roman history

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...

So, after watching the amazing "I, Claudius" miniseries, I developed quite the fascination with the Early Roman Empire. I had a few questions regarding their naming and adoption customs. So, lets say a influential roman, member of the Equestrian class were to be made the adopted son of a roman...

I'm currently reading a book titled "The Formation of Christendom" by Judith Herrin and in it she describes how in the 660s (East) Roman Emperor Constans II, father of Constantine IV, chose Syracuse as his imperial residence and even considered making it the formal capital of the Empire (pp...

So, i once posted a thread about Roman emperor Licinius managing to defeat and kill Constantine at the Battle of Cibalae (314 AD), causing him to gain control of the whole empire and ultimately emerge victorious from the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy. But, i'll posit another question for now...

What if Roman emperor Constantius III had lived beyond 421 AD, and managed to be recognized as emperor of both West and East? How much of the barbarian invasions could he stave off? Could Genseric's rise as warlord in North Africa be avoided? Would Constantius attempt to re-garrison Britain...

A mostly self-explanatory title. If the Roman emperor Aurelian is not assassinated on his way to a campaign against Persia in 271 AD (CORRECTION: 275 AD), completes such campaign, and luckily dies on his deathbed, who will he pick as his successor? It seems to me that the option pool was narrow...

What if the Roman Republic lost most of the key battles of the Cimbrian War (maybe through Gaius Marius dying in his fight against Jugurtha of Numidia), in the late 2nd century BCE? What would happen next? Could the Cimbri and the Teutones invade the italian peninsula and sack Rome? Could they...

For my fantasy history, I had it so that the roman legion of Carrhae is exiled to Pontus rather than farther east and that the descendants of these people eventually become a tribe of greek-descendant speaking steppe nomads (this was easier to do in the context of my alternate history). I am...