The Emperor Aurelian, who reigned for five years from 270 to his assassination in 275, helped to singlehandedly re-unite the Roman Empire, and defeated all enemies who fought against him...
...Well almost all. A secretary named Eos told a lie over a minor issue. When he realized said lie could get him killed because Aurelian was a harsh administrator, managed to forge a document listing high officials the Emperor wanted to get rid of and thus, used this as a just cause to off him.
But what if say, an Aurelian loyalist got to the document first, what if the assassination attempt was somehow botched and Aurelian continues to reign as Emperor? What would Aurelian do to continue building the Empire? It was stated that the Emperor was going to invade Sasanian Persia which was ruled by Bahram II. Would his attempt succeed? What about the Sol Invictus cult? How would that fare?
...Well almost all. A secretary named Eos told a lie over a minor issue. When he realized said lie could get him killed because Aurelian was a harsh administrator, managed to forge a document listing high officials the Emperor wanted to get rid of and thus, used this as a just cause to off him.
But what if say, an Aurelian loyalist got to the document first, what if the assassination attempt was somehow botched and Aurelian continues to reign as Emperor? What would Aurelian do to continue building the Empire? It was stated that the Emperor was going to invade Sasanian Persia which was ruled by Bahram II. Would his attempt succeed? What about the Sol Invictus cult? How would that fare?