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hey, all. im honestly not sure if this is the right place to put this thread, as im not exactly sure what a sub-genre discussion would fall into given the selection of forums here. i figured post-1900 would be the best

i think one especially common cliche in amateurish alternate history, or perhaps simply lazy alternate history more for entertainment than for plausibility, is that an ancient civilization remains virtually the same for hundreds or thousands of years as a power through to the present day. for example, say, greece as a major european power with a national religion following the worship of zeus, as a classical greek democracy, and with ethnic spartans as an elite commando unit. or aztecs still practicing human sacrifice as an accepted part of global society. or vikings remaining and assailing the united kingdom with frigates and battleships and subs adorned with dragons. or a futuristic japan with legal samurai who are still allowed to lop peoples heads off if they talk back to them

okay, ill admit, i dont actually know of ANY ATLs that implement this, but i think itd be fun to discuss this little sub-genre of AH that i like to call "space romans"
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