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An Other Messiah
Antony Doesn't Lose so Bad at Actium
Burebista Isn't Assassinated

Okay, this is a reworking of my failed timeline I posted a while back. It's not as wordy and more summarized. The events of each year are listed in each post. I'll post anywhere between half a year to a few years at a time. I'm not sure exactly where it's going to go, but I can tell you there'll probably be a major religion that originated as a Jewish Messianic cult. That isn't Christianity.

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31 BC
-Octavian’s fleet of small, light ships is damaged by a strom in the Ionian sea. Mark Antony manages to control a malaria outbreak in his army.
-Battle of Actium (September 31) is a draw. Antony fends off Octavian’s fleet, led by Agrippa.
-A month later, Antony and Cleopatra are still fending off Octavian, but they are at a disadvantage. They only control parts of Greece and Egypt now, with most of the land they held in Palestine and Anatolia in a semi-anarchic state.
-Phraates, Shah of Parthia, sees his chance to retake the land he gained but then lost to Rome years earlier. He prepares to invade.
-With very few Roman forces able to secure the region, Gaul, Hispania, and Lusitania begin to rebel against Octavian’s authority.

30 BC
- Antony and Cleopatra are pinned against the coast of Macedonia, and facing defeat by Octavian’s large, repaired fleet, they decide to flee inland to Dacia.
- Phraates’ army is not as prepared as it could be, but he fears that if he doesn’t act soon, Octavian will take the land he wants. He sends an envoy to Octavian to write a treaty allowing him to take the eastern Mediterranean.
-Parthian forces swoop down into Judea, Arabia, and Anatolia, and easily secure the region which had been in anarchy for almost a year, but stop short at the Sinai Peninsula after Octavian threatens Parthia with military retaliation if they take Egypt.
-On March 2, Antony meets with Parthian diplomats and agrees to recognize its dominance over Judea, Arabia, and Anatolia. Octavian decides to concentrate on getting Gaul and Hispania back under control.
-In April of 30 BC, the Parthian empire has completely subdued the Fertile Crescent and most of Asia Minor and Anatolia. However, the Tocharians begin to threaten the western Parthian frontier.
-By May, Cleopatra and Antony reach the Dacian capital, with King Burebista, having survived a plot to kill him, offering sanctuary.
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