The Roman Empire dramatically transformed Europe. It more or less wiped the slate clean to a Latin identity that was then overtaken by Germanic tribes. If Gaul, Britain and Central Europe had not been conquered by Rome would they develop similarly in the Middle Ages and into nation-states? Would the Celtic and Germanic tribes, or at least their culture, have remained dominant in modern Western and Central Europe? Would the warlike Celtic, Germanic and Thracian tribes have been better able to defend themselves from the invasions of the string of invasions in the wake of the Huns that brought down the Roman Empire?
My question is:
How would Europe have developed has Italian civilisation stopped at the Alps? Using a POD ranging from the foundation of Rome to Caesar's conquest of Gaul at latest, what would be the future of Europe had Latin/Helenistic/Punic civilisation never expanded north of the Alps/Pyrenees/Macedonia?
My question is:
How would Europe have developed has Italian civilisation stopped at the Alps? Using a POD ranging from the foundation of Rome to Caesar's conquest of Gaul at latest, what would be the future of Europe had Latin/Helenistic/Punic civilisation never expanded north of the Alps/Pyrenees/Macedonia?