Fun! I’ll post a serious answer when I’ve more time; for now, some off-the-top observations:
1 AD is in the middle of Augustus’ reign; the empire is in decent shape financially and is pretty religiously and culturally diverse.
So the hardest part of the God gambit is in getting people to pay attention.
Roman politics included assassination, at all levels; extended engagement with Roman political life requires some safety measures, no matter how valuable you’ve made yourself.
The German barbarians hadn’t yet recovered from their losses in the previous century; provoking another great migration would be very hard.
And their religious practices were never well-documented, so boosting off of their existing structures is probably a no-go.
Fun! I’ll post a serious answer when I’ve more time; for now, some off-the-top observations:
1 AD is in the middle of Augustus’ reign; the empire is in decent shape financially and is pretty religiously and culturally diverse.
So the hardest part of the God gambit is in getting people to pay attention.
Roman politics included assassination, at all levels; extended engagement with Roman political life requires some safety measures, no matter how valuable you’ve made yourself.
The German barbarians hadn’t yet recovered from their losses in the previous century; provoking another great migration would be very hard.
And their religious practices were never well-documented, so boosting off of their existing structures is probably a no-go.
Egypt might be more fruitful, I’ll have to check.