Hey guys, this is my 2nd major timeline, and I do plan to finish it, now that I've worked out many kinks from the last one. Do feel free to critique whenever you find it necessary. Each map will occur after a 25 year period, or at least that's my plan at the time of writing this. I hope you enjoy!
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378 AD - Adrianople falls to Gothic forces, the Imperial treasury and administration are captured by Gothic forces. The Eastern Roman Empire begins to buckle under the lack a leader. The Goths move on towards Constantinople.
379 - Constantinople is sieged by Gothic forces, aided by a large Hunnic mercenary force. The Greuthungi under Alatheus cross the Bosphorus, and siege Nicea and Nicomedia. Theodosius is invited to command the remaining Eastern Roman legions by Gratian. Shapur II dies in Persia.
380 - Nicea falls, Nicomedia is starving. Fritigern sends a force under Saphrax to secure the rest of Thrace. Much of the area would fall. Theodosius is baptized, and both he and Gratian decree all Romans should convert to Trinitarian christianity. Thusly they declare the Patriarch of Constantinople a heretic. Theodosius arrives in Thessaloniki and consolidates control over Greece. Mavia, Queen of Syria successfully establishes control in most of the Levant. Angered by the edict, the Patriarch of Constantinople offers peace with Fritigern, a fellow Arian. Nikomedia and the rest of the Bosphorus would soon fall as well. Alatheus moves further into Asia minor.
381- Land as far east as the Haleys river, and land as far south as the Maeander is captured by Gothic forces. In the west, Fritigern proclaims the “Gothic Empire” in Constantinople. He later captures Thessaloniki and moves into the Peloponnese. The west is in a panic, Emperor Gratian moves the capital to Milan.
382 - Council of Rome adopts Trinitarianism as Orthodox. Roman Paganism is systematically destroyed as Gratian refuses to adopt many Pagan traditions. The Peloponnese is captured by Gothic forces. Gratian gathers an army to move east. Theodosius flees to Alexandria. In Anatolia, Alatheus, receiving word of Fritigern declaring a “Gothic Empire” revolts, proclaiming himself Emperor of his own Gothic Empire in recently captured Antioch. Fritigern sends out Saphrax and the Alan portions of his troops to put down the revolt by Alatheus. Neoterius, Praetorian prefect of the East, declares himself Eastern Roman Empire, placing his capital in Trebizond.
383 - After threat of Persian invasion, Mavia becomes a tributary of the Sassanid Persians. As result she signs peace with Fritigern. Magnus Maximus is proclaimed Emperor in Britain, and crosses into Northern Gaul. Fritigern promises the Alans their own kingdom in Anatolia, motivating them further to Oust Alatheus. Saphrax is named King of the Alans. Gratian moves into Pannonia and towards the Gothic Empire, before hearing of Maximus’ betrayal. After a Gothic force begins to move on him, he accepts an uneasy peace between himself and Fritigern. Theodosius is infuriated, and maintains a naval war against the Gothic Empire from his capital in Alexandria. Shapur III becomes Shah of Persia. Stilicho, a Romano-Vandal, begins to aid Theodosius in warding off the Persians from Egypt, successfully defeating a larger force in Sinai.
384 - Maximus returns to Britain to quell a local rebellion. He is then trapped on the island by Gratian, who is content to wait him out in Northern Gaul. Alatheus is killed by Saphrax in open combat. Saphrax places the capital of the new Allannic Kingdom at Iconium. Fritigern dies in his palace in Constantinople, he is succeeded by Rothesteus, one of Fritigern’s subkings.
385 - Gratian is assassinated by his troops after persecuting several of them for their Pagan faith. Maximus is welcomed in Gaul as a Hero, and declared Emperor. Roman Africa is displeased by this. Firmus’ (A former rebel leader) brother, Mascezel, declares Africa independent, He rejects Trinitarianism, and supports Donatism like his brother. Rothesteus finds Neoterius heavily dug into the Pontus mountains, after a long stalemate, Rothesteus offers peace to Neoterius, in exchange for Neoterius giving up the title of Eastern Roman Emperor, and his claims on Gothic and Alannic land. Neoterius, worried about the Persians who are becoming increasingly hostile to him, agrees. He then declares himself Emperor of Pontus.
