What if the Romans Discovered America?

Sorry for taking so long to make this video. The next one will be coming out this week.

[salvatorecastellitto]

A whole new meaning for "Latin America"

[Everlaughing]

I think you have missed an important detail. If, after having discovered the Americas, the Romans had indeed decided to go through with colonizing it, they would have worked on building ships that would be much more suited for ocean-sailing than galleys. Which, in turn, would have allowed them to continue the overseas colonization of other lands and become what the Spanish and the Portuguese were in our timeline. That would have changed the fate of the Roman Empire itself dramatically.

[Spoon]

“Irish crusaders would invade New England”
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[RandMantearTheDragon]

Well the main reason Rome didn't conquer Ireland, Scotland, Germany was the lack of profit. The Inca Silver mines and Aztec Gold would make them ripe targets.

[nickrunyon]

There's a mod for EU4 called "Third Odyssey: Back to the Motherland" where byzantines escape to America following the fall of Constantinople.

[oyqpbqb]

Romans: *find the Americas*
Whatifalthist: *You're going to Brazil*

[shanemike]

Its possible a Roman ship did make it to the Americas, but doubt they made it back and died off. Or the ship sank off the coast which would explain the ship of pottery.

[ScreamerProductionss]

There was also a Roman sword recently found in Canada, and it’s authentic. No one knows how it got there.

[TheBusce]

Greetings from Argentina, or as I would call it from now, "Iupiterra".

[blonded]

I just imagine a massive statue of Jupiter towering over that mountain watching over his people instead of Christ. How badass would that be?

[tyraelzumwraek]

"Country roads take me Rome to the place I belong, West Romania mountain mama
Take me home, country roads" 🎼🎼🎶

Joan Denvs

[josephzaarour]

You should make a video "what if the qing dynasty converted to catholicism" they almost did it in the xviii century, there is a letter from the Pope to the emperor Kangxi

[EricAlbin]

If the Romans discovered America, it was because Carthage had fled there, first.

[lordvoldemort]

The Romans would probably ignore the place. Rome isnt like the Mongols, and never seeked to directly increase their lands beyond what they can hold. America is too far for trading too.

[davidlapiz]

0:59
"But Columbus didn't discover America, the vikings did."

--Oversimplified 2018

[singletona]

In fairness to rio, the jesus statue is pretty cool.

However imagine the jesus statue with a roman style city around it.

[l.u.i.s._.]

America: I’m Roma now

Roman: Roman is Roman he stole it

[MUMSUniverse]

I've got to say, this sounds like a pretty cool time line. I'm going to have to figure out mulitverse travel.

[xenotiic]

This is one of the coolest alt histories I've ever seen! Although it may be a bit "out-there", I always LOVE seeing alternate histories where Aboriginal American peoples are more successful in surviving than in our timeline, and/or timelines where Europe has more trouble in it's colonization efforts.

[thewingedhussar]

Ancient Roman looking at American road.: "Oh look at that.. They are trying to out do us.. Ha.. Cute!"