This is the improved TL of the Roman Empire. I added some things at the end to make it more possible.
118 AD
Persia peacefully submits to Rome. Only three legions of 12,000 are required to bring the country under control. The Romans proced to Romanize the Persians who adapt to Roman life quickly and swell into the Roman ranks and make the army number over one million. Trajan Invades The rest of Germania. The Germans also accept Trajan as their overlord in return for semi-automous status. Germans also swell the ranks of the Roman army eager to do battle. Trajan then places Hadrian in charge of the army and instructs him to invade Sarmatia (Eastern Russia) and Scythia (Ukraine) Which all surrender to him.
119 AD
Trajan orders Parthamaspates to command 1.2 million men to conquer India. While they do this Hadrian having his troops stripped from him so they could invade India. Hadrian recruits 40,000 Cimbri as mercenaries. Together with about 500 Roman soldiers they invade Cimbria (Denmark) (Named because former home of Cimbri). The people of Cimbria put up a small struggle but thanks to some bribes the local cheiftiens of the tribes subdued their own people. Hadrian sends word to Trajan back in Rome that he is pushing nortward again. Hadrian now who has an army of 99,000 divides into three parts. One for
Suecia (Sweden), One for Norvegia (Norway), and one for Kalevala (Finland)
Once Hadrian subdued these he sent 100 Romans back to Rome to gather a real army and Roman colonists to settle the regions he subdued. Hadrian founds the city of Aidan Isherwood as the capitol of the new province of Scandia.
120 AD
20,000 Roman soldiers and 40,000 colonists arrive to settle the new region. The tribes submit to Roman rule and Hadrian becomes governor of Scandia.
122 AD
After a violent campaign in which the Romans lose 250,000 men compared to India's 400,000 men. The region peacefully submits and Parthamaspates returns to Rome where Trajan honors him. Parthamaspates is sent northward to either be put in command of the province or the army. Meanwhile Antonius Pius is made Governor of the Orient Territories.
123 AD
Parthamaspates meets with Hadrian and they strike a deal. Partamaspates gets to pick a local Scandinavian King's son to be in command of the army in the future while Hadrian can stay governor. Vanlandi was picked by Parthamaspates. Vanlandi was a child at the time and was brought to Rome as a hostage where he recieved the name Guido (some guy). Guido was taught latin in the most advanced learning centers in Rome. He had the best military trainers and had the best care out of every other hostage.
124 AD
Hadrian prepares an amry of 90,000 men to conquer Hyperborea. (The northern islands in canada and the northern islands above Siberia. Hadrian prepared for cold weather, marched onto the frozen sea toward Hyperborea (Svalbard)
125 AD
Antonius Pius governs India kindly. Gives religous tolerance to chrisitians and jews, creates almshouses for the poor. This makes him popular. Still he has his eye on one thing. China. Before Hadrian went to conquer Hyperborea he resigned as governor and gave Parthamaspates the job. Parthamaspates made the far north regions more populated by establishing twenty more colonies and buidling roads through the monutains. He expanded the army and established schools to teach latin to the natives. His popularity begins to grow. Hadrian goes back to Lappland and collects trees to build boats. Je builds over 40 ships loads 4,000 men on them and sends the remaining 85,000 back to Scandia. (Over 5,000 froze to death.) Hadrian sails off. In July he reaches Hyperborea. He splits up his ships sailing to all the islands only to find them deserted. Hadrian leaves 3,000 on the largest Island in a settlement which he calls Glacies. He and his remaining 1,000 sail back to Scandia to tell Parthamaspates of his discovery.
126 AD
Guido who is now in his twenties is in command of a legion. His job on orders from Trajan: Colonize Hibernia (Ireland) Guido lands unopposed and after a few minor skirmishes with local tribes builds a fort on the coast and sets up small outpost camps to monitor the Irish. Meanwhile Pius has pressured China to open its doors to Roman merchants. The Chinese refuse. After Pius sends a diplomat the Chinese behead him and declare war on the Roman Empire. Trajan appoints Guido to lead an army of 200,000 Romans to China to convince them to back down. Pius mustered a Roman Army of 45,000 to the Chinese border where he recieved support from the Tibetans. The Tibetans provide Pius with 10,000 soldiers and Pius builds defenses to stop a Chinese invasion force of 150,000.
