Rome would belong to a new master as Russian warships frolicked in the Mediterranean.
Mexico rose from the ashes of Spain and was indebted to the czar for its freedom. The 13 colonies would find no enemy to fight when England fell, only to feel the oncoming frost nipping at their shores five years later.
When the eyes of Western Europe were looking toward the New World, the Russian Bear stirred in its slumber and exploded like a cruel winter storm across the unsuspecting Iberian Peninsula.
