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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5170986, member: 98035"]Within the scope of Roman history, I think perhaps the most impactful would have been if either Gaius or Lucius had survived - as Lucius was 18 when he died of illness and Gaius was 23 when he died of a battle wound that didn't heal properly, it's not hard to imagine that had they succeeded their grandfather, they could have ruled for decades. This means that Tiberius never would have come to power, he never would have entrusted Sejanus to power, and the Julio-Claudian family wouldn't have been stripped of its most capable members. Heck, it very well could have gone on to rule Rome in some way or another for the rest of Classical Antiquity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius Caesar[ATTACH=full]1211044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Caesar</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211045[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From a broader perspective, what if Alexander the Great hadn't been forced to turn around at the border of the Magadha empire? What if he conquered them, continued his march eastward, and found China in the midst of its protracted civil war? Could he have conquered China, or at least Hellenized it as he did with Central Asia?</p><p><br /></p><p>Alternatively, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to imagine that had Alexander not died at Babylon, he could have conquered the bulk of Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5170986, member: 98035"]Within the scope of Roman history, I think perhaps the most impactful would have been if either Gaius or Lucius had survived - as Lucius was 18 when he died of illness and Gaius was 23 when he died of a battle wound that didn't heal properly, it's not hard to imagine that had they succeeded their grandfather, they could have ruled for decades. This means that Tiberius never would have come to power, he never would have entrusted Sejanus to power, and the Julio-Claudian family wouldn't have been stripped of its most capable members. Heck, it very well could have gone on to rule Rome in some way or another for the rest of Classical Antiquity. Gaius Caesar[ATTACH=full]1211044[/ATTACH] Lucius Caesar [ATTACH=full]1211045[/ATTACH] From a broader perspective, what if Alexander the Great hadn't been forced to turn around at the border of the Magadha empire? What if he conquered them, continued his march eastward, and found China in the midst of its protracted civil war? Could he have conquered China, or at least Hellenized it as he did with Central Asia? Alternatively, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to imagine that had Alexander not died at Babylon, he could have conquered the bulk of Europe. [ATTACH=full]1211046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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