The Industrial Revolution could've possibly happened earlier, since there would be no England to keep secrets from America.
...forever, even cold november rain... > I'm listening that song at the moment! We would live in Itally now... I like that!
personally, I think it would have happened more rapidly, and people would have explored philosophy and science to a greater depth.
I think the romans would have been responsible for the industrial revolution. Damn it, Julius Caesar, why did you burn Alexandria and it's Library? :$
but class wouldnt be a word under roman rule would it? or would there be an uprising of classites who defined class as a word? who knows who knows...
I have just thought about that! You're a mind-reader! When Roman empire disappeared, it was like the end of something, so people had to go from the begining in a way.... So if it had lasted, we'd probably lived in a better world.
yeah. The Roman Empire was perfectly sustainable... it could have lasted, if it weren't for a few blunders.
There's a website listing few divergences that could have saved the empire : http://www.geocities.com/romanophile/main.html
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ROMA SUMMUS AMOR. apparently romans had a sense of humour as they made use of palindromes in their slogans.
Alternate history is awesome. I actually post at the Alternatehistory.com forum under the name Elidor. Othertimelines.com is an awesome site too.