rome

So, I received my copy of Rome West today, and was wondering if anybody would like to help me flesh it out a little bit. A bit of background: Rome West is an alternate history comic book originally released online and published in physical form by Dark Horse Comics. The PoD is a Roman fleet...

I don't know if this has already been asked, but what would that mean if the Romans won this battle? No Germanic languages spoken today? Larger area directly influenced by Roman culture?

Following the Crossing of the Rhine in 406 AD by a mixed group of barbarians into the Roman Empire, there was a period of instability as northern Gaul succumbed to chaos and pillaging by the barbarians. This in turn caused the rise of three usurpers in Britannia. It also didn't help that the...

Was it ever possible for the diadochi kingdom of Makedonia to at least recover Greece and Anatolia? Would it be able to compete with Rome and Carthage while fending off Egypt and Persia?

My query is a simple one, what if the Etruscan kings of Rome remained in power, either through Lucretia never being raped, or the Etruscan forces to the north successfully reconquering Rome. I am not curious about whether or not it is entirely plausible, but rather what would become of...

The alternate timelines which fascinate me the most are those concerning antiquity, and of course, Rome. I've seen at least one thread here in which it was speculated what Europe would be without the Roman Empire, so this may seem like a repeat (but I assure you, it is not). Anyhoo, I've been...

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...

the term "islam" is in quotes since I'm not referring to the actual faith, but to a faith which begins like islam did - a monotheistic religion inspired by a specific culture, which initially gains political dominance through military action/expansion and promotes a specific language. with this...

I have been reading a bit on ancient Greece recently and I thought about what would happen if the Persians managed to conquer ancient Greece. I thought about how this would effect the expansion of the roman empire considering the attempt to conquer Greece occurred the same period as roman...

In OTL, the last severan emperor was consistently hesitant to go to war, which culminated in him not leading his army into Sassanian territory, ultimately dooming the first roman campaign in the Sassanid empire. what would've happened had he truly gone to war himself? how do roman odds improve...

With any POD after 100 AD make sure the Roman Empire in the year 2018 AD holds at least 70% of the lands it held in 100 AD.

Basically this: what if the Roman Empire had successfully annexed the german lands between the Rhine and Elba rivers? What could this impact in the future barbarian invasions, like the huns? Could this prevent the collapse of the empire for a few centuries, at least? And the economical and...

Today's challenge is preventing the Imperial Sack of Rome. How? You choose (But try to use post 1520 PoD(s), please.). Edit: My fault, I meant after 1525.

a few years after the second Punic war ends, black gunpowder is accidentally invented in Rome and enters the public conscious (so it isn't left on some shelf forever). How would this impact rome's rise and fall?

What would Europe have been like? My guess is that Italy would stay as a collections of principalities that are vassals to Hannibal. Also, Romance Europe would probably be limited to just Italy. Modern France would be today Gallo-Celtic, Romania would be Dacian, Spain and Portugal would be...

Saw this get released today and it got me thinking, if Rome did get annihilated by the Gauls or puppeted by the Etruscans as AHH suggests what do you guys think happens to the Gauls, Greeks, Germans, Britons, etc? Obviously Kody will go into it next ep but thats a while away most likely and im...

Suppose that Hannibal had an identical twin who has the same level of genius as he did,what would happen?Will this extra Hannibal help win the war?IOTL,few of the other Carthaginian commanders were able to gain any victories in theatres outside of Italy,which ended up nullifying Hannibal’s...

What if the famous Carthaginian general, Hannibal Barca, had not lived long enough to see the outbreak of the Second Punic War? What would be the effects on this conflict, especially if we assume that the Romans end up winning at Cannae?