In our reality, it is the year 1000 CE; in this reality, it is the year 1753 AUC, or ab urbe condita; looslly meaning, after the foundaiton of Rome.
SO, what has caused the great skew in the time line? What great effects and upheavals has it caused? Well many and great are the impacts, and consequences of the the change, and the change itself wa sby no means minor.
The time line begins with a victory of Maxentius at Milvian bridge, and the restoration of the Roman tetrearchy. Or at least, that is how it was hearlded; the real consequences is that, after the killing of Constantine, in a very public manner, Maxentius went about shapeing the western most prefecture so that he, and whom ever was the current Tetrearch in Rome coudl keep a creful eye on thie rwiley wetern borther in arms; establishing the new capital of the western prefecture at Valencia, he woudl indeed secure the defence of the Prefecture of Italy, at least from any other Roman aggressions...
The other immediate impact. was a near complete crushing of the chrsitan cult in the west; it was now made, bloodilly apperent, that Christ was indeed no savior, for his direct blessings did little to stop the force of Maxentius, whom, while never claimign to have been backed by the gods in his battle, certinalyl made sure to wipe away the rest of the christian cultists in a rathe rbloody manner; though while Christianity in the western prefectures withered away; with Mithraism as the now unchallenged cult in the area, Christianity would contineu to gorw in the east, particularly in the levant, and in Egypt; where it would eventually grow to become the dominant religion, after the the ascension of a christian to the throne of the east, making, as constantine in our reality, the priamry rleigion, and leaving to his sucessos to stmap out the other cults...
By the end of the 4th century our time, the roman world in polerized; the westenr prefectures, beign able to fight off barbarian incrusions together relitivlly well, though for the the far western prefecture being a battle slowlly lost, having to set several provinces to thier own defences; and the rather newlly formed eastern empire, which had choosen to split entirelly from its western borthers, after the prefectures of Illyricum, and the orient were merged by force, was living up to a reality that we know it, beset by neo-persians, and barbarian raiders on all sides, other then the othe rborder sof Rome, its capital at Nicomedia was becoming anice urban center, but still had nothing on, while even in these dark times a growing Roman population, who now encomapssed a population of 2 million people (mianlyl from citizens fleeing the pressure sof barbarism from the north, seeking out Rome, with the impressive 3rd tier of walls built by maxentius, defended by the "Itallica Custodes", a mighty guard of troops that were able to handle the pressures of the barbarian amries), still reigned supreme in the world as the jewel of the earth.
Ofcourse, not everything was so optimsitic in the world; barbarian incursions, and famin still plagued much of the world, one causing the other, for they went hand in hand; the barbain plagues would eventually force the now indipendent " Roman empire of the western provinces" to be confined to a largelly Iberian, and mediteranrian borders, as the franks pushed into Gual, and the gothic tribes, pushed out of Italy by a unfied army of Roman nationals, eventually settled in the land between the Rhine and the Oder.
The wars and strife continued, unabated, with the eastern empire presenting a soft, and rich alterntive ot tirbes lookign for conqest then the two "brother sof the west", and as such, the eastern empire suffered havilly frm the arab conquest, though both Rome, and Iberia lost the majorit yof the north African possesions, the atalantic coast, and cathage still stand strong under civlized rule.
As things stand now the Roman, and Iberian empires stand close together, though dynastic feuding, both ruleing fmailles having claims upn ine another threaten to create a political schism; The eastern empire iis currentlly preapreing to make a mighty punch back at the Ostrogothic kingdom that overran the empires defences a short time ago, and overall things ar ebginnignt o settle down in the mainland, with trade, propserity, and populaitons all rebuilding, and lost knowledg eis being reclaimed; the world stand ready for exploration, for discovery, for conquest and for glory, religion seperate smany, and so do the boundaries of culture; but now is a tiem of renewed vigour, when new naitons can claim glory, and old nations can find a new place int eh world, reclaiming that which has fleeted thier grasp for so long.