386 - Theodosius signs peace with the Sassanid Persian Empire, he is later assassinated by an unknown assailant, the people of Egypt encourage Stilicho to become Eastern Roman Emperor, which he eventually does. He sets about rebuilding the exhausted Remnant of Eastern Rome. Meanwhile, Mascezel secures Africa, threatening Maximus’ rule further. Maximus prepares an expedition to Africa.
387 - Pannonia is overrun by the Quadi, who had been left unchecked throughout all the Chaos. Western Rome’s continuation of Anti-pagan laws become increasingly Futile. Rothesteus dies, he is succeeded by his son Alaric. He declares Thrace a haven for Gothic peoples fleeing the Huns. Despite local opposition, many settle down in the area.
388 - Death of King Shapur III, Maximus invades Africa, and captures Carthage, where he massacres the inhabitants. Mascezel flees, but rearms and prepares another force to attack Maximus.
389 - The Great Fire of Alexandria is put out thanks to quick thinking efforts by Emperor Stilicho.
390 - Arianism is declared the state religion of the Gothic Empire. This is supported by the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Patriarch of Antioch, but opposed by the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome.
391 - Pagan temples are closed in Rome by order of Maximus, this infuriates local urban prefect, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, who saves the Temple of Vesta from a Christian mob and declares himself Emperor in Rome. Mascezel retakes Carthage, and begins to focus on his own rule over Africa, uninterested in the rest of Rome.
392 - Maximus is executed by Symmachus, after returning to Rome and falling into enemy hands. In retaliation Frankish general Arbogast revolts. Arbogast, while initially in control of Gaul, Britannia, and Hispania, is quickly assaulted by Symmachus.
393 - Arbogast is pushed out of Gaul, but flees to Hispania, where he uses the Pyrenees to defend against Symmachus’ assaults. Persia begins to assault Pontus, where Alaric intervenes to assist him, wanting a buffer against the Persians. The Quadi and Huns begin to fight over Pannonia and Illyria. By this point Wales has had significant Irish settlement.
394 - The Council of Bagari is held, officially establishing the Donatist creed. Persia and the Gothic Empire enter a period of peace, where the Goths acknowledge Persian vassalage over the Levant, and Armenia.
395 - Symmachus acknowledges Mascezel’s control of Africa, in exchange for peace, and the halt of African raiding. The Quadi are subjected by the Illyrian Huns. By this point most goths have resettled in Thrace.
396 - Another group of Huns settle the Wallachian plane. Alaric proclaims Greek as the 2nd official language of the Gothic Empire in order to placate Greek nobility. Stilicho and Symmachus mend relations between the two portions of the Roman Empire, acknowledging the other as Co-Emperor.
397 - A large group of Franks successfully ravages across Gaul, and is welcomed by Arbogast. Arbogast declares himself first Emperor of the Franks, with his capital at Toledo. The Suevi begin to raid Northern Italy, but are pushed back by Roman forces.
398 - Mascezel executes his brother Gildo, after he attempts to revolt against him in Mauretania. Symmachus marries his son, Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus to Stilicho’s daughter, Maria. Symmachus converts to Christianity, but remains very supportive of paganism.
399 - Forces under Alaric arrive in the formerly abandoned Crimea to reconquer it. In addition they go on to conquer the whole of the Peninsula, bringing the last independent Gothic tribes, the Crimean Goths, under their rule. Yazdegerd I becomes King of Persia. Angry at their lack of support from Rome, the Romano-British revolt under Rufinus, an exiled statesmen. Symmachus, still unable to aid Britain, recalls the Roman troops, and attempts to merely keep Rufinus stuck on his island.
400 - The Vandals begin to move West, while more Franks migrate through Gaul to Hispania. Mascezel changes his title from King of Mauretania to ‘King of Africa’. Symmachus, despite being officially Christian, begins to promote the cult of Sol Invictus in private, in a desire to strengthen the Roman Hellenist faith.
