User:JoshTheRoman

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Salve! My name is Joshua, and I'm a student at UMD, Maryland, USA. I'm currently 18 and I love Sports, Gaming, and writing Alternate history. As a side note, I use British/Traditional spelling. If you're looking for a banner for your timeline or map game, I'm usually available in chat. I originally joined May 2014, but I didn't actually contribute to the wiki to the wiki until August. If you're wondering, the music is Warrior of Light, composed for Game of Thrones.

A Little Poem
When your mother has grown old and with her so have you, When that which once came easy has at last become a burden, When her loving, true eyes no longer see life as once they did When her weary feet no longer want to wear her as she stands, then reach an arm to her shoulder, escort her gently, with happiness and passion The hour will come, when you, crying, must take her on her final walk. And if she asks you, then give her an answer And if she asks you again, listen! And if she asks you again, take in her words not impetuously, but gently and in peace! And if she cannot quite understand you, explain all to her gladly For the hour will come, the bitter hour when her mouth will ask for nothing more. ~ Adolf Hitler

My Pages

 * /JoshTheRoman's Guide to Newcomers/
 * /Maximus Propositum Awards/
 * Member of Time Gods
 * Sandbox
 * /Timeline Rankings/
 * Josh's Most Badass Battles

My Projects
These are my timelines. I have 15 Timelines, Have Aided 3 and 8 Planned. Bolded timelines are high priority. I participate in 3 community timelines. Several of my timelines are joint, done with other users from the wiki. A little shoutout to God Bless the United States of America for providing a massive amount of ideas for timelines.
 * Armies of Reality - The French win both the Battle of Cartagena, and the Battle of Quiberon Bay, managing to hold of the British in North America and intiating a French invasion of the U.K Mainland.
 * Bellum Romanum - More of a story about my favorite ancient nations surviving and the impact they have.
 * Der Nicht So Großer Krieg - A quick German victory in the Great War using Sarin Gas discovered 2 years before the war. Ironically, the name in German is "The Not So Great War"
 * Phoenix of Earth - In WW2, the Soviets lose much of their vital European sphere to the Allies, specifically, Germany.
 * E Pluribus Unum - A standard American wank TL, starting in the Revolutionary War.
 * The Rooted Sun - In this timeline, the British manage to defeat the cause of the American Revolution, keeping their North American colonies. With North America, the British are less competitive in the race for Africa, ending up with less colonies in general, but more powerful in the end.
 * Die Roten Marschieren Auf - The Spartacist Rebellion in Germany succeeds, eventually forming a communist Germany.
 * Slowed American Response to WWII - The Japanese are able to completly destroy oil storage at Pearl Harbor, in addition to damaging even more ships, slowing the Americans vastly in the Pacific Theater.
 * Christus Nos Ducat - The Great Schism never occurs with the marriage of Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III, to Byzantine Empress, Zoe.
 * Défaite - Islam spreads to it's maximum potential extent. The name referring to the French defeat at the Battle of Tours.
 * Tian, Tian Zhonggou - The Chinese nationalists manage to crush the Communists and Mao Zedong.
 * O Syndesmos - The Plague of Athens instead hits Sparta, in addition to constant Athenian victory in the Peloponnesian War, leads to the Athenian-dominated Delian League to become hegemon of the Hellenic World.
 * United We Stand, Divided We Fall - Virginia does not secede the Union and Robert E. Lee remains in the Union Army. This results in a much shorter civil war.
 * Infine, Untio! - Genoa decides not to sell Corsica to France after the rebellion and the Seven Years' War. This leads to an Italian Napoleon.
 * Angleterre- A timeline about the First Barons' War in the 13th Century. In Angleterre, King John does not die and King Louis becames king of England.

Have Aided

 * Grand Union
 * España Socialista
 * Hibernia Unanimis

Community Timelines

 * O Sealand, How Great Thy Be? - A satire community timeline in which Sealand becomes a Great Power. This timeline aims to get all ASB tags possible.
 * Knightfall - A community timeline where Odegai Khan does not die due to his addictions, eventually ending up with Mongolian hegemony over Eastern Europe and invasions of Central Europe.
 * ​Novgorod Republic
 * Byzantine Empire
 * Nations
 * Wars
 * Flags
 * Mundus Aquilae - A little community timelien sandbox where the states of the Holy Roman Empire colonize North America.
 * Ludwigsstaat

