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Christ, King of the Orient: A TL (My First)
Now, if I understand the forums rules correctly, I post this here, until it is more developed and filled out. Right? This is a TL I have wanted to make for a long time: A Christian East. I really hope it hasn't been done before. Look, I'm kind of a n00b here, so I will generously accept any constructive criticism and comments. Bascially, the POD is that Judea at the time of Christ is ruled by Persia, and Christianity spreads in the opposite direction. But of course, the real POD has to be earlier for a Persian Palestine to occur. I'll probably have to redo this TL many times and modify and tweak it a ton to get it right, but I think eventually it'll work. I even thought of a good title. I mean, I hope it's a good title.
I hope it doesn't suck, here goes:
September 1, 31 BC – Octavian’s fleet of small, light Liburnian vessels is damaged by a storm in the Ionian Sea. Only one ship is severely damaged, and no lives are lost, but the damage had been done- it was just enough to hinder Octavian’s forces, led by Agrippa. Meanwhile, in the gulf of Actium, Mark Antony manages to control a malaria outbreak by quarantining the affected soldiers, resulting in very little loss of life.
September 2, 31 BC – The battle of Actium takes place, and results in a draw. With Octavian’s fleet slightly damaged and Mark Antony having more people to man his ships, Antony is able to fend off Agrippa, but not without heavy losses. Antony now has a chance of winning the Final War of the Roman Republic, however slim it may be…
January 16, 30 BC – It has been several months since the battle of Actium, and Antony and Cleopatra continue to try to fend off Octavian. Octavian is winning, but Antony obstinately defends his territory, at least in the west. But Antony’s grip over his Eastern, Mesopotamian lands near the Euphrates is weakening, and Shah Phraates hungers for the lands he gained, and then disastrously lost, several years before.
January 27, 30 BC – Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s navy are pinned against the coast of Morea by Octavian’s expanded fleet, and most of Antony’s empire has descended into anarchy, for Octavian’s land forces have only gotten as far as Cyrene in the south and Thrace in the north. The Shah of Parthia prepares for an invasion of Judea, Egypt, and Armenia.
February 19, 30 BC – Parthia’s army is not as prepared as it could be, but the Shah is getting impatient, and fears Octavian will take the land he has his eye on if he doesn’t invade soon. Phraates sends an envoy to Octavian in order to devise a treaty allowing Parthia to take the East.
February 20, 30 BC – Phraates’ army swoops down across the fields of Syria, finding almost no resistance. A portion of the army, mainly cavalry takes a southern route directly to Judea and Egypt.
February 25, 30 BC – Controlling all of the Fertile Crescent with the exception of coastal Palestine, the Army of Parthia begins to cross the Sinai peninsula.
March 2, 30 BC – Phraates’ envoy meets with some of Octavian’s high-ranking generals. Mark Antony and Cleopatra have been defeated, and the couple and a few hundred supporters have fled to Dacia, with King Burebista, having survived a court plot to kill him, promising sanctuary. Parthia and Rome sign a treaty allowing Parthia to take Armenia, Syria, Judea, and Egypt, as long as Roman trade is not hindered. Octavian, taking the name Augustus Caesar, focuses on subduing the western regions of the empire, not wanting to risk war with the seemingly reinvigorated Parthians. Augustus plans on invading Brittania after securing Gaul, Hispania, and Germania and putting down a series of rebellions that occurred in the region during the civil war.
April 11, 30 BC – Parthia now has all of the Fertile Crescent in its grip, along with all of Egypt down to the Third Cataract. On the other side of the Parthian empire, the Tocharians threaten Parthia’s borders, because of less Parthian troops to guard its frontiers.
And that's what I have for now. I'll update it soon, I hope.