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Scenarios set primarily in European countries and territories

What If Rome Never Debased Its Currency?

Exploring how the Roman Empire's economic and political development might have unfolded if it had maintained sound monetary policy rather than engaging in the currency debasement that contributed to economic instability in the later Empire.

June 14, 2023 Read More →

What If the Athenians Won the Peloponnesian War?

Exploring how world history would have unfolded if Athens had defeated Sparta, leading to a different trajectory for Greek civilization and Western development.

June 8, 2023 Read More →

What If Dionysian Mysteries Became a Major World Religion?

Exploring how Western religious and cultural development might have unfolded if the Dionysian mystery cult had evolved into a major world religion rather than being marginalized by Christianity.

May 21, 2023 Read More →

What If the Hundred Years' War Ended Differently?

Exploring how European history would have unfolded if England had emerged victorious in the Hundred Years' War, maintaining control of significant French territory.

May 15, 2023 Read More →

What If Eastern European Transitions From Communism Took Different Paths?

Exploring how Europe and the world would have developed if alternative political and economic models had emerged in Eastern Europe after the Cold War.

May 11, 2023 Read More →

What If Epicureanism Became the Dominant Philosophy?

Exploring how Western intellectual, religious, and social development might have unfolded if Epicurean philosophy had become the dominant philosophical tradition rather than being marginalized by Stoicism, Neoplatonism, and Christianity.

April 29, 2023 Read More →