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Anyway I put a ton of research hope you enjoy my caledonia tl. In this tl basically POD is Aulus Platius and his 4 legions tasked with invading Brittania are caught in a storm and instead land in Ireland;)

Roman Caledonia
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4 roman legions from the IX Hispania under the general Aulus platius set sail for Brittania off the coast of Gaul. However a fierce storm blew them of course
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Aulus and his men don’t realize they landed in the island of Hibernia. Aulus disembarks thinking he has reached Britannia. Yet he sees a pitiful site. He had arrived on useless land. Strange he thought but then knew he was tasked with conquering this land.
41: The last Hibernia are defeated by the roman legions, however it turns out Hibernia has little to no food for support. Aulus decides to change this; he sends word to Claudius who soon sends shipment of livestock to Hibernia as well as supplies. Aulus also is sent stone and money to Roamnize this new land.

40: with crops and food imported, soon wheat and oats became the staple Hibernia diet. Aulus became governor of Hibernia in this year, however he still believed he had arrived in Britannia.

30: For ten years Eire has grown with continued imports from Rome and soon develops a small population. Sadly it cannot increase by much due to relatively little land. SO Eire population grows slowly. Aulus meanwhile does his best to build roman baths, temples, and roads in this province. That by this year Caledonia had become very romanized.

Meanwhile the Romans who name it Britannia however it is separate from Hibernia capture Britain.
For the next 300 years Hibernia gradually becomes romanized, complete with ships and legions. The Governors of Hibernia exploited its plentiful wood and timber.

330
A new religion known as Christianity has spread across former roman lands, however in Hibernia Julius Antonius Maximus Governor of Hibernia refuses the new religion. Missionaries were executed and may of the people like their pagan lifestyle. In fact many priest were thrown into the sea. Constantine was outraged at what he saw as heathens. Soon a massive roman invasion fleet was gathered, Constantine swore that either “Hibernia accept Christianity or he will invade.
333 A huge fleet of ships is assembled as it sails for Hibernia, however Julius is ready, for years the Hibernia romans had built their own fleet from wood found in the land. To help Hibernia a big storm wrecked most of the roman fleet and across the thick fog in the channel the Hibernian ships dealt a decisive blow to the roman galley. Nearly half the invasion force was sunk and thousands of soldiers drowned at sea. It was Constantine’s greatest blunder. From that day for the Eire was cut off completely from Rome. Julius knew that he needed food, or Hibernia cannot survive off just its pitiful land. SO he turned to another country.
Hibernia secures a stable food crop.

410: The Roman Empire has crumbled with invasions from barbarians. The Roman troops leave Britannia; soon the Hibernian Romans seize most of Cumbria. Their King the pagan Brutus Maximus defeats an invasion by picts.

650: With Rome fallen many new kingdoms arise in Europe; Christianity is under Francia which soon expands. Meanwhile Hibernia is cut off from the rest of the world. The Arabs invade into Byzantine and Persian lands and soon sweep across Hispania bringing an end to the Visigoths. Meanwhile HIbernia develops internal trade, while Rome had fallen in Caledonia roads, baths, aqueducts, and many roman buildings survived. 90 percent of this population worshipped the Roman Pantheon of gods led by Jupiter. They considered themselves the true Romans. They successfully beat back countless invasions by Barbarians.




Anyway in this Tl little butterflies occur outside of England. Also in this tl Christianity fails to take off in eire.
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