fall of the roman empire

Inspired by https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/626-constantinople-falls-what-next.515755 I was thinking about the scenario in the thread above when it hit me how absurd the OTL 626 siege must have looked. On one side, the ancient world's toughest nut to crack and its fleet; OTOH...

Let's suppose that Roman Emperor Theodosius I, had a third son named Liberius. So, after his death in 395 A.D. the Empire splits in three. Arcadius takes the East as in OTL, Honorius takes the West with Cenabum as capital, and Liberius takes the middle one hailing from Ravenna.. How things...

Introduction This thread is for discussing the Vandal Kingdom and its fate. Why it the kingdoms history became what it was in OTL. Aswell as ATL Vandal kingdom history and the possibilities of the kingdom. You can ask questions, answear questions, propose solutions and explain OTL as you wish...

Hello all. I'm a long time reader, first time poster, so I thought I would posit an era of history that isn't that often considered in Alternate History discussion: Post-Fall of Rome but Pre-Byzantine Reconquest. Assuming the Byzantine Empire is prematurely weakened - say, Justinian I is...

So I've been thinking lately again about the troubles of the Roman Empire in the early 5th Century, and if and how the Western part of the Empire could have been avoided. I'm looking to do this with no PoDs prior to the death of Theodosius in January 395. And what I'm specifically looking for is...