An idea I just had, I don't know if someone already come up with it, or if there will ever be a story from me or anyone else... Hell, I don't even know if this is ASB... I think not since it's all in the realm of possibility?
Here it is:
What if Latin was one of the numerous Greek dialects or what if the Ancient Romans were actually Greeks since the ancient times.
I think the POD could be the surrounding territories of Rome as an ancient Greek colony, just as they did colonize lot of places in the Mediterranean Sea, as this OTL map shows.
In the ATL world, they just went a little further up in Italy, up to include the ancient Latin territories.
Let's say that a Greek speaking Rome will still start expanding as OTL one (maybe some butterflies will be killed for that to happen?)
I suppose they will have a much easier time integrating the already "Greek" territories compared to OTL, maybe quicker too, allowing for a better control of the Bosporan region and the Black Sea.
They will still fight the Phoenicians (Cathage) for Mediterranean supremacy, most likely winning.
The main differences I can came up at the moment will be much further up in the time scale... not having 2 different languages will prevent the latin/greek split that happened OTL, it will also make a combined administration of west and east easier, perhaps turning any possible split as a truly administrative division of powers instead of an ethnic one along the road?
Please consider that I just come up with this, like 5 minutes ago, I don't even know if it's completely crazy but... What other changes are likely to happen in this scenario in your opinion?
Here it is:
What if Latin was one of the numerous Greek dialects or what if the Ancient Romans were actually Greeks since the ancient times.
I think the POD could be the surrounding territories of Rome as an ancient Greek colony, just as they did colonize lot of places in the Mediterranean Sea, as this OTL map shows.
In the ATL world, they just went a little further up in Italy, up to include the ancient Latin territories.
Let's say that a Greek speaking Rome will still start expanding as OTL one (maybe some butterflies will be killed for that to happen?)
I suppose they will have a much easier time integrating the already "Greek" territories compared to OTL, maybe quicker too, allowing for a better control of the Bosporan region and the Black Sea.
They will still fight the Phoenicians (Cathage) for Mediterranean supremacy, most likely winning.
The main differences I can came up at the moment will be much further up in the time scale... not having 2 different languages will prevent the latin/greek split that happened OTL, it will also make a combined administration of west and east easier, perhaps turning any possible split as a truly administrative division of powers instead of an ethnic one along the road?
Please consider that I just come up with this, like 5 minutes ago, I don't even know if it's completely crazy but... What other changes are likely to happen in this scenario in your opinion?
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