Cadavera Vero Innumera
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The Roman Empires are over!...or are they?...
476:
[1] Theodoric Cato is this TL's version of Theodoric the Great, who was born after the POD; Cato means shrewd or prudent, so that's a hint to what his character will be like
[2] Anthemius quickly makes a truce with Gundobad, where both recognize each other's de facto territorial control, Anthemius agreeing not to attempt to recapture Rome, and Gundobad agreeing to stay neutral in the the current and any future conflicts with the Vandali
[3] This is the beginning of the Petral Schism
[4] Cato feels that a friendly Isauria is better than conquering only about a third of the kingdom for himself
I believe Dominus Novus said it best:
476:
Peter the Fuller, a miaphysite, succeeds Julian as Patriarch of Antioch
Simplicius advises Basiliscus to stop supporting the miaphysites
The Vandali invade Julius Nepos's territory, defeating his army at Rhegium Julium [Reggio Calabria]
Theodemir is succeeded as Ostrogothic king by Theodoric Cato [1]
477:
Julius Nepos is killed in battle against the Vandali at the Battle of Potentia [Potenza], prompting Julius's old supporters turning to Anthemius for legitimacy [2]
Peter III, a miaphysite, succeeds Timothy II as Patriarch of Alexandria
Simplicius responds by excommunicating both Peter the Fuller and Peter III, and threatening to excommunicate Basiliscus if he doesn't respond and denounce the miaphysites [3]
Basiliscus responds to the threat by refusing to accept the Council of Chalcedon's decision to elevate Jerusalem from bishropic to patriarchate, and he exiles Anastasius I, who holds the now-defunct title
Anthemius forces the Vandali out of Italia and marches his army into Sicilia, where Geiseric is killed at the Battle of Adranum [Adrano]; he is succeeded by his son Huneric
Ælle, a Saxon king, lands in southern Britannia and captures the largely abandoned city of Noviomagus Reginorum [Chichester], where he sets up a base for future expansion
478:
Simplicius follows up on his threat and excommunicates Basiliscus, along with many higher up figures in Ægyptus
Anthemius decisively beats the Vandali near the city of Lilybaeum [Marsala] and forces Huneric to acknowledge the loss of Sicilia
Godegisel, who rules the portion of Burgundian territory in the Alps, pushes his territory eastward into Noricum [more or less Austria], pushing the Langobardi to migrate into the Pannonian Plain, bringing them into conflict with the remaining Huns
Tarasicodissa, fearing future Ostrogothic expansion, bribes Theodoric Cato to turn against Theodoric Strabo
479:
Cato makes it seems like he is moving his forces against Strabo, but surprises the Isaurians when a united Ostrogothic force marches into central Anatolia, quickly capturing Philomelium [Aksehir]
The Langobardi succeed in settling in Pannonia and the Huns migrate back to the steppes
Basiliscus sees an opportunity to expand further into the former Eastern Empire and sends an army led by his nephew, Armatus, to battle the Isaurians as well
480:
Armatus captures Seleucia [Silifke] and Tyana [Kilisse-Hissar]
Odovakar also plans on taking advantage of the situation, leading an army which quickly captures Mocissus [Kirsehir]
Cato supports the revolt of the Isaurian general Illus against Tarasicodissa and allies with him against the other invading forces; Cato's forces invade the Kingdom of Odovakar and Strabo leads forces against Armatus [4]
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[1] Theodoric Cato is this TL's version of Theodoric the Great, who was born after the POD; Cato means shrewd or prudent, so that's a hint to what his character will be like
[2] Anthemius quickly makes a truce with Gundobad, where both recognize each other's de facto territorial control, Anthemius agreeing not to attempt to recapture Rome, and Gundobad agreeing to stay neutral in the the current and any future conflicts with the Vandali
[3] This is the beginning of the Petral Schism
[4] Cato feels that a friendly Isauria is better than conquering only about a third of the kingdom for himself
I believe Dominus Novus said it best:
481:
[5] This is an ATL version of Clovis who has much better relations with Syagrius and the Ducamen [Duchy] of Noviodunum [Soissons]