127 AD
Parthamaspates finally meets with Hadrian who had to raid Lappland and Sarmatia for a year to pay his army. He informs Parthamaspates of his discovery. Hadrian goes to Rome, is honored by Trajan for a few days. Before Hadrian departs, Trajan makes Hadrian governor of Hyperborea and orders four legions to be trained and gives him 6,000 colonists to settle Hyperborea.
128 AD
Guido marches into India to find a cheering population glad to see Roman legions save the day. Guido goes to Tibet to find out that Pius had been fighting a phony war along the border. But when Chinese lauched rockets at the Tibetans Pius made Guido commander of the legions while he went back to India to calm everyone down. Guido using his brilliant tactical mind makes many campfires to make it look like he has over a million men. The Chinese surrender and sign a treaty agreeing to be an associate state with the Roman Empire. Hadrian arrives back in Hyperborea to find his colony thriving. He quickly renames te colony Glacies Trajan. In honor of the emperor. He sends colonists to other islands in Hyperborea to establish towns. He makes Glacies Trajan his capitol and it thrives.
129 AD
Trajan is dying. He stepped on an old spear while taking a walk. Before passing on he names his successor. Trajan dies and all of Rome mourns the loss. His successor is the former consul Marcus Annius Verus. He is crowned Augustus of the Empire and governs the way Trajan did. Meanwhile in the east Pious has opened tade with Korea and Japan. The Province of India grows rapidly. Parthamaspates rapidly expanded his province of Scandia and develops a provincial army to protect against threats.
130 AD
Verus sends Guido north to Hyperborea with orders to invade a newly found island to the east which Hadrian called Solis. (Sun Land) (Nova Zembla) He called it this because in the summer the sun never sets. With a cohort 2,000 men Guido sets sail as soon as the ice thaws in May. When Guido lands he finds an island population of about thirty natives (Nenets). He calls them Orcus Epulum (Whale Eaters.) Guido places a small part of the coast under the control of the empire and builds the village Solisium. He leaves 400 colonists with a detachment of 50 soldiers and prepares to leave in spring.
131 AD
Guido returns to Rome telling Verus of Solis. Verus honors Guido and discharges him honorably from the legions and makes him governor of Solis. Pirates attack Roman vessels in the Indian and Pacific. Pious builds a fleet of 150 ships and unleashes 75 in the Indian and 75 in the Pacific. Within a month piracy rates drops dramatically. Parthamaspates takes modern day Iceland and cedes it to Hyperborea in return for Lappland. Hadrian outfits Guido with an army of 20,000 and gives him 4,000 citizens to take to Solis. Guido has a son named Visbur. Visbur is sent to Kalevala Julius to be brought in mixed customs. Once is Kalevela his name was latinized to Visburis.
A so-called twenty years peace goes by.
151 AD
Visburis is a young officer in the Roman Army like his father before him who now is governor of the united provinces of Scandia, hyperborea, and Solis. Hadrian passes and so does Parthamaspates. Visburis is wedded to Veris’s daughter Octavia. Visburis is rising though the ranks of the military.
152 AD
A revolt breaks out in Carthage led by local Africans. Guido comes out of military retirement and sets sail for Alexandria with an army of 70,000 to stop the revolt. At the catastrophic Battle of Carthago the revolt was crushed but with heavy losses for the Romans numbering about 40,000. Guido returns to Rome to find that Emperor Verus has died and left no heir. Using his remaining troops he seizes power. But not being Roman he sets his son Visburis up as Emperor. Visburis is half-roman.
153 AD
Asian tribes begin migrating across Russia. Visburis reinforces the province of Sarmatia by sending 45,000 soldiers. In India Pious signs a peace treaty with China effectively ending a 24 year conflict. Visburis orders an expedition to a group of islands in between Solis and Hyperborea. Guido leads the expedition and names the archipelago Novia (New Land). He returns to Hyperborea and sends 2,000 colonists to the islands.
