WI: No Christianity

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The Eleusinian mysteries, at least, were destroyed by Marcomannic raiders which I think would be a problem with any cult tied to one location.

A cult of youth and beauty based around Antinuous could be very appealing, even to the downtrodden. Who doesn't like youth and beauty? It would be like advancing celebrity culture 2000 years.

Picture it, TMZ - Medieval! upskirt oil prints of Eleanor of Aquitaine! Chaucer writing reality plays!

I'm dying over here :p
 

Booster Gold

Theoretically yes, but it kind of depends on the nature of the mystery. If it had an Oracle of Delphi element to it, then no. The problem is that there's no way to know how the mysteries worked for sure because nothing was written down. It was, if you will, a mystery.

But as far as AH is concerned, this could do a timeline a favour because, since we don't know, it leaves a lot of room for creativity.
 

Diego

Keperry said:
Jesus is never born and no successful Jewish messiah figure ever emerges.

How will the world's religious landscape evolve? What are the political effects down the road on the Roman Empire et al?
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Well, expect the "dark ages" to be a lot darker... roman culture, roman laws and hellenic philosophy will be completely or almost completely lost.

Islam will never rise. Western Civilization will never be seen.
 
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Banned
Syncretism forever.

Personally, I would favor some amalgam of Stoicism, Judaism, and Buddhism. If you want to throw a popularized Mithraism into the mix, ok. :D
 
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