During the time of the Romans, gladiator fights were all the rage. The gore, the blood, and the torture that was seen on the arena floor could be considered, in some ways, tame compared to some of the entertainment we see on television now. Yet the gladiator fights died...

In 97 AD an official chinese envoy by the name of Gan Ying was sent by the general Ban Chao to explore the ''far-west'' region. He never went further then Mesopotamia because Parthian officials convinced him that reaching Rome (already known by the chinese as the distant Daqin) would take two...

According to the Qur’an, before the days of Muhammad there was another prophet by the name of Hud. This man preached monotheism to the early Arab tribes, urging them to abandon their wicked, hedonistic, polytheist ways or face the wrath of the One True God. The tribes ignored the prophet and so...

What if the Roman Empire never fell? Would the countries we know today have existed, brake away perhaps? There is a possibility Hispana would not become Portugal and Spain. And the Scots and Celts may take Britannia. Would Latin and Greek be the dominant languages of the world? I would say yes...

The division of the Roman Empire which finally happened in 395 because emperor Theodosius wanted it might've happened earlier - Marcus Aurelius shared the government with his brother, other emperors did similar, later there was the tetrarchy, and during the time of the Barracks Emperors there...