How to destroy the Roman empire

Also, pharaoh, not farao.

damm...I still make mistakes:p


BERSERKER! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PICK THE EXACT TIMESPAN I CANT HELP YOU!!!!! ;)

*waits until ears stop buzzing*:D


in all seriousness, there were so many opportunities for Rome to be destroyed, it seems a miracle it reached the power it did OTL. If you don't mind pushing the POD back maybe 50 years, you could have Julius Caesar lose at the Battle of Alesia, which gives you an independent and fairly unified Gaul, as well as a weaker Rome.

hmm....an independent Gaul was..and still is a big dream of mine.
hell, Why not.:D:D

alright: lets suggest Ceasar gets his ass kicked in Gaul. what will likely happen to rome shortly after.

also, consider the fact ITTL Scythia at that time is having difficulties in Dacia, so they wont help, but around 44BC they will be avaliable. thought itsd not likely they will help rome for there diplomatic relations are a bit..."tence" at that moment.
 
Maybe you need to kill off Augustus himself.
Without him, it's possible that no on else bothers to conquer the Danube valley, but pursues more Parthian wars instead. An Empire whose boundary lay so much nearer the coast might have a harder time surviving.

Or tries again harder, seriously pissing off the German barbarians who try to march down in a reprisal assault, especially if Hermann stays alive a bit longer to be the core commander of the attack....
 
Or tries again harder, seriously pissing off the German barbarians who try to march down in a reprisal assault, especially if Hermann stays alive a bit longer to be the core commander of the attack....

then Rome will be in trouble:D
 
Exactly how is Rome going to be in trouble when Arminius/Hermann leads a counterstrike (into Italy?)?

The legions won't be fighting at a disadvantage, and will almost certainly be reasonably commanded.

probably for the first two seconds of the "owww shit" value:D
 
probably for the first two seconds of the "owww shit" value:D

Oh?

I'm all for a lovely second humiliation of Rome if you can pull it off (Rome was never hurt by being humbled), but I'm not sure this is Rome Broken more than the OTL outcome.

Could lead there, though. Just not as easily as Arminius marching on Rome, satisfying as him capturing it might be to the barbarians of the forum. :D
 
Oh?

I'm all for a lovely second humiliation of Rome if you can pull it off (Rome was never hurt by being humbled), but I'm not sure this is Rome Broken more than the OTL outcome.

Could lead there, though. Just not as easily as Arminius marching on Rome, satisfying as him capturing it might be to the barbarians of the forum. :D

Indeed it would:D

but I have some ideas on a roman humiliation, but that depends on the fact iff the Scythians could pull of a mini-migration when they invade the splintered Dacian kingdom (shortly after 44BC, I am still planning to let that Dacian kingdom come to power as it did OTL)
 
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