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Since my turgid bit of a novel isn't going anywhere, I decided to edit the "Flee Flee" TL so that it's a wee bit more understanding/sympathetic and all that. So, ....yeah...
Without further ado...
387 - Theodosius I marries Galla, 2 years earlier than OTL
388 AD - Theodosius I has a son by his second wife, Galla, who is named Theodosius II, for a lack of a better imagination.
390 AD - Galla produces a daughter, named Galla Placidia.
401 - Theodosius III (OTL Theodosius II) is born.
405- The Sibylline Books are destroyed by Stilicho, who is defacto Emporer.
At this time, pressure within the family provokes Theodosius II to register in the Legions. Although there is some pressure to exact his birthright, Theodosius II is considered within the Imperial Family as a 'black sheep' for his radical theories of meshing "Barbarian" tactics with Roman weapondry. There is also the hint that Theodosius II is somewhat sympathetic to the up & coming cavalry commander, Stilcho.
405-408 - Due to a family quarrel, Theodosius II is quietly erased from recorded history.
Also within this time, Stilcho becomes Emporer, but is ultimately doomed by his cultural background.
408 - Stilicho is executed by his political opponents, following some overt rebellion in the provences, and a vacuum is created.
Theodosius III is crowned the Emporer of the Eastern Romans; upon his ascension he takes the title "Theodosius II".
Within this period, many supporters of Stilcho disappear, most of them written off as dead (anyway).
409 - Honorius's dealings with the barbarians backfire on him.
410 - Rome is sacked by the Visigoths.
A letter surfaces and labeled as a "hoax", since no Roman soldiers or even mercenaries have the gall to leave Rome for a distant island to the north called Britain.
411 - The Usruper Constantine III, of Roman Gaul, is quietly assassinated.
412 - The Usurper Jovinus, of Roman Gaul, supported by the local Alans and Burgundian tribes, declares himself as Roman Emporer.
413 - The Usurper Jovinus is killed.
414 - Galla Placidia marries Athauf, brother of Alaric of the Visigoths
415 - Rumor has it that a Bandit Lord is calling for "able bodied men" for a "Northern Adventure" and that he is currently promising "free land" for their services.
416? 417? - Galla Placidia is forced to marry Constantius III, who dies seven months into his "co-reign" as Emporer of the Western Roman Empire.
420 - Alans start immigrating to the "Northern Lands" en masse
423 - Honorius dies
424 - Galla Pacidia's son Valentinian III, becomes Emporer
450 AD - Known as the "Great Betrayal", Honoria, sister of Emporer Valentinian III, manages to slay her brother due to some family affair. In this absense, Honoria becomes defacto Ruler of Rome, and then invites Attila the Hun to marry her. Attila consents. However, as Attilia becomes Romanized, many people of the previous regieme are horrified that they will be ruled bya bunch of "barbarians".
A mass exodus of talented Roman officers, picking up on a very old rumor that a not-quite-stable kingdom to the north is needing mercenaries, disappear.
Of course there are other regions that dull this movement as well as Attila himself giving a speech through Honoria that such conduct would be "unbecoming of an officer".
Those that follow Attila convert to Christianity.
451 AD - Rome becomes cavalry based.
452 AD - Rome starts moving into Gaul for more support for it's much enlarged troops.
453 AD - Attila and Honoria bear a son, named Equtius.
454 AD - Theodoric II becomes King of the Visigoths.
455 AD - The Vandals do not invade Italy. Instead they start building up their navy. Carthage becomes a boom-town for this activity. Ironically, the booming of the naval business does create some divisions between Geiseric (King of the Vandals) and Huneric (his eldest son), who has an idea of expanding elsewhere in the Great Inland Sea.
456 AD - Geiseric attacks Southern Italy. Attlia, furious that his new Empire is being attacked, dispatches Ricimer, who manages to push back the Vandals through various creative means. Huneric, seeing that his father is in dire straits, decides to create a second base if Carthage should fall. However, this furthers the division between the two, since Geiseric declares himself along the equal to Attila, since they are both barbarians.
457 AD - Geiseric is captured by Ricimer. He is executed. Carthage soon becomes Ricimer's own personal property, since he is a loyal commander of Attila, and that he should be retained as the model citizen of the New Roman Empire.
Huneric just barely gets out of Carthage and settles what is left of the Vandal Nation along the Seagates {OTL Straits of Gibraltar}.
Further progression within France by the Roman Empire do not go as planned. Many of the Alans still living in Gaul are put to the sword. Only the Burgundians seem to be holding up against the New Roman Legions.
457 - 463 AD - The Kingdom of the Seagates is established.
Germania is ethnically cleansed of the Franks and Saxons. Those that do survive flee up North, since the myth of the Bandit Lord/King has become quite larger than what is in Rome. The Roman citizens are happy for a while.
Carthage is "re-dectorated" by Ricimer who really hates the continued civil unrest in his newly conquered lands.
