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As it said, if Artabanus was victorious, killing Ardashir, and stillborn the Sasanian Empire. What now? How much time does this gives the Parthians? Another rebel satrap overthrows Parthians, but instead continue the Pro-Hellenism tolerance of the Parthians? (And not the OTL Sasanian Empire...

This TL will have four main PODS first we have a Heliocentric model by Aristotle and Ptomely, Hero's steam engine is better and gets used, but not widely till the 5-10th century and Julian and his Successors successfully reform the Roman Hellenism, and exploration is encouraged. Roman map of...

So I've been reading Tacitus and Gibbon recently, as well as listening to Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast religiously, and thinking a lot about why the Roman Empire fell. I want to write a Rome-wank, but I know that scenario has been beaten to death, and there's scarcely an original take...

Back in the late 60's BCE, there was a long-standing rivalry within Celtic Gaul between the Aedui, who were building an empire of sorts, and the Sequani and Arverni, who were, in turn, threatened by the expansion of the (Roman-allied) Aedui. The latter party invited a king of the Suebi Germanic...

I began work on a scifi/ASB story (but that's not really relevant, so I am placing this here) The main questions are - How did the Romans label years/time? I am aware that they eventually came to label years after the legendary founding of Rome, but at the same time that for most of the time...

Why not start the thread early, the wait is gonna suck though and I kinda wish this would be done on a new engine but still pumped. https://store.steampowered.com/app/859580/Imperator_Rome/ https://www.gameimperator.com

The Inca Empire was the largest in the New World (in fact, I think it was half the size of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent) so assuming that Europe never arrives in the Americas for a few centuries or so for whatever reason (that's not important, it isn't the focus of this scenario)...

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...

A common AH trope is the idea of the Roman Empire becoming another China by being united for many more centuries or, conversely, China being split up for long periods of time like Europe and the Middle East. Well, to expand on this idea, what are some other possible "Chinas" and by that, I...

The brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were plebians from the Sempronia family who became famous for their radical populism, attempts to improve the living conditions/livelihoods of Rome's underclasses and varingly successful attempts to push land reform. Tiberius, popular but virulently hated...

One of the striking things about the Second Punic War is the repeated failure of most Carthaginian generals besides Hannibal to win battles, even in quite even contests and ones where they actually had numerical superiority. The main exception is Hasdrubal's victories over the Scipio brothers...

For the longest time, the Persians was a thorn in the Romans side that only got worst as time went on. First the Parthians, and then the Sasanian Empire seemly became trapped in a cycle of 'tug of war' for the region, first with the Roman Republic, then the Roman Empire, and at last the...

The challenge if you choose to accept it, is with a POD in the year 400, to meet the following challenges: *You do not have to meet every single criteria, meet the ones you feel most possible. This challenge is generally to create a more Neo-Latin Europe than otl Middle Ages due to changes...

IOTL, Quintus Labienus, son of pro-Caesarian general Titus Labienus, was a rogue general who opposed the Second Triumvirate (42-31 BCE). He estabilished an alliance with Parthia and raided the Roman Oriental provinces, mainly Syria. He was defeated by Marc Antony’ forces in a battle somewhere...

IOTL, there seemed to be a large rebellion in the Roman province of Illyria and its vicinity, at the time of Augustus' late reign. It was commanded by two tribesmen, both named Bato, who led an alliance made up of Dalmatians, Daesitiates, Breuscians, and other Illyrian groups. They attacked...

The question is, from 100AD onwards, how could the Roman Administration best reduce the number of conversions to the then new religion. We know from OTL that persecutions did not work, essentially creating martyrs to the cause. I am under the impression that a higher tax, akin to the Jew Tax...

What if the Romans had either a) Broken through the weak infantry in the center and killed/imprisoned Hannibal? b) The Roman generals realized Hannibal's pincer tactic and had made precautions to prevent it from working?

What caused the relatively important late Roman imperial city of Sirmium, in modern Serbian Slavonia, to decline sharply, and effectively disappear during Avar times? What made it so important (enough to warrant diocese capital status) in the eyes of the emperors? How can the decline of this...

What if Roman EMPIRE, not Republic, in around its peak bans slavery? Rome decreases slightly in size due to the military power needed to enforce this act. Would this allow them to survive longer or perish faster?

Line infantry in the Napoleonic wars and the regular German infantry held some things in common, even if Napoleonic infantry was more disciplined. For example, both were unarmored, thus exposing themselves to things such as a spears and darts. So any way, the question is Would the...