roman empire

Exactly what says in the title. Would the romans choose to go to battle against the parthians in full force to conquer one of the most wealthy regions of the antiquity instead of just conquering a bunch of celtic tribes in Britannia?

By 1006 AUC, the Military Anarchy was in full swing. Trebonianus Gallus and his son Volusianus had been co-emperors for two years. Their reign had not been an easy one. Not only were Goths attacking along the Danube and Asia Minor, but the Persians had also invaded in the east, capturing Antioch...

Historiae Romae ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Roman History By Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Translated by Publius Decius Albinus, on behalf of the Imperial University in Roma The city of Roma, c. 727 Contents Introduction Preface Usage guidelines Thank...

Hi everyone, I was reading old threads recently when I came across a very interesting post, suggesting that the Roman Empire, had it explored the coast of Scandinavia and Russia, could have found a quicker, easier route to trade with China that would have completely bypassed Persia and most of...

Using the Roman empire as an example, in the course of its expansion over "barbarian" territories, disparate groups were sometimes lumped together into artificial tribes for administrative convenience (I believe the Aquitani in modern SW France count as one). My question: did any of these...

IOTL, Romanos I Lekapenos made his eldest and favorite son, Christopher, co-emperors with himself and his son in lawKonstantinos Macedon. However, before anything substantial came about from his elevation to co-emperor, Christopher passed away before Romanos, eventually paving the way for his...

"The great empires are not shy." - Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 AD - ca. 120 AD) In the 1st century of our era. Europe was largely dominated by the most prosperous empire the West had ever seen. The Roman Empire, with a population of 80 million people. It was at that time the...

The Crisis of the Fifth Century by : Frederick II of the HRE The Fall of Rome Start of the Crisis From the Battle of Adrianople and the death of Valens until the death of Gratian Rise of Magnus Maximus From the elevation of Magnus Maximus until the ascension of Victor The Reign of Victor From...

Is it possible? Today's Croatia (except Slavonia of course), Serbia (except Vojvodina), Bosnia and Bulgaria to be romance speaking with the byzantines successfully repealing slavic invasions.

Can they hold the Exarchate of Africa because of the roman identity, or would it eventually break free from the empire?

What if Marcus Aurelius had died of the Antoine Plague along with his co-emperor Lucius Verus?

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...

During his brief reign, Caligula apparently embarked on a campaign in Britain that ended up aborted. What exactly happened and why is still debated to this day, but what is clear was that the conquest of Britain would have to wait until the reign of Claudius. But what if Caligula had invaded...

In Sheets of Blood A Late Antiquity Timeline Chapter I: A Vandal King Chapter II: Bonifacius, Aetius and Rimini Chapter III: Vandal Carthage Chapter IV: Magister Militum Bonifatius Chapter V: Bleda the Hun Chapter VI: Theodosius II Chapter VII: The Isaurian War

a question that is some times asked is why the Han dynasty collapsed while the roman empire surived the third century crisis ( so since i could find any thing) i ask can we reverse it have the roman empire collapse or split in the third century ( or should i say mantain the split of the ot with...

How will the ancient pagan Romans and the ancient pagan Greeks react towards a group of fierce brutal brave warriors in classic Gothic clothing who brutally annihilated every single legion of ancient Roman Empire and all the Greek forces in the Roman Empire. What I mean by Gothic clothing are...

How will ancient pagan people of the ancient Roman Empire such as Roman soldiers, Roman Patricians, Roman Plebeians, native Italic Romans, Gauls, Greeks, Germans, Samnites, Celts, Sabines, Illyrians, Thracians, Nubians, and the Roman emperor react if a non-Hellenic pale caucasoid foreign...

If a foreign 19 year old young woman with the following features settled in the ancient pagan Roman Empire, how will the ancient pagan Romans react and interact with her? These are the following features of the foreign 19 year old young woman: 1. She is pale skinned, caucasoid, has built a body...

The Roman Emperor Julian, known to history as "the Apostate", was the last pagan emperor, and the last emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He reigned for less than two years before dying from a spear wound at the 363 Battle of Samarra. The wound was probably dealt by a Lakhmid auxiliary in the...

Of the general history of the Empire, and of its collapse. Part 1: The Beginning of Roman Hegemony: Roman conquest was near unstoppable. After rolling through Gaul, Greece, the Balkans, Anatolia and Egypt, the powerful Roman war machine would claim most of Europe. Yet one thing stopped them from...