Scenarios about 'ancient warfare'
Ancient warfare encompasses military conflicts, tactics, and technologies from early civilizations through classical antiquity, roughly spanning from 3000 BCE to 500 CE. This period witnessed the development of organized armies, siege warfare, naval combat, and the rise of military innovations like the phalanx formation, war chariots, and early siege engines. Understanding ancient warfare provides crucial context for alternate history scenarios exploring different outcomes to pivotal battles like Marathon, Cannae, or Teutoburg Forest that shaped the development of early empires and civilizations.
What If Alexander Never Conquered Persia?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Alexander the Great failed in his conquest of the Persian Empire, fundamentally altering the development of Western and Eastern civilizations.
What If Carthage Defeated Rome in The Punic Wars?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Carthage emerged victorious over Rome, fundamentally altering the development of Western civilization, Mediterranean power structures, and the spread of culture and religion across Europe and North Africa.
What If Hannibal Marched on Rome?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Hannibal Barca chose to attack Rome directly after his victory at Cannae, potentially ending the Roman Republic and dramatically altering Mediterranean civilization.
What If Carthage Won the Punic Wars?
Exploring how Western civilization might have developed if Carthage had defeated Rome in their series of conflicts, potentially creating a Mediterranean world dominated by Carthaginian rather than Roman influence.
What If Archimedes' War Machines Were Mass-Produced?
Exploring how ancient warfare and technological development might have unfolded if Archimedes' innovative war machines had been systematically reproduced and deployed throughout the ancient Mediterranean world.