A Gothic Empire
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378 AD - Adrianople falls to Gothic forces, the Imperial treasury and administration are captured by Gothic forces. The Eastern Roman Empire begins to buckle under the lack a leader. The Goths move on towards Constantinople.
379 - Constantinople is sieged by Gothic forces, aided by a large Hunnic mercenary force. The Greuthungi under Alatheus cross the Bosphorus, and siege Nicea and Nicomedia. Theodosius is invited to command the remaining Eastern Roman legions by Gratian. Shapur II dies in Persia.
380 - Nicea falls, Nicomedia is starving. Fritigern sends a force under Saphrax to secure the rest of Thrace. Much of the area would fall. Theodosius is baptized, and both he and Gratian decree all Romans should convert to Trinitarian christianity. Thusly they declare the Patriarch of Constantinople a heretic. Theodosius arrives in Thessaloniki and consolidates control over Greece. Mavia, Queen of Syria successfully establishes control in most of the Levant. Angered by the edict, the Patriarch of Constantinople offers peace with Fritigern, a fellow Arian. Nikomedia and the rest of the Bosphorus would soon fall as well. Alatheus moves further into Asia minor.
381- Land as far east as the Haleys river, and land as far south as the Maeander is captured by Gothic forces. In the west, Fritigern proclaims the “Gothic Empire” in Constantinople. He later captures Thessaloniki and moves into the Peloponnese. The west is in a panic, Emperor Gratian moves the capital to Milan.
382 - Council of Rome adopts Trinitarianism as Orthodox. Roman Paganism is systematically destroyed as Gratian refuses to adopt many Pagan traditions. The Peloponnese is captured by Gothic forces. Gratian gathers an army to move east. Theodosius flees to Alexandria. In Anatolia, Alatheus, receiving word of Fritigern declaring a “Gothic Empire” revolts, proclaiming himself Emperor of his own Gothic Empire in recently captured Antioch. Fritigern sends out Saphrax and the Alan portions of his troops to put down the revolt by Alatheus. Neoterius, Praetorian prefect of the East, declares himself Eastern Roman Empire, placing his capital in Trebizond.
383 - After threat of Persian invasion, Mavia becomes a tributary of the Sassanid Persians. As result she signs peace with Fritigern. Magnus Maximus is proclaimed Emperor in Britain, and crosses into Northern Gaul. Fritigern promises the Alans their own kingdom in Anatolia, motivating them further to Oust Alatheus. Saphrax is named King of the Alans. Gratian moves into Pannonia and towards the Gothic Empire, before hearing of Maximus’ betrayal. After a Gothic force begins to move on him, he accepts an uneasy peace between himself and Fritigern. Theodosius is infuriated, and maintains a naval war against the Gothic Empire from his capital in Alexandria. Shapur III becomes Shah of Persia. Stilicho, a Romano-Vandal, begins to aid Theodosius in warding off the Persians from Egypt, successfully defeating a larger force in Sinai.
384 - Maximus returns to Britain to quell a local rebellion. He is then trapped on the island by Gratian, who is content to wait him out in Northern Gaul. Alatheus is killed by Saphrax in open combat. Saphrax places the capital of the new Allannic Kingdom at Iconium. Fritigern dies in his palace in Constantinople, he is succeeded by Rothesteus, one of Fritigern’s subkings.
385 - Gratian is assassinated by his troops after persecuting several of them for their Pagan faith. Maximus is welcomed in Gaul as a Hero, and declared Emperor. Roman Africa is displeased by this. Firmus’ (A former rebel leader) brother, Mascezel, declares Africa independent, He rejects Trinitarianism, and supports Donatism like his brother. Rothesteus finds Neoterius heavily dug into the Pontus mountains, after a long stalemate, Rothesteus offers peace to Neoterius, in exchange for Neoterius giving up the title of Eastern Roman Emperor, and his claims on Gothic and Alannic land. Neoterius, worried about the Persians who are becoming increasingly hostile to him, agrees. He then declares himself Emperor of Pontus.
