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HI ALL. SO THE ROMANS HAD THEIR INFORMAL CURSIVE SCRIPT FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE, BUT IT NEVER REALLY TRAVELED FURTHER THAN THAT. PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO READ FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT WOULD SEEM TO BE EASIER AND QUICKER TO WRITE. WHAT IF IT CONTINUED TO DEVELOP...

Historically after Khosrau II's failed invasion, the Byzantines were much more stable than the Sassanids on the eve of the Arab conquest, and were able to retreat to their core territories and survive. With the latest POD possible, how could the Byzantines fall completely, and the Sassanids...

In 468, Emperor Leo I of the Eastern Roman Empire launched a truly massive expedition to reconquer Carthage from the Vandals. Supposedly, 110,000 troops and 1,113 ships were involved; although the numbers could have been exaggerated, the Romans certainly spared no expense, and the invasion force...

So after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, many documents, books, and many other sources of knowledge made their way west with the diaspora. My challenge to you is to have this Diaspora either fund, undertake, or take advantage of the discovery of the new World and found a colony that...

(Note that in this, I do not mean to be offensive or blasphemous towards Christ. However, to adequately change history, one would need to change the events that happened in the Bible. This is purely fictional, I do not intend to create anything near a new religions) Taken from The Bible, Holy...

Imagine a scenario where Justinian, more crafty than he was historically, presses the advantage wherever he can, diplomatically. He marries the Gothic princess Amalasuntha instead of Theodora, allowing him to gain a significant faction of loyal Goths in his conquest of Italy, and giving his son...

What medieval/Renaissance kingdom or empire had the largest chance of conquering at least 80% of the Mediterranean basin, effectively reforming the Roman Empire's "Mare Nostrum" trade? Edit: 900s to 1500s is the point of divergence.

Since it seems a few of people have been debating this in other threads, I thought it would be interesting to see what the general consensus is as I find this question rather interesting. One could argue that since the Empire was partioned following the 4th Crusade the political continuity that...

In 313 AD Emperor Constantine the Great of the Roman Empire passed the Edict of Milan officially stopping Christian persecution within the Roman Empire, and he himself converted to Christianity. Now, is there anyway a Roman Emperor could convert to Christianity sooner? Were there any emperors...

With the Black Sea lowering travel times, and the center of the later empire being Constantinople, could the Romans have conquered the Caucasus region for a long period of time and Romanized the area?

Would it be possible for the Roman Empire to "survive" as the holdings of a figurehead emperor in Rome/Milan/Ravenna/Constantinople, while various warlords fight for imperial backing, hegemony of the Mediterranean, and title of magister militum? Basically, the shogunate reoccurring as a Roman...

Romans in Crimea - Extension of Roman empire in Black Sea? Why Romans did not settle Black sea region? It provided fertile climate, sea access a calm waters. What would impact be then? If Romans could not take it easily which part of Roman empire was relative waste to this conquest?

Is it possible for the Roman Republic to take over the Mediterranean without adopting Hellenization as their own, seeing the Greeks the same way they saw the Carthaginians or Gauls? Could a Romance language become the primary language of Greece? What if the 279 BC Celtic invasion of Greece...

Historically, the Byzantines were only really able to start gaining territory again in the 10th and early 11th centuries, and that was quickly undone after the Battle of Manzikert. Were there opportunities for Roman reconquests before this? Perhaps attacking the Abbasids during the Zanj Rebellion?

During the existence of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, they were not seen as separate states. They were one Roman Empire, the two halves only governed by two emperors out of political expediency. That and the Eastern Emperor just did not want to bother with the less valuable West. If...

It is 1025, and Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer has died. Unlike in OTL, he has capable successors--several "Good Emperors"--in command of his 250,000-man army over the next few decades. During the reigns of these powerful emperors, the Eastern Roman Empire destroys most of its rivals, playing them...