Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130505093652

"Destroyed" is overstating the damage to Alexandria. The Jews burned the Egyptian temple district - damage elsewhere was minimal. And after that rebellion, the city was safe from such strife, considering the Roman actions in the aftermath.

Rebels take over the palace, big deal - only matters if the Emperor dies there.

Odoacer's people come from near the Black Sea - them having the same role as otl is unlikely. Lombards are from around the mouth of the Elbe river, so not impossible. Or did you mean the otl WRE?

A "surviving" Byzantine Empire is unlikely. Got me as to how "early" such a divergence would be. Maybe the Crusaders don't sack the capital, or they beat the Turks in Anatolia.

Italians too divided for that.

...That would be thirty feudal domains - good luck getting them to help their "lord." That number is a bit of an exaggeration, too.

What you describe is basically the HRE with a different name.