[6] The Isaurians aren't too happy about the decision, so they go back to what they had done previously, raiding the countryside, to make the Ægyptians regret ever entering the territory, and the Anatolian people regret making the bargain
[7] Armatus, and Basiliscus back in Alexandria, wanted to find a way to get back at Simplicius, and this is how they plan to do it; Cato, being Arian, couldn't care less about this religious squabble and is more than happy to grant this concession in order to keep territory and focus his forces on Odovakar
[8] This is the first ATL pope
[9] Like any good compromise, it fails to appease either side, but Cato wants as much disagreement between miaphysites and Chalcedonians as possible, as he believes both will leave Arians alone if they're too busy squabbling with each other
[10] Some historians consider the Acacian Schism to be separate from the Petral Schism, but most consider Acacius's excommunication just a continuation of the Petral Schism
[11] With the Burgundians ruling over the majority of Italia, and more assimilation of Burgundians within Latin culture, he doesn't issue a separate Lex Burgundionum, which dealt more with the Burgundians themselves than their Roman subjects
[12] The Hephthalites want to cut off the head of the Sassanid Empire, so they focus on government officials and members of the Sassanid dynasty, but they leave most of the populace alone, as long as they don't fight back, of course
Credit for the idea of the Hephthalite invasion of the Sassanids goes to GBW, who has a thread somewhere deep within the forum about a 5th century collapse of the Sassanids that never went beyond one page.
Childeric II [5] succeeds Childeric I as king of the Salian Franks
Cato's forces cut off the Heruli and Scirii army by capturing the cities of Gangra [Cankiri] and Zela [Zile]
Ostrogothic forces win a tactical victory against Armatus at Heraclea Cybistra [Eregli, Konya Province], but the Ægyptians win a strategic victory, as Strabo is killed in battle
With the Ægyptians busy in Anatolia, the Vandali capture the city of Leptis Magna [Al Khums], which has been left aloof amidst the collapse the Roman Empires
482:
Childeric II launches an invasion against the Frisii, capturing all of their territory south of the Rhenus [Rhine] for the Salian Franks
Cato routes Odovakar's army when it marches to recapture Gangra [Cankiri], but he manages to retreat back into Heruli- and Scirii-held territory
The central Anatolian populace of Isauria decides that they would rather be under the control of a miaphysite rebel in Alexandria than the vassal of an Arian barbarian in Constantinople, so they force Illus off the throne and welcome the Ægyptians into the country [6]
483:
Cato negotiates peace with Armatus and manages to keep all the territory that both he and Odovakar had captured from the Isaurians in exchange for a promise to pressure Acacius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, to tolerate miaphysitism [7]
Childeric II continues his campaign against the Frisii and captures of their territory west of the Flevo Lacus [Zuiderzee]
Finn, a Frisian king fleeing the Frankish invasion, takes soldiers to Britannia, setting up a kingdom around Londinium [London]
Conflict arises between Childeric II and Sigibert of the Ripuarian Franks, who is Childeric's brother, as Sigibert feels that the Salians are encroaching too far out of their territory and too close to his
Cato defeats Odovakar at Pytane [Fatsa], but once again the Heruli and Scirii retreat eastward
Gunthamund succeeds Hilderic as king of the Vandali
Boniface II [8] succeeds Simplicius as Catholic Pope
Acacius, pressured by Cato and willing to gain some independence from Roma, but also wary of how the mostly Chalcedonian populace will react, offers a compromise with the miaphysites known as the Sumphonikon (act of agreement) [9]
484:
When Acacius refuses to revoke the Sumphonikon, he and other high ranking clergy in Constantinople are excommunicated by Boniface II [10]
Peroz invades the Hephthalites, but is killed in battle at Harev [Herat], and he is succeeded by Balash
The Hephthalites invade the Sassanid Empire, capturing Merv and Damghan
The Ripuarian Franks declare war on the Salian Franks, but Childeric II defeats Sigibert at Noviomagus Batavorum [Nijmegen], and Sigibert's son and heir, Chloderic, is killed in battle
