Hello everybody! My first TL is about a world Without Rome. What if?
By the River Tiber, there once existed a city called Roma. We know very little about this city, but we know it was a monarchy where Kings were elected by the Senate. Lately, we have discovered signs that the city was founded by a man called Romulus. Romulus killed his unnamed brother and became King of Roma. In the year 509 BC, the rightful King of Roma, Tarquinnius Superbus was overthrown by the traitors Lucius Brutus and Lucius Collatinus. Tarquinnius was a Tyrrheni(Etruscan) and allied with the Tyrrheni city-states against Rom. Tarquinnius recaptured Roma and Brutus and Collatinus were executed. However,in 502 BC, Tarquinnius was overthrown a second time. Trying to flee Roma, Tarquinnius was hacked to death. The Tyrrheni destroyed Roma in bitter revenge and the Romans were sold into slavery.
Modern day, history class:
The teacher, Mr Vercingas asks class" What country rules northern Italia?"
Basil answers" The Gathae, sir, a tyrannical monarchy. It was founded in 194 AD after the Ostrogoths Migration."
Vercingas replies"Very good, Basil, but the Gather state itself has only come into being in the last two centuries. Also, what are the countries in Graecia?"
Philippos says" The kingdom of Macedonia, the New Thracian Kingdom, the Ionian Kingdom and the grand democracy of Hellas."
Very good"Vercingas says" It is clear you know your history."
In the 500s BC, the Tyrrheni ruled northern Italia and southern Italia was ruled by Greek colonists. A new, expanding power also existed in the Western Mediterranean, the African city-state of Carthage. In the 300s BC, a Celtic tribe, the Senones invaded Italia. The Senones founded the city of Sena. Then, moving forward swiftly led by theit chief, Brennan, they destroyed the Tyrrheni city of Perusia. This was Tyrrhenia's(etruria) darkest hour. Italia rallied behind the Tyrrheni war drums and Brennan died in the Battle of Verona. The Stones abandoned Senators and migrated North to Gaul. The Tyrrheni formed the League of Tyrrhenia to protect against the Senone menace. War erupted between Tyrrhenia and the Ligurians. In the end, peace was agreed. shortly afterwards, the League disbanded and the Tyrrheni resumed warring with each other.
In the east, Alexander, King of Macedonia created a huge empire stretching from Greece to Egypt and India. Then Alexander died, taking his empire with him. Alexander's generals divided up his empire into three Hellenistic kingdoms, the Antigonids Kingdom of Macedonia which ruled Greece, the Seleucid Empire in the Middle East and the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt, Cyprus and the Aegean.
By the River Tiber, there once existed a city called Roma. We know very little about this city, but we know it was a monarchy where Kings were elected by the Senate. Lately, we have discovered signs that the city was founded by a man called Romulus. Romulus killed his unnamed brother and became King of Roma. In the year 509 BC, the rightful King of Roma, Tarquinnius Superbus was overthrown by the traitors Lucius Brutus and Lucius Collatinus. Tarquinnius was a Tyrrheni(Etruscan) and allied with the Tyrrheni city-states against Rom. Tarquinnius recaptured Roma and Brutus and Collatinus were executed. However,in 502 BC, Tarquinnius was overthrown a second time. Trying to flee Roma, Tarquinnius was hacked to death. The Tyrrheni destroyed Roma in bitter revenge and the Romans were sold into slavery.
Modern day, history class:
The teacher, Mr Vercingas asks class" What country rules northern Italia?"
Basil answers" The Gathae, sir, a tyrannical monarchy. It was founded in 194 AD after the Ostrogoths Migration."
Vercingas replies"Very good, Basil, but the Gather state itself has only come into being in the last two centuries. Also, what are the countries in Graecia?"
Philippos says" The kingdom of Macedonia, the New Thracian Kingdom, the Ionian Kingdom and the grand democracy of Hellas."
Very good"Vercingas says" It is clear you know your history."
In the 500s BC, the Tyrrheni ruled northern Italia and southern Italia was ruled by Greek colonists. A new, expanding power also existed in the Western Mediterranean, the African city-state of Carthage. In the 300s BC, a Celtic tribe, the Senones invaded Italia. The Senones founded the city of Sena. Then, moving forward swiftly led by theit chief, Brennan, they destroyed the Tyrrheni city of Perusia. This was Tyrrhenia's(etruria) darkest hour. Italia rallied behind the Tyrrheni war drums and Brennan died in the Battle of Verona. The Stones abandoned Senators and migrated North to Gaul. The Tyrrheni formed the League of Tyrrhenia to protect against the Senone menace. War erupted between Tyrrhenia and the Ligurians. In the end, peace was agreed. shortly afterwards, the League disbanded and the Tyrrheni resumed warring with each other.
In the east, Alexander, King of Macedonia created a huge empire stretching from Greece to Egypt and India. Then Alexander died, taking his empire with him. Alexander's generals divided up his empire into three Hellenistic kingdoms, the Antigonids Kingdom of Macedonia which ruled Greece, the Seleucid Empire in the Middle East and the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt, Cyprus and the Aegean.
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