What If Spartacus Had Defeated Rome? Alternate History
In 71 BCE, Spartacus had already defeated several Roman forces, and the Republic had turned to Marcus Licinius Crassus to end the revolt. But what if Spartacus had defeated Crassus…
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What If Rome Had Won at Teutoburg Forest? Alternate History
In 9 CE, Rome suffered one of the worst defeats in its imperial history when three legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus were destroyed in the Teutoburg Forest by a Germanic…
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What If Hannibal Had Captured Rome After Cannae?
Hannibal came closer than any foreign commander of his generation to breaking Roman power. After crushing a massive Roman army at Cannae in 216 BCE, he had opened a crisis…
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What If Julius Caesar Had Not Been Assassinated? How Rome Changed
If Julius Caesar had not been assassinated in 44 BCE, Rome would probably still have moved toward one-man rule but the empire that emerged could have looked very different. Caesar…