With the war in the east going badly for the Sassanids, the Armenians revolt again, soliciting aid from Ægyptus
Gundobad issues the Lex Romana Burgundionum, which outlines the laws governing the Burgundians and attempts to harmonize it with current Roman law [11]
485:
Armatus quickly captures Edessa [Sanliurfa] and Amida [Diyarbakir], and the Armenians under Vahan Mamikonian capture Martyropolis [Silvas] and Arsamosata [Elazig]
Childeric II kills Sigibert in battle at Colonia Agrippina [Cologne] and inherits the Ripuarian kingdom, as Sigibert had no other heirs
The Hephthalites continue to travel through Sassanid territory, capturing Rhagae [Ray], Kasvin [Qazvin], and Ecbatane [Hamedan] [12]
Balash's nephew, Zareh, revolts and quickly gains support across the Perse [Fars] region
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[5] This is an ATL version of Clovis who has much better relations with Syagrius and the Ducamen [Duchy] of Noviodunum [Soissons]
[6] The Isaurians aren't too happy about the decision, so they go back to what they had done previously, raiding the countryside, to make the Ægyptians regret ever entering the territory, and the Anatolian people regret making the bargain
[7] Armatus, and Basiliscus back in Alexandria, wanted to find a way to get back at Simplicius, and this is how they plan to do it; Cato, being Arian, couldn't care less about this religious squabble and is more than happy to grant this concession in order to keep territory and focus his forces on Odovakar
[8] This is the first ATL pope
[9] Like any good compromise, it fails to appease either side, but Cato wants as much disagreement between miaphysites and Chalcedonians as possible, as he believes both will leave Arians alone if they're too busy squabbling with each other
[10] Some historians consider the Acacian Schism to be separate from the Petral Schism, but most consider Acacius's excommunication just a continuation of the Petral Schism
[11] With the Burgundians ruling over the majority of Italia, and more assimilation of Burgundians within Latin culture, he doesn't issue a separate Lex Burgundionum, which dealt more with the Burgundians themselves than their Roman subjects
[12] The Hephthalites want to cut off the head of the Sassanid Empire, so they focus on government officials and members of the Sassanid dynasty, but they leave most of the populace alone, as long as they don't fight back, of course
Credit for the idea of the Hephthalite invasion of the Sassanids goes to GBW, who has a thread somewhere deep within the forum about a 5th century collapse of the Sassanids that never went beyond one page.
Come on people, let me know I actually have an audience reading this.
486:
[13] Or, rather, he manages to negotiate the survival of the Sassanids
[14] Armenia gets former Byzantine Armenia, Ægyptus gets Osrhoene and Assyria, and the Hephthalites get Parthia [Khorasan] and Carmania [Kerman], while a Hephthalite Tegin [equivalent of a viceroy] is put in control of Hyrcania [centered around modern Mazandaran] and Media [centered around modern Hamadan]
[15] The title Basileus is used early, given the more Greek focus of Ægyptus compared to the early Eastern Empire of OTL
486:
Ægyptus and Armenia receive envoys from the Hephthalites asking for an official alliance against the Sassanids; the three agree on a plan to dismember the empire
The Langobardi get into a conflict with the Gepids near Cibalis [Vinkovci], prompting their king Godehoc to declare war and invade the Gepid kingdom
Armenia captures Melitene [Malatya], Sebaste [Sivas], Theodosiopolis [Erzurum], and Tauris [Tabriz]
Ægyptus captures Nisibis [Nusaybin] and Ninevah [Mosul]
Childeric II conquers the Mosan Franks, capturing the cities of Augusta Treverorum [Trier] and Divodurum [Metz]
The Hephthalites capture and loot Ctesiphon [near modern Al-Mada'in]
487:
Childeric II conquers the Hessian Franks, the last Franks not under his rule, after taking Confluentes [Koblenz] and Moguntiacum [Mainz]
The Langobardi destroy the Gepid army at the Battle of Viminacium [Kostolac]
Sidonius succeeds Syagrius as Dux of Noviodunum [Soissons]
Zareh kills Balash and seizes the throne, but he only lasts as Shahanshah for a few days before being killed and succeeded by his brother, Kavadh
