Comment by rbanffy

I remember reading, a long time ago, in a science fiction magazine I can’t remember the name, a story about the first contact with aliens and a current-age Roman Empire. The single point of change was that, in that timeline, Jesus got a beating and was released. As a result, Christianity became a minor religion in the empire, which never fell, there was no Middle Ages and the world enjoyed a Pax Romana since then. An interesting read.