Attila becomes very annoyed that the Burgundians have become a regional power.
Honoria dies in the middle of the "Saxon War" by unknown means. The Praetorians are soon increased in numbers and power by Attila. Rome becomes a military state.
Contact is made by the Seagate Kingdom and the Visigoths on the possibilities of facing a large Roman Empire on their border.
A disgruntled Roman General by the name of Majorian appears in Huneric's court. The Vandal Navy becomes streamlined.
463 - 465 AD - Rome starts cleansing those select barbaric tribes that either stand in their way or simply sit on land that could be used to bribe the Romans for loyalty to the state.
Raids on Roman shipping provoke the Roman Empire to look upon what lies beyond Carthage. Huneric manages to stay off counter-raids by the Imperial Navy through what will become guerilla warfare. Vandal seafaring technology becomes a big thing, since there is always a chance of defeat, and the possibility of a new life somewhere else.
The first public dispute between Attila and Ricimer commences on his conduct in Carthage, which is now cleansed of Vandals, and somewhat critical of Attila's new direction.
465 AD - Theodoric demands that for his loyal service to Rome he is given the Septimania region of Gaul. Attila refuses, and Theodoric declares war on the Western Roman Empire. The Visigoths make a terrible mistake. The Roman army is in peak condition at this time, bolstered by the new cavalry-centric reforms and the Hunnic army.
Ricimer is dispatched to eliminate the Vandals in the Seagates since he has shown progress against them in the past.
465- 468 AD - Attila eliminates the Visigoths as a sovereign nation.
However, the Vandals around the Seagates prove to be of mettle, defeating Ricimer in a series of naval battles that prove he is of no use to the New Regime. Ricimer is invited to Rome to speak with Attila. Three days later, Ricimer is declared "Rome's greatest general", due to his premature death.
Huneric creates the Shiphounds, a specific naval squadron that specializes in suicidal attacks, and other associated beserk ways. Attila labels the Vandals as a "danger to the Roman character". Not surprisingly, in this published work, Attila holds himself as the next best thing compared to Julius Caeser.
The Romans don't disagree.
Within this period, there is some rumor that the Burgundians are two-timing the Romans, with their army being of equal amount to the Roman Legions. Although they do serve the Caeser well in Visigoth land, it is not a friendly atmosphere within the two camps.
469 - 470 AD -
Several Visigoths defect to the Seagate Kingdom.
Attila becomes "The Great" by his puppet-pope.
Since my turgid bit of a novel isn't going anywhere, I decided to edit the "Flee Flee" TL so that it's a wee bit more understanding/sympathetic and all that. So, ....yeah...
Without further ado...
387 - Theodosius I marries Galla, 2 years earlier than OTL
388 AD - Theodosius I has a son by his second wife, Galla, who is named Theodosius II, for a lack of a better imagination.
390 AD - Galla produces a daughter, named Galla Placidia.
401 - Theodosius III (OTL Theodosius II) is born.
405- The Sibylline Books are destroyed by Stilicho, who is defacto Emporer.
At this time, pressure within the family provokes Theodosius II to register in the Legions. Although there is some pressure to exact his birthright, Theodosius II is considered within the Imperial Family as a 'black sheep' for his radical theories of meshing "Barbarian" tactics with Roman weapondry. There is also the hint that Theodosius II is somewhat sympathetic to the up & coming cavalry commander, Stilcho.
405-408 - Due to a family quarrel, Theodosius II is quietly erased from recorded history.
Also within this time, Stilcho becomes Emporer, but is ultimately doomed by his cultural background.
408 - Stilicho is executed by his political opponents, following some overt rebellion in the provences, and a vacuum is created.
Theodosius III is crowned the Emporer of the Eastern Romans; upon his ascension he takes the title "Theodosius II".
Within this period, many supporters of Stilcho disappear, most of them written off as dead (anyway).
409 - Honorius's dealings with the barbarians backfire on him.
410 - Rome is sacked by the Visigoths.
A letter surfaces and labeled as a "hoax", since no Roman soldiers or even mercenaries have the gall to leave Rome for a distant island to the north called Britain.
411 - The Usruper Constantine III, of Roman Gaul, is quietly assassinated.
412 - The Usurper Jovinus, of Roman Gaul, supported by the local Alans and Burgundian tribes, declares himself as Roman Emporer.
413 - The Usurper Jovinus is killed.
414 - Galla Placidia marries Athauf, brother of Alaric of the Visigoths
415 - Rumor has it that a Bandit Lord is calling for "able bodied men" for a "Northern Adventure" and that he is currently promising "free land" for their services.
416? 417? - Galla Placidia is forced to marry Constantius III, who dies seven months into his "co-reign" as Emporer of the Western Roman Empire.