Have Yet to Be Created

 * Supraextensio - There is no Plague of Justinian, in addition, the Lombards are destroyed by the Avars, who were requested to help after the Lombards attacked the Gepidae. Unknowlingly to the Byzantines this would prevent the OTL Lombard Invasion of Italy.
 * Atlantropa - The race for Africa goes differently, with France ending up with Central Africa and most of OTL Northeastern Nigeria. Eventually, in the late 19th century, French architech, Maxence Gicquel presents the idea of Atlantropa, placing a dam at Gibralter and also restoring Lake Chad to it's ancient dimensions.
 * Deus Vult! - Chrsitianity spreads and converts to it's maximum potential extent.
 * Canute the Great - The sons and heirs of Cnut the Great do not die within a decade, managing to form a political union between Scandinavia and England.
 * Damned Fascists! - Nazis win in the Eastern Front in 1943.
 * Armistice - Hitler doesn't reinforce Rommel, instead uses the forces in the East to successfully evacuate the 6th Army from Stalingrad and halt the progress of the post-Stalingrad Red Army.
 * The Siege - The name referring to the Siege of Constantinople in 626 by the Sassanids and Avars, in which ends in victory for them.
 * Plus Ultra - The Spanish Crown gives much more freedom and autonomy to her colonies, Eventually, in the 1800's, Spain creates an empire-wide federation.
 * Maurice o Mégas - Inspired off of "Maurice's Empire at AH.com, Emperor Maurice of the Byzantine Empire manages to hold on to his throne, eventually preventing the Sassanid-Byzantine War.
 * Doggerland - A Geographical ASB timeline where sea levels do not rise to their modern level, ending with Doggerland, in Europe, Sunda, and Sahul in Southeast Asia still being there to the modern day.
 * Dodrarchy - Meaning "Leadership of Twelve", The Roman Empire manages to conquer much more than OTL, but fragments much earlier, eventually ending up with twelve rulers dictating twelve regions of the empire.
 * The Great Expanse - The lakes of the Sahara, after the Ice Age, do not evaporate. To this day, the Sahara is a green lush land.
 * Panzers Ost! - Soviets encircle Budapest in November of 1944, leading to a Eastern Bulge Offensive.
 * The Commonwealth - The Commonwealth of England survives the uneasy tensions of the period. Through several major reforms, England ends up as a Republic, soon, the rest of the British Isles.
 * L'Empire Plantagenêt - The Angevin Empire is able to survive the growing French realm after winning several battles and accepting the Magna Carta, preventing the First Barons' War.
 * Inn Vínland Saga - Erik Thorvaldsson, or Erik the Red, completely bypasses Greenland, and lands on OTL Nova Scotia, later establishing a small settlement on it. His son, Leif Ericson would explore South, opening up North America to the Norse.
 * Viyana - The Ottomans win the Siege of Vienna.
 * Non Vult Deus - The First Crusade Fails miserably.
 * Caligula the Terrible - After the assasination of Caligula, the Roman Empire reverts back into a Republic.
 * Metaurus - The Carthiginians win the Battle of the Metaurus, giving Hannibal vital siege equipment needed to take Rome.
 * Phyrric Victory - Phyrrus manages to impose Cannae-like disasters for Rome's military, eventually conquering the Republic.
 * The Manchu - Nurhaci and his immediate descendents found a strong Jin Dynasty and Manchurian Empire.
 * Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt - The Dutch manage to hold on to their Western hemisphere colonies along with their African.
 * The Armada - The Spanish Armada crushes the English navy and invades England.
 * Typhoon - The Mongols sucessfully invade Japan and conquer it.
 * Julich - Charles Friedrich of Jülich-Cleves-Berg doesn't die from smallpox during his Grand Tour near Rome in 1575, resulting in an aversion of the War of the Jülich succession, which ultimately results in Brandenburg/Prussia not becoming the dominant German state.
 * Flog, Flay, and Boil - The Assyrians defeat the Babylonians, retaining rule over their empire.
 * Rebellion - Ankhmakis, rebel native claiming to be Pharoah defeats the Ptolemies. Native dynasty regains control of Egypt.
 * Heavenly Kingdom - With a less radical form of Christianity, the Taiping Rebellion manages to take over Qing China.
 * Pompey's Paradise - Pompey wins Caesar's civil war.
 * Destroyer of Empires - Generic Napoleonic Victory TL

Ongoing

 * AvAR - As Sweden, Bulgaria, and China.
 * Almost 3 - As Austria-Hungary
 * Principia Moderni III - As Wu (China), the Demak Sultanate, Kingdom of Italy, and Ayutthaya.

Completed

 * Vivempires 2 - As Anglo-French Commonwealth
 * Medieval World III - As Leon
 * The 1848 Game - As Persia
 * Triple Entente vs. Central Powers - As Norway-Sweden and Sweden
 * Diversa Pars
 * Shattered Stars and Stripes - As U.N
 * 2014 - As Russia
 * Almost 2- As Russia
 * Galactica- As House of Corringde
 * Enhancement- As Celto-Germanic Union
 * Matutinus Imperiorum - As Leon and Castille
 * First Contact - As European Union
 * Alt 92 - As Brazil
 * Novum Saeculum - As Byzantine Empire

Quotes
Most of my quotes are from ancient Greeks or Romans, with the occasional modern guy popping up. Suggestion one if you wish, and I probably will add it.
 * Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute. ~ Edgar Allen Poe
 * Keep moving forward. ~ Underground Parking Garage Sign
 * Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth. ~ Mike Tyson
 * The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~ Aristotle
 * A friend to all, is a friend to none." ~ Aristotle
 * We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." ~ Epictetus
 * First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ~ Epictetus
 * Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. ~ Epictetus
 * Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato
 * People are dirt. They can either nourish you as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. ~ Plato
 * Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. ~ Socrates
 * The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~ Socrates
 * I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ~ Plutarch
 * To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. ~ Plutarch
 * Neither blame or praise yourself. ~ Plutarch
 * To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. ~ Plutarch
 * Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ~ Marcus Aurelius
 * When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~ Marcus Aurelius
 * I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. ~ Scipio Africanus
 * I will either find a way, or make one. ~ Hannibal
 * Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, not how to use it. ~ Maharbal
 * All our sweetest hours fly fastest. ~ Vigril
 * The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ~ Cicero
 * Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. ~ Livy
 * A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. ~ Seneca
 * One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. ~ Seneca
 * A bad peace is even worse than war. ~ Tacitus
 * I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. ~ Winston Churchill
 * We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. ~ Winston Churchill
 * If you're going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill

Mentors

 * Mscoree - Even though he has his flaws, several of my timelines would be nothing without him. One of the only people on the wiki who was willing to pay attention and help on my timelines.
 * Monster Pumpkin - The ideal TSPTF member, almost, if not always, showing neutrality during heated situations. I, anyone who is going to become a TSPTF member, current TSPTF members, should aim to be similar to MP.
 * Bfoxius - Quite like MP, one of the nicest people on this wiki and is always seeking to expand it.

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