386 - Theodosius signs peace with the Sassanid Persian Empire, he is later assassinated by an unknown assailant, the people of Egypt encourage Stilicho to become Eastern Roman Emperor, which he eventually does. He sets about rebuilding the exhausted Remnant of Eastern Rome. Meanwhile, Mascezel secures Africa, threatening Maximus’ rule further. Maximus prepares an expedition to Africa.
387 - Pannonia is overrun by the Quadi, who had been left unchecked throughout all the Chaos. Western Rome’s continuation of Anti-pagan laws become increasingly Futile. Rothesteus dies, he is succeeded by his son Alaric. He declares Thrace a haven for Gothic peoples fleeing the Huns. Despite local opposition, many settle down in the area.
388 - Death of King Shapur III, Maximus invades Africa, and captures Carthage, where he massacres the inhabitants. Mascezel flees, but rearms and prepares another force to attack Maximus.
389 - The Great Fire of Alexandria is put out thanks to quick thinking efforts by Emperor Stilicho.
390 - Arianism is declared the state religion of the Gothic Empire. This is supported by the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Patriarch of Antioch, but opposed by the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome.
391 - Pagan temples are closed in Rome by order of Maximus, this infuriates local urban prefect, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, who saves the Temple of Vesta from a Christian mob and declares himself Emperor in Rome. Mascezel retakes Carthage, and begins to focus on his own rule over Africa, uninterested in the rest of Rome.
392 - Maximus is executed by Symmachus, after returning to Rome and falling into enemy hands. In retaliation Frankish general Arbogast revolts. Arbogast, while initially in control of Gaul, Britannia, and Hispania, is quickly assaulted by Symmachus.
393 - Arbogast is pushed out of Gaul, but flees to Hispania, where he uses the Pyrenees to defend against Symmachus’ assaults. Persia begins to assault Pontus, where Alaric intervenes to assist him, wanting a buffer against the Persians. The Quadi and Huns begin to fight over Pannonia and Illyria. By this point Wales has had significant Irish settlement.
394 - The Council of Bagari is held, officially establishing the Donatist creed. Persia and the Gothic Empire enter a period of peace, where the Goths acknowledge Persian vassalage over the Levant, and Armenia.
395 - Symmachus acknowledges Mascezel’s control of Africa, in exchange for peace, and the halt of African raiding. The Quadi are subjected by the Illyrian Huns. By this point most goths have resettled in Thrace.
396 - Another group of Huns settle the Wallachian plane. Alaric proclaims Greek as the 2nd official language of the Gothic Empire in order to placate Greek nobility. Stilicho and Symmachus mend relations between the two portions of the Roman Empire, acknowledging the other as Co-Emperor.
397 - A large group of Franks successfully ravages across Gaul, and is welcomed by Arbogast. Arbogast declares himself first Emperor of the Franks, with his capital at Toledo. The Suevi begin to raid Northern Italy, but are pushed back by Roman forces.
398 - Mascezel executes his brother Gildo, after he attempts to revolt against him in Mauretania. Symmachus marries his son, Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus to Stilicho’s daughter, Maria. Symmachus converts to Christianity, but remains very supportive of paganism.
399 - Forces under Alaric arrive in the formerly abandoned Crimea to reconquer it. In addition they go on to conquer the whole of the Peninsula, bringing the last independent Gothic tribes, the Crimean Goths, under their rule. Yazdegerd I becomes King of Persia. Angry at their lack of support from Rome, the Romano-British revolt under Rufinus, an exiled statesmen. Symmachus, still unable to aid Britain, recalls the Roman troops, and attempts to merely keep Rufinus stuck on his island.
400 - The Vandals begin to move West, while more Franks migrate through Gaul to Hispania. Mascezel changes his title from King of Mauretania to ‘King of Africa’. Symmachus, despite being officially Christian, begins to promote the cult of Sol Invictus in private, in a desire to strengthen the Roman Hellenist faith.