420 - Alans start immigrating to the "Northern Lands" en masse
423 - Honorius dies
424 - Galla Pacidia's son Valentinian III, becomes Emporer
450 AD - Known as the "Great Betrayal", Honoria, sister of Emporer Valentinian III, manages to slay her brother due to some family affair. In this absense, Honoria becomes defacto Ruler of Rome, and then invites Attila the Hun to marry her. Attila consents. However, as Attilia becomes Romanized, many people of the previous regieme are horrified that they will be ruled bya bunch of "barbarians".
A mass exodus of talented Roman officers, picking up on a very old rumor that a not-quite-stable kingdom to the north is needing mercenaries, disappear.
Of course there are other regions that dull this movement as well as Attila himself giving a speech through Honoria that such conduct would be "unbecoming of an officer".
Those that follow Attila convert to Christianity.
451 AD - Rome becomes cavalry based.
452 AD - Rome starts moving into Gaul for more support for it's much enlarged troops.
453 AD - Attila and Honoria bear a son, named Equtius.
454 AD - Theodoric II becomes King of the Visigoths.
455 AD - The Vandals do not invade Italy. Instead they start building up their navy. Carthage becomes a boom-town for this activity. Ironically, the booming of the naval business does create some divisions between Geiseric (King of the Vandals) and Huneric (his eldest son), who has an idea of expanding elsewhere in the Great Inland Sea.
456 AD - Geiseric attacks Southern Italy. Attlia, furious that his new Empire is being attacked, dispatches Ricimer, who manages to push back the Vandals through various creative means. Huneric, seeing that his father is in dire straits, decides to create a second base if Carthage should fall. However, this furthers the division between the two, since Geiseric declares himself along the equal to Attila, since they are both barbarians.
457 AD - Geiseric is captured by Ricimer. He is executed. Carthage soon becomes Ricimer's own personal property, since he is a loyal commander of Attila, and that he should be retained as the model citizen of the New Roman Empire.
Huneric just barely gets out of Carthage and settles what is left of the Vandal Nation along the Seagates {OTL Straits of Gibraltar}.
Further progression within France by the Roman Empire do not go as planned. Many of the Alans still living in Gaul are put to the sword. Only the Burgundians seem to be holding up against the New Roman Legions.
457 - 463 AD - The Kingdom of the Seagates is established.
Germania is ethnically cleansed of the Franks and Saxons. Those that do survive flee up North, since the myth of the Bandit Lord/King has become quite larger than what is in Rome. The Roman citizens are happy for a while.
Carthage is "re-dectorated" by Ricimer who really hates the continued civil unrest in his newly conquered lands.
Attila becomes very annoyed that the Burgundians have become a regional power.
Honoria dies in the middle of the "Saxon War" by unknown means. The Praetorians are soon increased in numbers and power by Attila. Rome becomes a military state.
Contact is made by the Seagate Kingdom and the Visigoths on the possibilities of facing a large Roman Empire on their border.
A disgruntled Roman General by the name of Majorian appears in Huneric's court. The Vandal Navy becomes streamlined.
463 - 465 AD - Rome starts cleansing those select barbaric tribes that either stand in their way or simply sit on land that could be used to bribe the Romans for loyalty to the state.
Raids on Roman shipping provoke the Roman Empire to look upon what lies beyond Carthage. Huneric manages to stay off counter-raids by the Imperial Navy through what will become guerilla warfare. Vandal seafaring technology becomes a big thing, since there is always a chance of defeat, and the possibility of a new life somewhere else.
The first public dispute between Attila and Ricimer commences on his conduct in Carthage, which is now cleansed of Vandals, and somewhat critical of Attila's new direction.
465 AD - Theodoric demands that for his loyal service to Rome he is given the Septimania region of Gaul. Attila refuses, and Theodoric declares war on the Western Roman Empire. The Visigoths make a terrible mistake. The Roman army is in peak condition at this time, bolstered by the new cavalry-centric reforms and the Hunnic army.
Ricimer is dispatched to eliminate the Vandals in the Seagates since he has shown progress against them in the past.
465- 468 AD - Attila eliminates the Visigoths as a sovereign nation.
However, the Vandals around the Seagates prove to be of mettle, defeating Ricimer in a series of naval battles that prove he is of no use to the New Regime. Ricimer is invited to Rome to speak with Attila. Three days later, Ricimer is declared "Rome's greatest general", due to his premature death.
Huneric creates the Shiphounds, a specific naval squadron that specializes in suicidal attacks, and other associated beserk ways. Attila labels the Vandals as a "danger to the Roman character". Not surprisingly, in this published work, Attila holds himself as the next best thing compared to Julius Caeser.
The Romans don't disagree.
Within this period, there is some rumor that the Burgundians are two-timing the Romans, with their army being of equal amount to the Roman Legions. Although they do serve the Caeser well in Visigoth land, it is not a friendly atmosphere within the two camps.
469 - 470 AD -
Several Visigoths defect to the Seagate Kingdom.
Attila becomes "The Great" by his puppet-pope.
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