154 AD
Novia is settled quickly and becomes part of Hyperborea. Guido is sent by his son to reestablish contact with the Roman fort in Hibernia. They find the fort’s population has dwindled from 10,000 to 450. Guido leads his 2,000 men deep into Hibernia. Guido sends 150 back to Britannia for reinforcements. They return with a legion of 5,000. However, Guido is trapped in an old hill fort fighting the Battle of Clogher. Guido’s remaining 1,000 men make a daring suicidal charge of the hill fort, taking the Hibernians by surprise. Guido sends 200 volunteers to hold off the 10,000 Hibernians chasing them. With luck Guido reaches the coast. However when Guido makes it back to Britannia he becomes ill and dies.
155 AD
Visburis hears of his father’s death and mourns. Visburis launches an invasion of Hibernia with 80,000 soldiers. The country is quickly subdued and becomes part of the empire. Things were brewing in the province of Tibet and India. Adamus Pious (Pious’s Grandson), requested reinforcements from Rome. The Han Dynasty mustered over 400,000-armed men to the border. Pious deployed 10 legions. They numbered 50,000 total to Tibet. Visburis who was busy subduing Hibernia sent his cousin Domarium to Lappia (Lapland) and Kalevala to raise additional troops. Domarium sent his son Florens to Germania and Sarmatia to gather a cavalry force. Meanwhile Visburis left 20,000 men in Hibernia and withdrew the remaining 50,000. In Lappia, Domarium went to Louhi the Queen of the North Country. He asked her for soldiers. She complied hopping to gain more privileges, since she was ruling a conquered kingdom. She supplied Domarium with 10 fine warships each with 1,000 crossbowman and 100 swordsmen. This was 11,000 men total. Meanwhile Florens returned from Germania and Sarmatia with over 50,000 men. An additional 10,000 were raised from Kalevala. They boarded ships and set sail for India.
156 AD
The War of 2 Springs begins. The Chinese take back land that Pious had earlier occupied. Pious orders a withdrawal from the Kingdom of Tibet. Once back in India Pious gathers 20 legions of 100,000 men and calls up the Indian Roman Auxiliary Legions numbering 200,000. The Chinese conquer Tibet and gain an additional 20,000 men to their army. The combined Roman-German-Scandi fleet rounds the Cape of Good Hope. The Chinese advance on India in hope of capturing the province. However due to winter they cannot go through the Himalayas and are forced to disband their army until spring. The Romans however do not disband their armies and take the winter to build fortifications in the foothills of the Himalayas.
157 AD
The Chinese gather their forces. They not only bring up an army of 400,000 but they recruit an additional 100,000 from the Huns and Mongols in the North. The fleet reaches India and the mercenaries disembark. 121,000 men arrived with the fleet to supplement the Romans. The Roman army of 400,000 marched and met the Chinese army of 700,000 at the Battle of the Foothills. The fleet under the command of Louhi of Lappia. Louhi leads her heavily outnumbered Lapps around the Chinese forcing their way into the middle. Although the Chinese only lost 5,000 men they retreated back to Tibet.
158 AD
In one swift motion Pious made a sneak invasion into China. He had the support of much of the army who defected to the Roman side. Emperor Huan of Han, surrenders to Pious who sends him to Rome as a hostage. Knowing China is too big to add to the Empire, Pious makes it a client state and stations four legions in Tibet to enforce the Conquered kingdom status.
159 AD
Visburis decides to launch an invasion into Africa. He hires 100,000 men from China and Mongolia as mercenaries and gathers 60,000 Romans. Visburis puts his cousin, Domarium in charge of the Army. They leave Alexandria in march towards the Kingdom of Kush. The King of Kush, Tarekeniwal, calls up the Kushite army of 80,000 and meets the Romans at the Battle of Nubia, the Romans route the Kushites and their king is captured and sent off to Rome. After conquering Nubia, Domarium invades the Land of Punt and Ophir. These two nations build a combined army of 100,000 and Meet the Romans at the Battle of Punt, the Romans lost 30,000 Chinese soldiers in a flank attempt but the Puntinese and Ophirians lost 80,000 trying to regroup when the flank worked. The rest of the army was spared and gladly swore fealty to Rome.
