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What if Rome was abandoned after the Galic sack in 387? There were already serious talks about just up and leaving the city after it was plundered and burned by the Gauls. Story goes that they didn't because a patrol decided to set up camp outside the Senate while they were discussing the issue. This was seen as a sign by the gods that Rome was to survive, so they stayed. What if they didn't and instead dispersed into the Italian countryside, snuffing out Rome before it became the Empire we know it will be.
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