Kavadh manages to negotiate a peace [13] with the Hephthalites, Armenians, and Ægyptians, losing the majority of the empire's territory in the treaty [14]
Gundomar, who rules northern Italia south of the Alps, is killed in a heated (and drunken) argument with his brother, Godegisel; when Godegisel quickly claims all of Gundomar's former territory as his own, both Chilperic and Gundobad feel threatened and invade his territory, with Chilperic's army marching towards Octodurum [Martigny] and Gundobad's army marching towards Ravenna
Alaric II succeeds Euric as King of the Visigoths
Armatus succeeds Basiliscus as Basileus of Ægyptus [15]
488:
Chilperic's advance through the Alps is largely unopposed, as Godegisel has sent most of his army to stop Gundobad from capturing Ravenna; Godegisel's army is defeated, but they succeed in destroying much of Gundobad's army, leaving only a remnant force to lay a slow siege on Ravenna
Palladius succeeds Peter the Fuller as Patriarch of Antioch
Armatus shuts down the Nestorian academy in Edessa [Sanliurfa]
Gundobad, worried that Anthemius might take advantage of the Burgundian civil war, offers to pay the Langobardi a hefty sum to invade his kingdom; the Langobardi quickly capture Scupi [Skopje] and Stobi [Gradska]
Childeric II invades the remainder of Frisii territory, prompting many of them to flee to Finn's kingdom in Britannia
489:
Anthemius halts the Langobardi advance near Scodra [Shkodër], but he is caught by surprise when he receives word that the Ostrogoths have captured Thessalonica [Thessaloniki]
Euphemius succeeds Acacius as Patriarch of Constantinople
Chilperic captures Vindonissa [Windisch] and Curia [Chur] with relative (it is the Alps, after all) ease, but Gundobad's advance seems to only putter along after he captures Ravenna; he captures Bononia [Bologna], but is halted at the Battle of the Flumen Padus [Po River]
Athanasius II succeeds Peter III as Patriarch of Alexandria
490:
Ægyptus catches a break in the Isaurian revolt with the death of Illus
Chilperic leads his army south out of the Alps and sweeps through the Po Valley, capturing Novum Comum [Como], Bergomum [Bergarno], and Mediolanum [Milan]
Gundobad manages to cross the Padus [Po] and takes captures the city of Verona after a clash with Godegisel
Because Anthemius's army has marched east to take care of the Ostrogoths, whom they consider a bigger threat than the Langobardi, the Langobardi are able to capture Dyrrhachium [Durrës] and Hiscampis [Elbasan]
The Ostrogoths capture Beroea [Veria] and defeat Anthemius at the Battle of Ptolemaida
Gunthamund lands an army on Sicilia, capturing Agrigentum [Agrigento]
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[13] Or, rather, he manages to negotiate the survival of the Sassanids
[14] Armenia gets former Byzantine Armenia, Ægyptus gets Osrhoene and Assyria, and the Hephthalites get Parthia [Khorasan] and Carmania [Kerman], while a Hephthalite Tegin [equivalent of a viceroy] is put in control of Hyrcania [centered around modern Mazandaran] and Media [centered around modern Hamadan]
[15] The title Basileus is used early, given the more Greek focus of Ægyptus compared to the early Eastern Empire of OTL
491:
[16] Sidonius has been trying to exert influence over Armorica [Brittany], but the near constant influx of Briton immigrants from Britannia has made that difficult, so Sidonius is seeking to correct the problem at its source
[17] Cato appreciated the distraction the Langobardi posed to Anthemius, but now that Anthemius is constantly falling back, he doesn't want to compete with another barbarian tribe, and the Langobardi agree because they don't want to anger the Ostrogoths more than they already have, considering they destroyed the Ostrogoth's long term ally of the Gepids
[18] In OTL he would become Justin I, Byzantine Emperor
[19] Another character who, in OTL, would also become Byzantine Emperor
[20] They don't support so much because they don't approve of the coup, but because he is the only one standing between them and the Vandali
[21] Butterflies have prevented the former king Euric from truly uniting the Visigoths, so other kings and chieftains still retain control in certain places, especially the areas deep in Hispania
[22] Symmachus has a greater reason to dislike the Vandali other than the fact that they are Arian: he was born in Sardinia, which is under Vandali control; also, the Burgundians don't like him because they too are Arian
