roman

As the titel sais, is it possible to get a roman empire rump state or successor in Iberia ? I know all the Barbarian Kingdoms would be successor but i am more talking about a state that is atleast in some way a direct continuation with an atleast partly roman ruling class, so no HRE, Vandals or...

When Carthage fell, its nearby rival Utica, a Roman ally, was made capital of the region and replaced Carthage as the leading center of Punic trade and leadership. It had the advantageous position of being situated on the outlet of the Bagrada River, Numidia's only river that flowed all year...

The Siege of Constantinople in 717 AD was the Umayyad Caliphate's major combined arms offensive against the Roman Empire. And one of the largest sea and land military operations across the entire medieval era. The decision to lay siege to the city came about mostly as a result of an extended...

Was it ever possible for Rome to have expanded into, say, southern Germania and what would IOTL become Austria and the Czech Republic, moving in from the Alpine passes, while mostly ignoring Gaul for the time being? Obviously, that’d require their flanks to be secure (earlier pacification of...

What if the cunning Octavian, later known as Augustus, had succumbed to disease before he could begin exerting influence over Roman politics after his granduncle Caesar died? What would be the short and long term consequences of Rome’s first true emperor becoming a footnote? One immediate...

This is going to have huge butterflies. What if the Roman Empire never existed and there is only a Roman Republic confined to the Italian peninsula and nearby islands? What might the future of culture, history, science, society be like? What might Europe be like?

As summer approaches and my real life obligations start to wind down, I find myself wanting start another timeline. My first was Triumph of the Gael (in my signature below) where I tackled Brian Boru surviving the Battle of Clontarf. While I enjoyed creating the timeline, I felt the niche nature...

Lucius Julius Mento [invented name] is general in Britannia. He receives private word that his brother Sextus is going to try for the purple rising in revolt on the other side of the Empire, so he stops the tribute flowing from Britannia. He also gets his legion ready for action, ready to help...

What is the plausibility of and if any, possible ways a roman state could be created in India, basically the indo-greek state but this time roman and obviously formed later like the 2nd to 5th centuries ad? Doesn't have to be huge or hegemonic (could become a large empire in india but doesn't...

For the sake of argument, lets assume that the Romans had vessels that could cross the Atlantic and that the Empire was interested in the Americas for colonization. Say that the Colony is established during the reign of Agustus and by the time of Constantine it has faded to memory, leaving the...

Here the situation: Both the german empire and the HRE were relatively decentralized states if compared to others like Russia or France, with the second Reich being a federal monarchy and the HRE a chaotic administrative inferno of 100 billion duchies, kingdoms, counties and anything else...

The early Medieval period is often remembered as a time of chaos, poverty, stagnation and great devastation. While the extent of these claims are debatable, no one can really doubt Byzantium's efforts in consolidation, nor its achievements during Europe's supposed dark ages - it was the direct...

Let's say that Justinian's conquests were much more successful and the Roman empire was able to hold on to the pictured territories permanently. How powerful would this Byzantium be on the world stage? What do you see being the major cities of this empire in the modern day? How would...

Let's say that the Romans conquered up to the northern tip of Scandinavia, as difficult as that is. Where would the dividing line between Roman-speaking Latin-speaking provinces and Greek-speaking provinces be?

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...