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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Benct Philip Jonsson" <melroch@...> wrote: > > Pete, have you considered how different the history of a Europe where > Elbe remained the northern border of Rome would be!? The Migration > would probably be confined to the East Germanic tribes: Goths, > Vandals, Burgundians, the Iranic Alans, at the most the Suabians would > invade Roman Germania. Above all there would be no Frankish Gaul - all > of Gaul might end up called Bourgogne! And at most a Romano-Germanic > Britain. More interestingly: imagine Rome falling into several parts > of its own accord, with the sons and nephews of Constantine ending up > as emperors not of two parts but five or six: Julian (of course) in > Germania, another in Britain, Pelagian in religion, a third in Gaul > and Iberia, a fourth in Italy with Raetia and Africa, ultimately > falling to the Vandals, a fifth - Constantius - in the East and > perhaps a sixth in Egypt with Palestine, and in addition a Gothic > kingdom in Dacia and the Balkan, Arian in religion! Imagine the Julian > empire in Germania remaining pagan and invading Scandinavia in the > ninth century. And an Alan state in what in OTL is North-eastern > Germany and western Poland, ultimately Slavic in speech, Turkic Avars > in Pannonia, Hungarians in Ukraine... Perhaps Justinian and the Arabs > would basically come in later and do their thing, although I think the > brunt of Justinian's activities would be directed towards Arian Gothic > Dacia. Arather different and fascinating world, with ample room for > linguistic inventions too. Any takers? > > /BP > > -- > / BP > It's awash with so many possibilities it staggers belief. I haven't really looked into the concultural or conhistorical aspects beyond what's necessary for considering the course of the language, but it's certainly something that would be more than fascinating. Why don't you have a dabble at that Alano-Slavic language for OTL Pommerania/Brandenburg? That would be something! Pete