Chilperic captures Augusta Taurinorum [Turin] and Hasta [Asti]
Gundobad manages to slay Godegisel in battle at Patavium [Padua]; Gundobad and Chilperic agree to divide the land formerly held by Godegisel and Gundomar between them, with Chilperic generally getting the land in the west and Gundobad generally getting the land in the east
Sidonius invades Britannia [16], capturing the city of Durnovaria [Dorset]
The Langobardi reach as far south as Nicopolis [near modern Preveza] and the Ostrogoths as far south as Zetounion [Lamia]
Gunthamund defeats the last scattered defenders on Sicilia at Tauromenium [Taormina]
492:
Cato convinces the Langobardi to halt their invasion of Achaea [17]
Gunthamund is halted at Pandosia [near modern Policoro] by an Achaean army commander named Justinus [18]
Sidonius captures all of the Briton kingdom of Durotrigia, and he allies with Atrebatia to invade Dumnonia
Anthemius finally manages to halt the Ostrogoths at Leuctra [Lefktra]
493:
Anthemius manages to secure a peace with Cato, ceding to him all territory north of Boeotia
Sidonius partitions Dumnonia with Atrebatia
Childeric II launches a campaign against the Thuringii, forming an alliance with the Bavari in the process
A group of Achaean nobles see a chance to exert influence; they orchestrate the assassination Anthemius and raise Anastasius [19], a palace official, to the throne, assuming he will be easy to control
They couldn't be more wrong, as Anastasius has them executed for treason
Justinus refuses to recognize the leadership of Anastasius and rebels, quickly winning the support of the southern Italian populace [20]
494:
A Vandali army is defeated as it attempts to cross over into southern Italia, which leads Gunthamund to negotiate a peace with Justinus recognizing the de facto situation
An earthquake hits Laodicea ad Mare [Latakia]
Sidonius invades and annexes Cerniw, and, with his support, Atrebatia invades and annexes Ynys Weith
To dissuade a future Ostrogothic invasion, Anastasius establishes an alliance with Ægyptus
495:
Bisinus, king of the Thuringii, is killed in battle, and his territory is divided between the Franks and the Bavari
A Saxon king by the name of Cerdic lands on the eastern coast of Britannia and captures the city of Pons Aelius [Newcastle upon Tyne]
A Visigothic chieftain [21] clashes with the Suevi at the town of Cauca [Coca]
Laurentius succeeds Boniface II as Catholic Pope
Anastasius had favored another Papal candidate, Symmachus, who was very critical of the Vandali [22]; Gundobad forces Symmachus to flee Italia, but Justinus forbids to give him refuge, for fear of Burgundian invasion, so Symmachus ends up in Achaea, where he establishes himself in Athens where his reign as anti-Pope, as well as the Symmachian schism, begins
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[16] Sidonius has been trying to exert influence over Armorica [Brittany], but the near constant influx of Briton immigrants from Britannia has made that difficult, so Sidonius is seeking to correct the problem at its source
[17] Cato appreciated the distraction the Langobardi posed to Anthemius, but now that Anthemius is constantly falling back, he doesn't want to compete with another barbarian tribe, and the Langobardi agree because they don't want to anger the Ostrogoths more than they already have, considering they destroyed the Ostrogoth's long term ally of the Gepids
[18] In OTL he would become Justin I, Byzantine Emperor
[19] Another character who, in OTL, would also become Byzantine Emperor
[20] They don't support so much because they don't approve of the coup, but because he is the only one standing between them and the Vandali
[21] Butterflies have prevented the former king Euric from truly uniting the Visigoths, so other kings and chieftains still retain control in certain places, especially the areas deep in Hispania
[22] Symmachus has a greater reason to dislike the Vandali other than the fact that they are Arian: he was born in Sardinia, which is under Vandali control; also, the Burgundians don't like him because they too are Arian
Burton K Wheeler
Moderator
I hadn't seen that this was updated. Great stuff, as usual. Why don't you put that map you posted in this thread (but with labels).
