Chantry Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest I'm reading a Kindle book where the historian JFC Fuller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller thought if the Romans had won the battle it could have drastically changed European history. Fuller was of the opinion that such a victory would have prevented the Germanic tribes and other tribes from uniting together, meaning no Kaiser Wilhelm and WWI as well as no Hitler and WWII. No Napoleon and no British Empire (which would have world wide implications). Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 There were around 1700 intervening years, any conjectures are just mental masturbation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) Had Annie Oakley missed a shot, there wouldn't have been a Kaiser Wilhelm and probably no WWI. No WWI and there probably be no Hitler or reason for WWII...at least not on the German end anyway. Edited February 27 by Cypress Sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Alternative History is a fun subset of Science Fiction/Fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Staple of time travel SF for a long time. One of the best examples is Delenda Est, an 1955 story by Poul Anderson, which has time travelers killing Scipio Africanus with the result that Hannibal eventually defeated Rome. What ensued was a Celtic/Carthaginian culture in place of a Greco-Roman one for Europe. The Time Patrolmen have to straighten it out..... Many tales along those lines. Pick any important battle. What if Harold Godwinson defeated William of Normandy at Hastings? And so on..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: There were around 1700 intervening years, any conjectures are just mental masturbation. Does that still cause hair on the palm of your hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: There were around 1700 intervening years, any conjectures are just mental masturbation. I would call it interesting speculation! We do often think of a lot of 'might-have-beens' in life.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 30 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Does that still cause hair on the palm of your hands? Nope. Cures baldness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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