St Patrick dies. Irish clans fight over his body, because, well, they're Irish. Buddhism reaches Burma. The First King of Italy is assassinated, but what if . . .

1. What Happened in 493?
The World’s Population is roughly 190 million.
Saint Patrick, who would become the patron
saint of Ireland, dies.

2. It Is 493 A.D.
Clovis I marries the 18-year-old Burgundian
Princess, Clotilde, who converts him to
Catholicism.

3. It Is 493 A.D.
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei begins his
campaign against Southern Qi, which
culminates against the opposing Emperor
Ming.

4. It Is 493 A.D.
Buddhism reaches Burma and Indonesia.

5. It Is 493 A.D.
The Mor Hanako Monastery is established in a
former Roman fort on the Turkish-Syrian
Border. The monastery has 365 rooms; one for
each day of the year.

6. It Is 493 A.D.
The Ui Neill Dynasty faces the Airgialla
Kingdom to battle over the body of St. Patrick.
Legend is that God flooded a river between
them to keep them from fighting.

7. Roland’s mission: Travel back in time to
Ravenna, Italy. The day the Goth King Theodoric
assassinates the first King of Italy, Odoacer, who
had marked the end of the Western Roman
Empire.
Last Emperor
Romulus Augustus
surrenders his
crown to King
Odoacer
It Is 15 March 493. The
Ides

8. Roland’s Mission: Ides of March
"Odoacer was the first barbarian who reigned over
Italy, over a people who had once asserted their just
superiority above the rest of mankind."
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, Chapter XXXVI.

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