160 AD
Visburis leads two legions into Lusitania to put down a revolt of local farmers. While there he becomes ill and dies. His son Hugo is crowned Emperor of Rome. Hugo finishes putting down the rebellion. Hugo consolidates the Northern territories into one big province.
161 AD
Hugo assembles an exepdition to go west over the Atlantic to find “a fabled new land”. He sends 20,000 Colonists and soldiers in a large fleet of 200 ships. Domarium leads his army into central Africa fighting local tribesman and winning. New Roman lands are secured and the army’s ranks grow once again.
162 AD
With loses too great, Domarium secures his current holdings and Africa and returns to Rome where he is hailed as a hero. Hugo honors him greatly and makes him governor of all of the middle African lands so he wouldn’t pose a threat to him in the future.
163
Hugo invades Caledonia and subdues the native picts. He makes the Picts serve in the army and sends them over to Occasus Universitas (North America) to serve as soldiers. Roman colonization does well. They teach the natives about new technolgies and these natives adapt quickly to Roman ways and begin to swell the ranks of the Army. A new Emperor in China rallies his people and breaks the peace by invading Tibet. The Dux of Tibet calls up the Tibetan Auxillaries and the four legions. He has a total of 40,000 men against an approaching Chinese army of 100,000. Instead of fighting, the Dux pulls all the Romans out of Tibet and withdraws to India to Adamus Pious of the Chinese.
164 AD
Hugo heres of the Chinese revolt and sends 70,000 Auxillaries and 20,000 Roman Regualrs to India to help retake Tibet from the Chinese. The Chinese prepare to march into Mongolia to secure an additional 200,000 men to add to a growing army. In addtion, they sent diplomats to Russian tibes and gained more warriors in their cause. Hugo's 90,000 soldiers reach India in a record six monthes and take up positions in the limes in the Foot Hills of India. Adamus calls on Tobias, the Governor of the Persian province for more soldiers, Tobias responds by personally leading 200,000 Persian Auxillaries into India to help Adamus.
165 AD
The Chinese by now have over a million men under their command compared to the 400,000 of the Romans. The Romans send messangers to Occasus Universitas to recieve native warriors. The natives (Now armoured and using metal) send 100,000 men to help. The Chinese attack Jammium, a fortified Roman outpost and slaughter its Garrison of 4,000 and its population of 24,000 leaving none alive. Adamus sees to a revolt in southern India and takes 40,000 men with and puts Tobias in charge of defending India. Tobias doesn't know that Jammium has fallen and is on the march to rescue the Romans trapped there (Who are really all dead) At a narrow pass he spies a Chinese advance guard of 20,000 and sends 4,000 men to dispatch it. The Battle of Peaks, the Roman archers from Syria distiguish themselves by using the cliffs on the peaks to fire down on the Chinese. The Advance guard breaks out its rockets and cannon, however the legion commander orders a heavy barrage of onager fire onto the Rocketeers and puts them out of action. 14,000 Chinese are killed in Combat while another 3,000 are captured with the rest escaping back to Jammium. Tobias realizes that he is heavily outnumbered and retreats south back to the heavily fortified secondary limes and waits for Pious. Tobias sends word to Hugo that he needs over 400,000 more men.
166 AD
Hugo gets Tobias's message and sends word to Domarium in Africa to raise 100,000 Auxillaries. He sends word to Louhi of the North Country and Väinämöinen of Kalevala. They both respond with a combined force of 60,000 men. He sends word to the Germans who give him 40,000 and the Sarmatians who mobilize 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry. Hugo then goes to Britian and gets 50,000 Hibernians, Caledonians, and Britians as Auxillaries. He then gathers a pure Roman force of 150,000 legionaries and sends the entire force of 490,000 men towards India.
