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With a PoD no earlier than the death of Theodosius* (395), how can the sacks of Rome be avoided? Could, for example, Honrius simply decide not to move his base from Milan to Ravenna in 402? Would the given PoD be sufficient to allow the western capital remain the second largest city in the empire, preferably w/ at least 200,000 people by the 5th Century's end?** And, from there, how can the Western Roman Empire remain strong enough that the there can be a united Roman Empire (w roughly the same borders) circa 600?

*the realm is still split b/w Honorius and Arcadius as OTL
**it had 100,000 around this time IOTL, having had 150,000 back in 361; for comparisions's sake, Constantinople had gone from 300,000 to 400,000
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