This is a not so serious timeline I thought about recently. please ignore the butterfly genocide.
- On December 11th 361, Emperor Julian "the Apostate" enters Constantinople, where he would reside for 5 months, dealing with issues of administration. Among his actions were presiding over the Christian burial of his predecessor and rival Constantius, an edict proclaiming freedom of religion or the (re)opening of numerous pagan temples; among these would be a new temple in Constantinople that would contain the remains of Alexander the Great, whose tomb was relocated from Alexandria
- In June 363, Julian would die of a wound sustained in battle against the Sassanids, whilst construction of the temple of Alexander was still in its infant stages. Julian was succeeded by Jovian, who was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. During his short 8-month reign, Jovian never made it as far as Constantinople. However, uncertainty over his wishes, especially given his restoration of Christianity to a position of prominence, caused the work on the temple to slow down to a crawl.
- Jovian was succeeded, after some deliberation, by Valentinian in January 364. He opted to scrap any plans for building a pagan temple in Constantinople, and instead ordered the construction of a large church, that would also hold the remains of Alexander the Great
- 1204: Crusaders conquer Constantinople; body of Alexander moved to Venice, along with other items such as the 4 bronze horse statues
- May 1797: Revolutionary French forces, after having defeated Austrian armies in northern Italy, forced the dissolution of the Venetian Republic and established the "Provisional Municipality of Venice" puppet state, occupying the city
- October 1797: France and Austria sign the Treaty of Campoformio, which partitioned the former territories of Venice, with the city itself to be ceded back to Austria.
- November 1797: Venice plundered by the French. Tomb of Alexander left undisturbed
- March 1805: France and Austria sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which ceded Venice back to France. The newly crowned Emperor of France decides to relocate the body of Alexander to Paris
- 1814 & 1815: Tumultuous events in France finally bring about the restoration of royal and aristocratic power. The new king decides against returning the body of Alexander to Venice
- 1871: After liberal elements continued to gain strength in French society, a coup brought about a new Imperial government in 1851. The new Emperor went to war against Prussia in 1870, which was to be his downfall. A new Republic was declared, who for a while resisted Prussian advances. Eventually though, in 1871 Paris finally fell. In Versailles, a new German Empire was proclaimed. Among the items carried by the Germans to Berlin was the body of Alexander, which was entombed in a large Cathedral build several years later
- 1919: After 4 years of bloody war, France and its Allies defeated Germany. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, the body of Alexander was returned to Paris
- June 1940: After not even a year of renewed war, Germany conquered France. The armistice with France was signed in the same railway carriage as the one the ended the previous war. The following week, Alexander's body was brought back to Berlin. Britain continued to oppose Germany, and was soon joined by the USSR and the USA
- April 1945: Heavy American bombings utterly destroy the Berlin Cathedral housing Alexander's tomb
- May 1945: Russian forces conquer Berlin. WW2 ends soon afterward.
- 1946: Excavations unearth the tomb among the cathedral's rubble. The body is brought to Moscow.
- 1963: As part of a new political direction by the Soviet Union, various confiscated cultural items are returned to their original countries, so long as these are led by brotherly socialist governments. The body of Alexander is re-entombed in Berlin, in a new complex glorifying the German Democratic Republic
- 1989 & 1990: The DDR crumbles to internal opposition, and its new government decides to reunify with West Germany
- 1993: Alexander's body moved to the rebuilt Berlin Cathedral in the western part of Berlin
- On December 11th 361, Emperor Julian "the Apostate" enters Constantinople, where he would reside for 5 months, dealing with issues of administration. Among his actions were presiding over the Christian burial of his predecessor and rival Constantius, an edict proclaiming freedom of religion or the (re)opening of numerous pagan temples; among these would be a new temple in Constantinople that would contain the remains of Alexander the Great, whose tomb was relocated from Alexandria
- In June 363, Julian would die of a wound sustained in battle against the Sassanids, whilst construction of the temple of Alexander was still in its infant stages. Julian was succeeded by Jovian, who was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. During his short 8-month reign, Jovian never made it as far as Constantinople. However, uncertainty over his wishes, especially given his restoration of Christianity to a position of prominence, caused the work on the temple to slow down to a crawl.
- Jovian was succeeded, after some deliberation, by Valentinian in January 364. He opted to scrap any plans for building a pagan temple in Constantinople, and instead ordered the construction of a large church, that would also hold the remains of Alexander the Great
- 1204: Crusaders conquer Constantinople; body of Alexander moved to Venice, along with other items such as the 4 bronze horse statues
- May 1797: Revolutionary French forces, after having defeated Austrian armies in northern Italy, forced the dissolution of the Venetian Republic and established the "Provisional Municipality of Venice" puppet state, occupying the city
- October 1797: France and Austria sign the Treaty of Campoformio, which partitioned the former territories of Venice, with the city itself to be ceded back to Austria.
- November 1797: Venice plundered by the French. Tomb of Alexander left undisturbed
- March 1805: France and Austria sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which ceded Venice back to France. The newly crowned Emperor of France decides to relocate the body of Alexander to Paris
- 1814 & 1815: Tumultuous events in France finally bring about the restoration of royal and aristocratic power. The new king decides against returning the body of Alexander to Venice
- 1871: After liberal elements continued to gain strength in French society, a coup brought about a new Imperial government in 1851. The new Emperor went to war against Prussia in 1870, which was to be his downfall. A new Republic was declared, who for a while resisted Prussian advances. Eventually though, in 1871 Paris finally fell. In Versailles, a new German Empire was proclaimed. Among the items carried by the Germans to Berlin was the body of Alexander, which was entombed in a large Cathedral build several years later
- 1919: After 4 years of bloody war, France and its Allies defeated Germany. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, the body of Alexander was returned to Paris
- June 1940: After not even a year of renewed war, Germany conquered France. The armistice with France was signed in the same railway carriage as the one the ended the previous war. The following week, Alexander's body was brought back to Berlin. Britain continued to oppose Germany, and was soon joined by the USSR and the USA
- April 1945: Heavy American bombings utterly destroy the Berlin Cathedral housing Alexander's tomb
- May 1945: Russian forces conquer Berlin. WW2 ends soon afterward.
- 1946: Excavations unearth the tomb among the cathedral's rubble. The body is brought to Moscow.
- 1963: As part of a new political direction by the Soviet Union, various confiscated cultural items are returned to their original countries, so long as these are led by brotherly socialist governments. The body of Alexander is re-entombed in Berlin, in a new complex glorifying the German Democratic Republic
- 1989 & 1990: The DDR crumbles to internal opposition, and its new government decides to reunify with West Germany
- 1993: Alexander's body moved to the rebuilt Berlin Cathedral in the western part of Berlin
