User blog comment:Octivian Marius/Roman Remnant/@comment-3218619-20130503204823

Even if Rome managed to defend themselves, their Empire was already falling by that time. The Empire was rotting away from inside from corruption, increasing gap between poor/wealthy, instability, economic problems, etc. And even if Rome managed to survive, Napoleon would never exist. Venice/Lombardy would never exist. The ripples would be too massive.