09-30-2008, 06:38 PM
The problem with alternative history is that almost any scenario can be devised, making it practically useless for scholarly reasons. However, it is still really fun and interesting to discuss! 
Here is one addenda that I will add in order to simplify my response: after the Romans hypothetically overcame the crises (3rd-5th centuries), they maintained hegemony over all territory held in the early 200's.
That being said and in addition to what you have written, less discord in the Balkan peninsula due to more permanent Roman political stability, Latin would still be taught in schools (huzzah!), the middle east would be more stable, the Byzantine Empire would not have existed, Islam would not have spread so rapidly in the early 7th century, the Persian Empire might have not been destroyed, and my friends might actually be calling me "Ioannes Ahenobarbus" as a real name.
Here is one addenda that I will add in order to simplify my response: after the Romans hypothetically overcame the crises (3rd-5th centuries), they maintained hegemony over all territory held in the early 200's.
That being said and in addition to what you have written, less discord in the Balkan peninsula due to more permanent Roman political stability, Latin would still be taught in schools (huzzah!), the middle east would be more stable, the Byzantine Empire would not have existed, Islam would not have spread so rapidly in the early 7th century, the Persian Empire might have not been destroyed, and my friends might actually be calling me "Ioannes Ahenobarbus" as a real name.
John Baker
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
