Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-198.90.80.8-20130503220725

Damn Google Translate. I retranslated from Latin and they really don't mean anything close.

I was just thinking of international names to use neutrally, if they still existed next to eachother. Names like this are used all the time though, so I don't see why not. I mean, Albania is locally known as Shqiperia and Armenia is Hayastan.

But several nations have moved their capitals one time or another. China's had close to a dozen, and several of those capitals were probably well-set enough to survive after the collapse of whatever dynasty. Unless they were razed.

What if Alexandria was razed or suffered from some form of catastrophe, and became unprofitable as a capital?

If Germanicus is assassinated, could it destablize the Empire enough to create a process of decentralization and eventual fragmentation of Gaul?