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What will happen when, depending on his allies, Radagaisus managed to subjugate Roman lands in Italy and impose his will on it? Maybe even burning Rome in the process?

The POD can be whenever. I'm up for really any scenario, even borderline ridiculous ones, so long as they are at least minutely possible.

Let's say that by whatever means the Roman Empire has managed to survive until the modern day. In your ideal (while still being somewhat plausible) world, what would this surviving Rome look like? What territory does it control? What is its government? What is its religious situation? How does...

Surely this is a common topic here but I thought I would take a crack at it. The divergent point for this alternate universe from our own occurs much later than most Byzantine survival scenarios. I like the idea of Alternate history running parallel to our own almost as if this scenario is the...

So, I've been a lurker here for a long time, and I've managed to convince myself to write a timeline. I chose the Roman Empire for a number of reasons. The most important is that it's two thousand years away, so I can fudge things a bit more easily and because it's the topic currently stuck in...

The POD can be no earlier than 600 AD. How powerful would this Byzantium be on the world stage? Could Greek replace French as the prestige language of Europe? What do you see being the major cities of this empire in the modern day? Would such a strong Eastern Roman Empire delay or accelerate a...

You can choose any POD from the founding of Rome to the fall of the western empire. Is a surviving Rome with no core territories outside of Europe too unrealistic? What polities could arise to ensure Rome is confined to these territories? Could any political, cultural, or religious beliefs...

This scenario is inspired by this article. Long ago, it was thought that this super-cool, extra strong material called carbon nanotubes is a recent invention. After all, what ancient culture could have thought up of something as complex and complicated as a piece of metal as thin as an atom...

Furor Celticus: a Gallic TL Gaul united, forming a single nation, animated by a single spirit, can defy the Universe. - Memorial of Vercingetorix (1) ** Introduction: Strange Men from Strange Lands Gaul is a rich and conflicted land. Rich, from its fertile grounds, thick forests, and...

Why did Barbarian conquorers adopt the languages of the peoples they conquered in the former Roman empire? What could lead to Romans adopting barbarian languages? What barbarian languages that were subsumed in favor of a Latin or other pre migration era language, had the highest liklihood of...

The Dacian Wars (80's-100's AD) were one of the many wars, famous or obscure, fought by the romans in their drive for expansion. These in particular were fought against the Dacian tribes of modern-day Romania, led by the king Decebalus. As Domitian's reign followed through, Decebalus amassed a...

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...

The Roman Empire of OTL is generally considered to have passed through two phases: the Principate and the Dominate. The former was (with a few exceptions) marked by a system of cooperation between the emperor and the senatorial elites. The emperor was mostly relegeated to military duties, and...

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...

The Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις Dekápolis, Ten Cities) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the southeastern Levant. The cities were grouped together because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous...

So, assume that the Roman "barracks emperors" are even less competent at defending the empire from the Germanics, Persians, and other usurpers, and the whole thing collapses into multiple squabbling states sometime around the 270's AD. One of the Germanic tribes, led by their king, estabilishes...

Domitian (51-96 AD), from the Flavian dynasty, was Roman Emperor from 81 AD till his assassination and replacement by Nerva fifteen years later. His reign was marked by two large military campaigns against Caledonia (modern Scotland) and Dacia, both of which did not yield satisfactory results, a...

Justinian the Great was one of the most controversial Roman Emperors.You either love or hate the guy.He spent his entire reign fighting against the Persians to the east,enjoying spectacular success.Large new territories were gained in east where the empire would permanently hold.On the other...

Flavius Crispus was the eldest son of Roman emperor Constantine I, born sometime around 300 AD. He had a good military career in Gaul and against Licinius, former friend of Constantine who later turned into an enemy, in the East. He seemed like a promising figure and potential successor to...