167 AD
China sends a strike force of 100,000 men towards a weak spot in the limes which is held by only 10,000 Romans. The Commander of the Legion, Alecto orders his archers to dip their arrows in Greek fire and launch them towards the Chinese as they attack. The Battle of Narium begins with a Chinese rocket bombardment of Roman positions. The Romans respond with fire from several dozen onagers which does damage to the Chinese. The Roman archers inflict heavy damage on the Chinese forcing them to leave the jungle and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Romans fighting outside the Limes. However, the Chinese had numbers and forced the Romans back in the limes. By this time, most Roman onagers had been destoyed by Chinese rocket fire. Alecto was about to give his men the order to retreat when thousands of Maylasian Auxillaries came flying out the jugle with a 20 legions of Romans following under command of Adamus Pious. The Roman legions flanked the Chinese and forced them into an all out route and won the battle. The Chinese lost 35,000 while the Romans lost 18,000.
168 AD
Hugo’s massive army of 490,000 finally reaches India after many delays. The force is commanded by Florens, a brilliant General who knew much about the art of war. The Chinese plan to conquer India by overwhelming the Romans at their limes at one point. The Chinese again made plans to attack the Roman City of Narium. However, a defector from China reveals the Chinese armies’ plan and alerts Pious, Tobias, and Florens to the attack. 300,000 men are stationed just outside Narium waiting for the Chinese. Hundreds of Onagers are built by the Romans to counter the Chinese use of rockets. The Chinese, unaware that the Romans had a massive army waiting for them, send 400,000 men to overrun Narium. When the Chinese reach Narium, the Second Battle of Narium begins. The Chinese begin using rockets against the city setting many buildings on fire. Florens responds with his hundreds of Onagers giving a massive bombardment of flaming material. Florens then orders his archers to fire arrows dipped in Greek Fire against the Chinese. The Chinese then charge down the Romans who deploy in their typical legion fashion and rain down a hail of spears on them. With the archers, spears, and Greek Fire the Chinese were routed. Florens and Tobias gather their combined armies of 800,000 and march into Tibet retaking it from the Chinese and invade China. Once again China is subdued, but made a province of the Empire with a puppet emperor loyal to Rome.
169 AD
Pious, Tobias, Alecto, and Florens all arrive in Rome and are honored greatly by Hugo who makes Pious a Consul of Roman Empire and gives Florens governorship of all Occasus Universitas. Alecto is made Governor of Solis. Tobias is given many riches and returns to Persia to resume his tenure as Dux. A new Governor of India is named. General Domarium assumes the title of Governor of India, Tibet, and China.
170 AD
Hugo’s wife gives birth to a son. Hugo names him Ricus. Ricus is sent off to Kalevala to be brought up in mixed Romano-Scandian customs as his Grandfather Visburis was.
170 AD
Hugo’s wife gives birth to a son. Hugo names him Ricus. Ricus is sent off to Kalevala to be brought up in mixed Romano-Scandian customs as his Grandfather Visburis was. Alecto discovers more islands east Solis. He mounts an expedition of 14,000 to the Islands. He calls them Terroria (Frigid Land) (These Islands are called New Siberian Islands today) he leaves 2,000 to establish a colony and returns to Solis.
171 AD
Alecto tells Hugo of his find. Hugo honors Alecto for a day and then makes him return to Solis.
172 AD
Florens leads Occasus Universitas into a new era of art and cultural diversity. However, not everyone was happy. Florens launches an expedition into what he calls the Profundus Meridianus (Deep South). He comes into contact with the Mayans who he calls Calx Constructum (Stone Builders) Calx for short. The Calx do not treat the Romans nicely and execute a Roman Diplomat. Florens is outraged that the Calx would do this so he calls up 30,000 Occasusian Auxillaries and two legions of 12,000 Romans and puts his second son, Tomas in charge of the Army to invade the Deep South. As they enter the jungle, men start dieing off from disease and wild animals. It is estimated that Tomas looses 6,000 men this way. However, the local natives who held grudges against the Calx, help the Romans with local tricks on avoiding dealy areas. Over 10,000 warriors join Tomas's army. He arrives Caracol where a Mayan army of 20,000 has marched our to meet Tomas. The Romans and their
trained native counterparts have no room to use legion style combat so they hide in the underbrush and use archer and javelin attacks against the Mayan army. The Mayans retreat to the city and bar the gates. Tomas clears much land and builds onagers. He unleashes deadly Onager fire onto the city. Within two weeks the Siege is over and the Ruler named Te' Kab' Chaak surrenders and is sent back North to Florens. When the rest of the Cities here of Caracol's destruction they beg for mercy. Tomas's army starts getting homesick. He grants the region conquered kingdom status and builds a colony called Caracolium in Caracol's place and stations's 7,000 Auxillarie soldiers there and returns North where he is hailed as a hero.
