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    Celts Spread Further

    The Celts in our timeline had spread as far as Galatia in Anatolia. What if they went further then Anatolia like Persia, North Africa, Arabia, and/or the Asian steppes, maybe further? How could they affect the cultures and peoples of their new neighbors? Could we see modern Celto-Africans...
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    WI: Carthage Influences Gaul

    Say the Carthaginians win the Second Punic War and just to avoid a Third Punic War they conquer Rome. Several years later they conquer Massilia for control over the Mediterranean. At this point, Carthage is the undisputed master of the Mediterranean once more. Now, with a Punic city that close...
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    Celtic Anatolia

    How could a Celtic Anatolia come about? I'm aware of the Galatia tribe, but how much of an influence did they really have? Could Galatia have had more of an influence to leave a more Celtic influenced Anatolia? Thank you for your responses.
  4. WI: Bretons settled in Anglo-Saxon territory?

    In the 5th and 6th centuries, post-Roman Britons settled Brittany and Galicia. What if they had instead settled eastern England as mercenaries for the Saxons, perhaps re-Celtifying part of the east? Notably, the area of Londinium itself had been abandoned despite the building of Lundenwic...
  5. Is English Romance?

    Linguistics is based on opinion. Linguists attempt to classify languages into one family each. Do the classifications tell us everything about ancestry? Absolutely not. They tend to shortcut history, misleading all who listen. Is English a Romance Language? English has part Romance blood in it...
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    Celtic France

    Celts were in France before the Germanic Franks invaded. So my question is, how could Celts have remained in France, kept Celtic culture and survived to present day instead of the Germanic France we have in our modern world? Also, a side question, what would this France be called? After all the...
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