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We'd all have been better off if Maxentius had won.

Oh yes, Constantine had a "vision" of Christ right before that battle, and then went on to convert the Roman Empire to Christianity, right?

So he said. Or rather so the later Christian writers said.

And if Cortez (or equivalent) had landed in Mexico 20 years earlier (during the reign of Ahuizotl, truly a world class kicker of arses) I would now be living in Londontitlan, Greater Mexico, which I cannot entirely dismiss the appeal of. I'll add the above to my 'to do' list for when I get that time-machine up and running.

And if Cortez (or equivalent) had landed in Mexico 20 years earlier (during the reign of Ahuizotl, truly a world class kicker of arses) I would now be living in Londontitlan, Greater Mexico, which I cannot entirely dismiss the appeal of. I'll add the above to my 'to do' list for when I get that time-machine up and running.

Yes, and Ahuizotl might have sent those boats back to whence they came with tax collectors on them to demand tribute for defiling his empire!