History - What would have you made different?

[Xen]

you mean Alexander used the same tactic to take the Sogdanian fortress as Xenophon used on his march when Armenian were threating him from their strong hold !?!?! go figure

 

[wildWolverine]

Alexander's capture of the Rock of Sogdiana is verifiable -- at least as verifiable as something that happened 2300 years ago is... Several sources describe it.

 

[Kamilian]

I wouldnt't change a thing. I'm not trying to be cruel or anything, but I believe that you cannot change the past - the past is set.

 

[Amenhotep7]

Yes, but what if?

 

[Oruc]

Nope!

 

[wildWolverine]

Ha! But then we couldn't debate him, and where would that leave us? I'd rather have him defend Rome than those cursed Byzantines!

 

[Kamilian]

Originally posted by Xen
all in all, I would more then likelly preven t the Roman empire from EVER becoming christian- christianity has every right to exists as its own religion, but it shoudl have NEVER been a national religion, espcially for the Roman empire

this just came to my attention. actually, it has been argued, and if i recall correctly even on History Channel special "First 1000 Years of Christianity", thatthe establishment of Christianity as Rome's official state religion actually extended the life of the Roman Empire by a century or so as it was already beginning its decline at the time of the introduction of Christianity as the official religion, and this action brought back a degree of unity among the Romans that worked as kind of a life-support machine until the fall of Rome.

 

[Amenhotep7]

Yes, but in turn it divided the Roman Empire, burned Rome, and...probably had a few other effects, good and bad, but I don't remeber them.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I cannot really make a guess that involves entire countries and what not, because we have no way of knowing what ramifications changes at that level would make. However, were I to hazard one, I'd find some way of preventing Lincoln's death. I think he would've made reconstruction more tolerable for the south.

On a slightly smaller level, I'd see that Sherman got dysentary or something before he went off on his "glorious" raid. The Hindenburg disaster is another thing..

 

[Xen]

Originally posted by Kamilian1

this just came to my attention. actually, it has been argued, and if i recall correctly even on History Channel special "First 1000 Years of Christianity", thatthe establishment of Christianity as Rome's official state religion actually extended the life of the Roman Empire by a century or so as it was already beginning its decline at the time of the introduction of Christianity as the official religion, and this action brought back a degree of unity among the Romans that worked as kind of a life-support machine until the fall of Rome.

hardly, the reason they say it "unified" is because assorten EMperors worked hard makeing every religion other then Chrsitianity illegle- no I assure you, chrsistianity was, and remains amound the worst religions to found a government around- remember what an empire is- an amaglimation of differnt cultures into one state- nationalizing was somthing that couldnt be done by religious means, not then, and nor even now

 

[Xen]

Originally posted by emu
make it so rome never rose to such heights, then maybe Xen would shut up for awhile

nope, then I would just g to the other side of my ancestry, the British Empire

 

[Smellincoffee]

Would you then take up arms against Firaxis for making their UU the Man o' War instead of a longbowman?

 

[dralm]

even if it is not really realistic, i would succeed the german revolution in 1848 and make germany a parliamentary monarchy. probably there would be no ww1 and ww2...

 

[The Outsider]

Lead the Hebrew people to conquer the entire region they were given by GOD, not just Palestine. That means te entire arabian penisula, up to the caucus mountains and even into persia and babylon.

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

I'd lead the Egyptian people to kick the Hebrew peoples' butts and conquer the entire region they were given by their GODS, not just Egypt. That means the entire Arabian peninsula, up to the Caucasus Mountains and even into Persia and Babylon

 

[Amenhotep7]

Yes, you cannot stop Egypt!...Maybe Rome could, but popor Egypt didn't have good access to Iron.

But if they conquered the Hittitites...

 

[Margim]

I don't really want to change much - although I'd make sure that blasted Roman Empire never got to absorb and corrupt Christianity .

For fun, I'd like to see what would happen if the wheel never got invented.

Or if humanity never found out what zinc was for. Wait. No, No. Come back zinc, come back...

 

[Esuh]

I would stop the decline and fall of the roman empire. The fall of the roman empire set European civilisation back several hundred years (Actually more, the middle ages are called the middle ages because they came between the fall of the roman empire and the rebirth of "proper" european powers. The middle ages lasted roughly 1000, according to which history book you read). Stopping the decline would be important.

 

[Amenhotep7]

I don't really want to change much - although I'd make sure that blasted Roman Empire never got to absorb and corrupt Christianity

Hey! I'm a Roman Catholic! Ah well...Why do so many people think Rome corrupted Christianity?

 

[wildWolverine]

I am Catholic as well. However, many historians believe that Constantine's conversion and ensuing contribution to the Church made the Church a powerful and wealthy landowner -- which led to the money grabbing (i.e., pardoners, the Fourth Crusade, etc.) and the general corrupt nature of the Church through the Middle Ages -- something that the original founders of the Church never intended. Kings throughout Europe tried to install "their" man as the pope -- refer to the great Schism -- so they could control the wealth of the Church. I believe that the Church has since recovered, and is back "on mission." However, the conversion of Rome sent the Church into spiralling darkness for several centuries.