The map is in this thread; it's in the last post of the first page. The only differences between that one and the one I put in the map thread are that the one here has labels, a slightly different color scheme, and doesn't have the color palette in the corner. (An imaginary cookie to whomever can guess who's color scheme I used)
Burton K Wheeler
Moderator
Oh, duh. I thought the one in the map thread was a new one, not the one I already saw.
Well, there will be a new one (relatively) soon, once I finish the next installment.
I can haz comments?
496:
[23] Cato feels that, with Achaea and Ægyptus forming an alliance, it would be a good thing to get on the Pope's good side
[24] Mazdakism, which Kavadh supported in OTL, advocated communal property, pacifism, vegetarianism, anti-clericalism, and aid to the poor
A map of the current situation should be up tomorrow, especially considering there's a snow day tomorrow (huzzah!)
496:
Laurentius excommunicates Symmachus and Anastasius for defying Papal authority, but he also declares anathema on Armatus, Athanasius II, Palladius, Euphemius, Cato, and other high ranking government and religious officials in Ægyptus and Ostrogothia for heresy and denying the supreme authority of Roma
Chalcedonian revolts break out in Ostrogothia and the Anatolian territories of Ægyptus; they are brutally put down by Armatus, but Cato responds by pressuring Euphemius to repeal the Sumphonikon [23]
Thrasamund succeeds Gunthamund as king of the Vandali
The Suevi defeat the troublesome Visigothic chieftain, but continue to invade Visigothic territory; Alaric II leads an army against them, but the Battle of Segontia [Sigüenza] is indecisive
497:
Thrasamund laxes many of the harsh anti-Catholic policies of his predecessors
Alaric II wins a victory at Miacum [Las Rozas], but Suevi king Hermeneric is victorious at the Battle of Ipagro [Aguilar de la Frontera]
Kavadh puts down a revolt by his younger brother Djamasp, who protests Kavadh's support of the Mazdakis [24]
The Franks begin to encroach onto Alemanni territory; not wanting his people to befall the same fate as the Thuringii, King Gibuld begins migrating his people southward, into the fringes of Burgundian territory
498:
To further distance himself from Roma, Anastasius reforms the Achaean money system to use Greek numerals; Ægyptus follows suit soon after
Not wanting to have to battle the Alemanni in the Alps, Godegisel and Gundobad decide to do what worked for them earlier, pay a Germanic tribe to conquer an annoying neighbor; Gibuld accepts the offer (considering the alternative was a war in brutal alpine territory), and his people are allowed to travel undisturbed across Italia until they reach the territory controlled by Justinus
Capua and Cumae are captured before Justinus gets hold of the situation; he barely manages to hold Neapolis [Naples]
Alaric II wins a shattering victory at a siege of Toletum [Toledo], in which king Hermeneric is killed; Hermeneric's two sons, Eboreca and Malaremar, begin to feud over who will inherit the kingdom
499:
The Franks and Bavari quickly move into the remainder of former-Alemanni held territory
The stalemate at Neapolis [Naples] holds until Gundobad marches his army down to capture Beneventum [Benevento]
Justinus moves his army to recapture Beneventum [Benevento], only to find that the Burgundians have abandoned the city to capture Sipontum [Manfredonia], and the Alemanni behind them had not just captured Neapolis [Naples], but also Salernum [Salerno]
Atrebatia conquers the kingdom of Regia
Alaric II manages to advance deep down the Flumen Tagus [Tagus River], and various lesser Visigothic chieftains have advanced against the divided Suevi forces in both the north and south
500:
Around this time, the Gaelic kingdom of Dalriada is founded in southwest Caledonia
Alemanni and Burgundian forces cut off Justinus from reinforcements, and he is killed in battle near Aquilonia; Gundobad gets a small portion of the territory and the rest goes to Gibuld
Ælle (Saxon king of Sussex), Oisc (Jutish king of Kent), and Finn (Frisian king of Lunden) form an alliance against the expanding kingdom of Atrebatia
Alaric II reaches the mouth of the Tagus by capturing the city of Olisipo [Lisbon]; the two brothers are now separated from each other, with Malaremar in the north and Eboreca in the south
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[23] Cato feels that, with Achaea and Ægyptus forming an alliance, it would be a good thing to get on the Pope's good side
[24] Mazdakism, which Kavadh supported in OTL, advocated communal property, pacifism, vegetarianism, anti-clericalism, and aid to the poor
A map of the current situation should be up tomorrow, especially considering there's a snow day tomorrow (huzzah!)
