User blog comment:BlackSkyEmpire/Brainstorming for Ideas/@comment-1481562-20110220132509/@comment-1593341-20110225091753

I had a stillborn timeline called 2nd Punic Victory in which Rome never becomes centralised under an Emperor after Ceasar dies fighting the Carthaginians in the 3rd Punic Wars in Gaul. Eventually Octavian becomes high up in the Roman religion, codifies it in order for it to be easier understood by the Roman provincial populace so it spreads easier, and limit's Christian emmigration through the Republic to halt its expansion.

Christianity never becomes the official religion of Rome due to no Emperor and Chrisianity instead spreads East into Arabia and Persia. Muhammed is executed for Heresy before Islam can spread leading to widespread Canaanite(Carthaginian), Roman, and Norse Pagan religions in the west, while Christianity spreads to Islam's traditional lands. Sihkism's similarities to the original messages of Christianity cause it to eventually be regarded as another Christian sect and basically everything gets fudged up. I'm focusing more on my Sundered Veil timeline now if someone wants to adopt 2nd Punic Victory.