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Is it possible for the 3rd century crisis to end up even worse than IOTL? Can the Goths besiege Thessalonica and Attican/Pelopnnesian cities? Can the Alemanns defeat Roman armies in bigger engagements like the one at Mediolanum? If things go very well, can they besiege or even sack Rome during the 250-280 period?

In such a situation, staying in the realm of plausibility, how long can or would the raidings continue? Would the border along the Danube and the Rhine still be restored as IOTL or not? How would the subsequent Roman-Germanic relations end up looking?

As a side point, what would happen in the East with the Palmyrean Empire and the Sassanids if Italy is so threatened?
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