Interesting. An idea I've played with once and awhile. I like it.
Oh, and wouldn't you have monday off anyway since its president's day?
Oh, and wouldn't you have monday off anyway since its president's day?
Thanks, Historia Mundi (and Coronation of the Hun, hence my sig) were sort of the inspirations of this timeline.
And no, we didn't get Presidents Day off, but we do get out 3 hours early on Wednesday and have Thursday and Friday off thanks to conferences (which are a big waste a time, in my opinion).
501:
[1] Noviodunum worries about the threat the Germanic tribes pose to Atrebatia, not just because they consider Atrebatia to be a buffer to prevent invasion of their own Brittanic territory, but also because Germanic invasions could lead to Briton migrations to the continent (particularly Armorica) once again
[2] The original Saxon base at Noviomagus Reginorum [Chichester] to the west was abandoned earlier due to Briton encroachment
[3] Mazdakism, while supported by Kavadh in OTL, is much more popular in TTL; with the Hephthalites killing Sassanid nobles and high-ranking officials, the clergy have been attempting to fill the power vacuum, and Kavadh, the remaining nobles, and the general populace are taking a hostile stance to the clergy's expansion of authority
[4] Thrasamund is peeved (to say the least) that the Burgundians (his long term allies) would turn away from Arianism
[5] Southern Italia is now under the control of an ally, the Burgundians were beginning to use religion as a means to ensure the loyalty of their mostly Chalcedonian populace, the strength of the Vandali kingdom was waning, etc.
[6] The Visigoths follow the Arian creed as well
[7] Basiliscus II is much less adamant in his support for miaphysitism, and he sees the Burgundians (and, by extension, the Pope) as allies against the Vandali and Ostrogoths
Fearing the potential threat of a Germanic alliance, Atrebatia launches a preemptive strike on Londinium [London]
While the Saxon, Jutish, and Frisii armies rally against the Atrebatians on the Tamesis [Thames], a small Novioduni army [1] sacks the lightly defended Saxon base at Anderitum [Pevensey] [2]
Eboreca makes peace with Alaric II and is left with a small chunk of territory in southwestern Hispania; the Visigoths turn their focus to Malaremar in the north
In a large ceremony, the brothers Gundobad and Godegisel both officially convert to Catholicism
502:
After repulsing the siege on Londinium [London], the Frisii travel north to defend the city of Verulamium [near St Albans] while the Saxons and Jutes go south to battle the Novioduni army
Upon reaching Sussex, the Saxons and Jutes battle not the small force which attacked Anderitum [Pevensey], but the full Novioduni army; the Germanic army is decimated in the Battle of Anderida Silva [Forest of the Weald], with king Ælle being killed in battle
The Jutes retreat back into Kent to build up a defense against Novioduni invasion, while the few remaining Saxons go north to warn the Frisii about the large threat from the south
Meanwhile, the Frisii had expected to face further Atrebatian attacks, but, once Atrebatia had sent its army off to battle, the territories it had recently conquered from other Britannic tribes rose up in rebellion, and Atrebatia had to withdraw its army to quell these revolts
Kavadh, using Mazdaki principles, begins to institute many reforms including, among other things, a weakening of the Zoroastrian clergy, poverty-aid programs, taxes on meat, and the reduction of crimes punishable by execution [3]
503:
Malaremar surrenders to the Visigoths and is allowed to keep a small chunk of territory in the northwest; several Visigothic chieftains who fared very well in the war against the Suevi pressure Alaric II into giving them a large degree of autonomy in the more distant regions of Hispania
Instead of pursuing the Jutes into Kent, the Novioduni have traveled westward to put down a revolt of the island of Vectis [Isle of Wight]
Wagering that the Novioduni will invade Kent next rather than Lunden, the Frisii assault and capture the Atrebatian capital of Calleva Atrebatum [Silchester], but Atrebatian reinforcements arrive at Spinae [Speen] and the Frisii are prevented from further advancing westward
Thrasamund reinstates Catholic persecution [4]
504:
The Jutish army leaves Kent, taking control of much of the territory until recently under Saxon control
