Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-4923787-20130606003744

For an alternate, could Arechis II agree to Charlemagne's demands of submission? I don't see how he couldn't; the other Lombards submitted and most of Lombardy was conquered. Than I could have Pepin living longer, perhaps in response to a threat of Byzantine interference with Venice, he calls off the siege early, before he could catch the disease.

Another alternate, what would've happened if Charlemagne decided to remain neutral, or more improbably supported the other side, in the conflict between the Lombards and the Papal State?

Okay, so since the Byzantines are going to nip that in the bud, there'll be no issue?

Oops Forgot the date.

But it had never been fully united after the Mauryas and before the Mughals and even than, a small portion remained independent.