SO, what has caused the great skew in the time line? What great effects and upheavals has it caused? Well many and great are the impacts, and consequences of the the change, and the change itself wa sby no means minor.
The time line begins with a victory of Maxentius at Milvian bridge, and the restoration of the Roman tetrearchy. Or at least, that is how it was hearlded; the real consequences is that, after the killing of Constantine, in a very public manner, Maxentius went about shapeing the western most prefecture so that he, and whom ever was the current Tetrearch in Rome coudl keep a creful eye on thie rwiley wetern borther in arms; establishing the new capital of the western prefecture at Valencia, he woudl indeed secure the defence of the Prefecture of Italy, at least from any other Roman aggressions...
The other immediate impact. was a near complete crushing of the chrsitan cult in the west; it was now made, bloodilly apperent, that Christ was indeed no savior, for his direct blessings did little to stop the force of Maxentius, whom, while never claimign to have been backed by the gods in his battle, certinalyl made sure to wipe away the rest of the christian cultists in a rathe rbloody manner; though while Christianity in the western prefectures withered away; with Mithraism as the now unchallenged cult in the area, Christianity would contineu to gorw in the east, particularly in the levant, and in Egypt; where it would eventually grow to become the dominant religion, after the the ascension of a christian to the throne of the east, making, as constantine in our reality, the priamry rleigion, and leaving to his sucessos to stmap out the other cults...
By the end of the 4th century our time, the roman world in polerized; the westenr prefectures, beign able to fight off barbarian incrusions together relitivlly well, though for the the far western prefecture being a battle slowlly lost, having to set several provinces to thier own defences; and the rather newlly formed eastern empire, which had choosen to split entirelly from its western borthers, after the prefectures of Illyricum, and the orient were merged by force, was living up to a reality that we know it, beset by neo-persians, and barbarian raiders on all sides, other then the othe rborder sof Rome, its capital at Nicomedia was becoming anice urban center, but still had nothing on, while even in these dark times a growing Roman population, who now encomapssed a population of 2 million people (mianlyl from citizens fleeing the pressure sof barbarism from the north, seeking out Rome, with the impressive 3rd tier of walls built by maxentius, defended by the "Itallica Custodes", a mighty guard of troops that were able to handle the pressures of the barbarian amries), still reigned supreme in the world as the jewel of the earth.
Ofcourse, not everything was so optimsitic in the world; barbarian incursions, and famin still plagued much of the world, one causing the other, for they went hand in hand; the barbain plagues would eventually force the now indipendent " Roman empire of the western provinces" to be confined to a largelly Iberian, and mediteranrian borders, as the franks pushed into Gual, and the gothic tribes, pushed out of Italy by a unfied army of Roman nationals, eventually settled in the land between the Rhine and the Oder.
The wars and strife continued, unabated, with the eastern empire presenting a soft, and rich alterntive ot tirbes lookign for conqest then the two "brother sof the west", and as such, the eastern empire suffered havilly frm the arab conquest, though both Rome, and Iberia lost the majorit yof the north African possesions, the atalantic coast, and cathage still stand strong under civlized rule.
As things stand now the Roman, and Iberian empires stand close together, though dynastic feuding, both ruleing fmailles having claims upn ine another threaten to create a political schism; The eastern empire iis currentlly preapreing to make a mighty punch back at the Ostrogothic kingdom that overran the empires defences a short time ago, and overall things ar ebginnignt o settle down in the mainland, with trade, propserity, and populaitons all rebuilding, and lost knowledg eis being reclaimed; the world stand ready for exploration, for discovery, for conquest and for glory, religion seperate smany, and so do the boundaries of culture; but now is a tiem of renewed vigour, when new naitons can claim glory, and old nations can find a new place int eh world, reclaiming that which has fleeted thier grasp for so long.
:j/k: Just kidding!
