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Zeno (425-491 AD, reigned from 474) was an emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire. His reign was notable for being contemporaneous with the fall of the Western Roman Empire to Odoacer and with a significant monophysite controversy, which he resolved through the promulgation of an act of henotikon. Alongside these, Zeno had to deal with usurpers, such as Basiliscus (who supported the miaphysites, to the chagrin of the chalcedonian populace of Constantinople), Marcian, and Ilius.
Now, what if Zeno had died early and been unable to take back these throne from one of these usurpers, depending on when he'd die?
What would the ERE end up like without Zeno? And how would one usurper's reign differ from the others?
Basiliscus? Could he end up flaring tensions between chalcedonians and monophysites?
Marcian? Ilius?
How would these emperors react to the ostrogothic threat?
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