Aquila

Aquila is an alternate history that begs several questions relating to the Roman Empire:

1. What if Christianity died out before spreading through the Empire?

2. What if the Roman Empire spread beyond the Mediterranean and Western Europe, expanding eastwards (I admit, this one is influenced by linguistics) and Latin replacing native languages

3. What if the Empire never split?

and

4. What if the Empire never fell?

Gaius Iulius Caesar AUGUSTUS
750 Ab Urbe Condita (AUC)- Augustus bans persecution of followers of religious minorities in order to prevent future uprisings (POD 1)

758 AUC- Augustus begins a campaign to integrate client states of the Empire

760 AUC- Augustus starts a campaign to coerce the peoples of Magna Germania into submission by introducing them to Latin and Roman culture. He opens peaceful relations with the chieftains of tribes,

767 AUC-Augustus dies. The Mediterranean is stable, and many of the residents of Magna Germania speak, read, and write Latin

Unspecified date- Augustus sees promise in Drusus and does not remove him from the succession (POD 2)

TIBERIUS Iulius Caesar Augustus
767 AUC- Tiberius succeeds Augustus as emperor. Although he is reclusive and does not wish to be emperor, he vows to carry on his predecessor's work

770 AUC- Tiberius decides to gradually suppress the Greek language in order to keep the Mediterranean stable as Augustus left it

776 AUC- Drusus does not die as he does in OTL, Tiberius continues to rule rather than hand over power to his generals as he did in OTL (POD 3)

785 AUC- Because of the ban on persecution, Iesu Christ is not crucified. Christianity dies out within 2 decades.

789 AUC-Tiberius dies. Approximately 50% of the Germans (not Germanic tribes, but residents of Magna Germania) have 'Romanized' their culture

DRUSUS Iulius Caesar Augustus
789 AUC-Drusus takes over from Tiberius. Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus Caligula dies in a mysterious accident.

790 AUC- The Senate (which has few powers at this point) informs Drusus that Magna Germania has 'Romanized' and most tribes are willing to join the Roman Empire

793 AUC- The Roman Empire annexes Magna Germania

795 AUC- Drusus dies.