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  1. Collondi

    WI/Plausibility check: Theodoric the Great takes Constantinople in 487

    In 487, Theodoric's armies were quite strong, as he had just taken control of the troops of Theodoric Strabo. Theodoric, looking to extort the emperor and increase his own power, put Constantinople under siege. OTL he and Zeno worked out a deal where Theodoric would move west and conquer Italy...

  2. Byzantium conquers Odacer instead of Ostrogoth

    what if Byzantium conquers Odacer instead of orsogoths ? Odoacer was a soldier and statesman of barbarian background, who deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became King of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally seen as marking the end of the...

  3. WI/AHC: Ostrogoths Never move to Italy

    In 488 AD , at the behest of Byzantine Emperor Zeno , Theodoric moved his people , the Ostrogoths to Italy . With a Minimum PoD of 476 , prevent the Ostrogoths from moving into Italy . Keep in mind The Goths should not move into Italy and get obliterated by Odoacer , They should never move to...

  4. WI: Zeno never regains power

    What if Zeno was never able to regain the imperial throne? How might things have changed?
  5. Tom Colton

    [POLL] Are Odoacer's or the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy continuations of the Western Roman Empire?

    A spinoff from the other poll. The Western Roman Empire (or the empire in the west, depending on how you see it) is commonly stated to have fallen with either the overthrowing of Romulus Augustulus in 476 and the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy by Odoacer or the death of Julius Nepos in...
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