The Burgundians, feeling that their alliance with the Vandali is no longer useful [5], declare war; an army led by Gundobad lands on Corsica and captures the city of Alalia [Aleria] before Thrasamund can gather his navy
Alaric II, in a reversal of his grandfather's foreign policy, joins the war on the side of the Vandali [6]; the cities of Lugdunum [Lyon] and Vienna [Vienne] are soon put under siege
Sidonius restations many of his troops along the Visigothic border, just to be on the safe side
On hearing the Novioduni were leaving, an Atrebatian general feels the war is hopeless and rises up in rebellion; he gains control of the land surrounding Aquae Sulis [Bath]
505:
The Frisii succeeds in advancing westward and capturing Spinae [Speen]
The Vandali navy, with aid from the Visigoths, defeat the Burgundian navy off the northeastern coast of Sardinia
With the Vandali navy elsewhere, the Alemanni succeed in capturing Messana [Messina] and Tauromenium [Taormina]
The Jutes capture the former Saxon base of Noviomagus Reginorum [Chichester]
Atrebatia formally makes peace, being reduced to simply the territory surrounding the city of Venta Belgarum [Winchester]
Lugdunum [Lyon] falls to the Visigoths, and the army continues on to Vesontio [Besançon]
Godegisel fails to defeat the army besieging Vienna [Vienne]
Basiliscus II succeeds Armatus as Basileus of Ægyptus [7]
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[1] Noviodunum worries about the threat the Germanic tribes pose to Atrebatia, not just because they consider Atrebatia to be a buffer to prevent invasion of their own Brittanic territory, but also because Germanic invasions could lead to Briton migrations to the continent (particularly Armorica) once again
[2] The original Saxon base at Noviomagus Reginorum [Chichester] to the west was abandoned earlier due to Briton encroachment
[3] Mazdakism, while supported by Kavadh in OTL, is much more popular in TTL; with the Hephthalites killing Sassanid nobles and high-ranking officials, the clergy have been attempting to fill the power vacuum, and Kavadh, the remaining nobles, and the general populace are taking a hostile stance to the clergy's expansion of authority
[4] Thrasamund is peeved (to say the least) that the Burgundians (his long term allies) would turn away from Arianism
[5] Southern Italia is now under the control of an ally, the Burgundians were beginning to use religion as a means to ensure the loyalty of their mostly Chalcedonian populace, the strength of the Vandali kingdom was waning, etc.
[6] The Visigoths follow the Arian creed as well
[7] Basiliscus II is much less adamant in his support for miaphysitism, and he sees the Burgundians (and, by extension, the Pope) as allies against the Vandali and Ostrogoths
I haven't decided yet, but not that long...basically the kingdom's just waiting to be conquered by either the Burgundians, Ægyptians, or Berbers.
You forgot Anglesey on both maps...
What basemap did you use...
I just modified some of the rivers (and added some new ones) for this map.
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Wow, I guess I hadn't seen this timeline before. You'll probably start getting more people interested now that they see its a two-pager (and thus more likely to have an actual timeline instead of just musings). Also, while I love your latin title for the timeline, and it is artistic, you are more likely to grab people's attention if the title is the topic of the timeline. I don't know what would sound catchy and respectable at the same time... The East Falls... Barbarians Take Constantinople... I'm not one to help you figure out a good title, but I will say you'll probably get more people clicking on the thread if they know what the timeline is about just by scanning the list of threads from the front page.
There is a lot to digest here, so I'll probably be reading this off and on for a while until I read it all. Hope you don't mind. Good work though!
EDIT: By the way, what is the official POD?
There is a lot to digest here, so I'll probably be reading this off and on for a while until I read it all. Hope you don't mind.
Good work though!EDIT: By the way, what is the official POD?
Bah!
Even though Anglesey is bigger than the Isle of White, they never forget to include the latter island, but ofter forget the former...
Sorry - I live in North Wales...