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  1. GauchoBadger

    AHC/WI: Ancient Thracian Empire?

    Is it possible, with a PoD anywhere between 500 BCE and Roman annexation in 46 AD, for the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace to expand to such proportions as to control Macedon, parts of Greece and Anatolia, or some other territorial configuration that would also classify this as a wank? What would the...
  2. Romanian speaking Bulgaria and Thrace

    Could the territory of present day Bulgaria aswell as the region of Thrace, become Romanian speaking sometime post the fall of the Roman Empire? How so?
  3. Happers

    Zalmoxis Cult into Modern Monotheism

    The Dacians had one of the most advanced religions compared to their polytheistic neighbors, including the Romans. The Dacians primarily worshipped the Thracian quasi-god Zalmoxis with a mix of Celtic and Germanic influences. How could the Dacian Cult of Zalmoxis have developed into organized...
  4. WI : Cotys I was not killed in 360 BC

    So Cotys was the King of the united Odrysian Kingdom, being murdered by students of Plato. What if instead of being killed, he managed to survive? In a years time Philip of Macedon becomes King of Macedonia - if the Thracian Kingdom is still united, could we see Philip marry into that royal...
  5. Could the Danube River have become the center of a new empire after the fall of Rome?

    Could the Danube River have become the main artery of trade and travel for a new empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire? How does the navigability of the Danube compare to the Dnieper River that allowed the Kievan Rus to raid the Black Sea? What could create a river-based empire in...
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