Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130413081954

The tribe Venice is named for was present in that area long before Rome first took control of it. It's fairly likely the city exists atl.

About the only tribe that settled in Italy was the Lombards - a lack of them really only means that the region doesn't end up being called "Lombardia."

Any other tribes really just raided Italy, and left.

Yes, a lot of mercenaries towards the end - but in your atl, that would not be the case.

The Lombards originated in NW Germany - they wouldn't get employed by the Latins. Probably be a vassal kingdom of Gaul, actually.