Which of these Before 1900 ideas sounds most interesting?

Which scenario is most interesting?


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Sorry, but no. There was almost no evidence that the Sassanians were on their way out even with an exhausted empire until after the invaders had taken a good deal of their territory. Even then, Sassanian royal rebels were being housed as far east as the Tang court, and Sassanian Nobility were fighting wars for reconquest in Afghanistan and Central Asia for upwards of a century.

Parthia on the other hand was constantly on the verge of being toppled, and its royal struggles toppled itself several times. It is just the last time one of those happened it led to a resurgence of the Persians under the Sassanians.

This doesn't make conquest likely, but its not impossible.

The Roman Republic isn't more suited to conquering Parthia; both the Republic and Empire would be technically capable.

But an ambitious, wealthy Roman Republican like Caesar or Crassus or Marc Antony had the motivation and will to conquer Parthia. It personally would make him the richest and most powerful person in the Republic, and allow him to rise to the top of the power struggles of the late Republic.

On the other hand, for a Roman Emperor, conquering Parthia isn't desirable. The Emperor is already god among men. He already has the whole Mediterranean basin and everything he wants, so Parthia is an expense to him. The only thing the Emperor would want is to sack the Parthian capital, which multiple Emperors successfully did.

For the Romans, it's the difference between wanting to have everything, versus already having everything and not wanting to lose it.

I disagree with both of you but I can tell that this is going to turn into a long slog with no end in sight. Let's agree to disagree.
 
I disagree with both of you but I can tell that this is going to turn into a long slog with no end in sight. Let's agree to disagree.

......I think you misunderstand the purpose of this forum. We stop arguing when it turns into a flame war not when there's a disagreement. Speak your two cents.
 
......I think you misunderstand the purpose of this forum. We stop arguing when it turns into a flame war not when there's a disagreement. Speak your two cents.

"We stop arguing when it turns into a flame war" lol :p

Anyways, 99% of internet arguments end when one of the sides gets tired of arguing. There's no shame in cutting things short voluntarily when the slog of arguing over anime/history/science outweighs any satisfaction (or if you think it will eventually). I posted in this thread on a whim and now I realize that I prefer not to continue. Sure I could get into the logistical and political factors that I think would make Caesar conquering Parthia for 100 years untenable. That doesn't mean I have to. It's just an internet argument after all. Maybe that means people reading agree with the other debaters. That's fine too.

Besides, it's not as if I can't argue again about it in the future if I feel like it.
 
Honestly Majoran's Restoration is the most interesting to me because it is a viable (or at least semi-viable) way to have the Western Empire live on for much, much longer than it did, even if it wouldn't necessarily survive to the modern day. There just aren't a lot of good Late Antiquity/Dark Ages timelines on this site and if someone wants to try their hand at Majoran's Restoration, that would be great. It really would be a pretty plausible idea.
 
I posted in this thread on a whim and now I realize that I prefer not to continue.

That's ok. I mean, no shame in it.

I tell you more - when I first got into this forum (and that was long ago) I realized, that you don't have to reply if you're addressed. And that's not considered a breach of etiquette or something.
I was surprised, but got used to it.
And I even liked it.

The point is 'that's your god-given right - to tell your opinion and leave the thread at it' :)

At least that's how I see things.
 
That's ok. I mean, no shame in it.

I tell you more - when I first got into this forum (and that was long ago) I realized, that you don't have to reply if you're addressed. And that's not considered a breach of etiquette or something.
I was surprised, but got used to it.
And I even liked it.

The point is 'that's your god-given right - to tell your opinion and leave the thread at it' :)

At least that's how I see things.

That's what I'm saying! :D
 
I voted for Alexander the Failure but I think Pax Macedonia would be even cooler now that I reflect on it. I like Alexander the Great TLs.
 
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