173 AD
Adamus Pious resigns as a consul. Hugo makes him Dux of Terroria. He leaves at once for the frozen wastleland. Tobias invades the Caucasus sweeping up throuh them and into modern day Kazakhstan which he calls Qazaqia. The people of this land are impressed by the Romans and submit without a fight and swell the ranks of the Roman Army once again.
174 AD
Pious reaches Terroria and transforms the land into a paradise by building elaborate colorful towns and cities with large temples and palaces. He imports over 40,000 colonists making Terroria a center of trade and commerce in the northern regions. Pious also builds special ships that he calls Glacies Effrego (Ice Breakers). These ships have special hulls made out of metal which allow the ships to slip over the ice and break it. These ships allowed cargo to flow in all year roun to the north instead of just in spring and summer. Pious made a historic journey from Terroria to his old province in India in 3 mothes on the way and 3 monthes on the way back.
175 AD
Hugo finds out about the problems overseas in Occasus Universitas and decides to mount an invasion of the Calx City-States despite their Conquered-Kingdom status. He calls on Domarium to lead the invasion. However, Domarium was well into his fifties, so he appoints his son Daggium to lead the invasion. 8,000 ships and 150,000 men are assembled to go to overseas to subdue the Deep-South. When all preperations were made, Daggium and 150,000 men boarded their ships and sailed to Occasusium.
176 AD
Domarium passes away and Emperor Hugo appoints Alecto to take over his African Provinces. Alecto begins the long journey from Solis to Carthago. Daggium's expedition arrives in Occasusium suprising Florens and Tomas. Florens is already benfiting from the Calx's Conquered Kingdom status by increasing the Empire's tribute. Daggium and Florens begin to talk about solutions to the Calx problem. Tomas calls up 85,000 Occasusian Auxillaries just incase things got out of hand. Meanwhile the Calx Ambassador hears of the Invasion force lying off-shore and flees back to Calx to warn the states. The Calx break the Conquered-Kingdom status and attack Caracolium. The Romans Legions garrisoned there put up a gallent defense, but were overwhelmed and pulled out of the city along with all Roman Citizin's. The Romans lost 3,000 men, however the Calx lost twice as much. With the attack Florens and Tomas side with Daggium and they give 20,000 Occasusian Auxillaries to Daagium bolstering his troop number to 170,000.
177 AD
Alecto arrives in Carthago and begins his tenure as governor of all of Africa. He inherits a province of great wealth and it continues this way under his leadership. Daggium and his army reach the now Calx held Outpost of Caracolium. Daggium's Chinese Auxillaries use powerful Rockets to attack the City demorilizing the 3,000 Calx stationed there. Roman Onagers also added to this. The city gates fell and the Romans charged in slaughtering everyone and looting the city and its wealth. Daggium them marches on the City of Chichen Itza. 40,000 Calx warriors fought the Romans to defend their sacred city. After 5 weeks of brutal fighting, the Rommans stormed the site and took the remaining 400 Mayan warriors as captives. However, the Romans lost 35,000 men in fighting the Calx. With the fall of Chichen Itza, the rest of the Deep-South (The Mayan City States ONLY) submit to Roman rule and provinceship. From that point on, the Calx are treated knidly by the Romans, benefitting like the rest of the natives from Roman ways.
178 AD
A lost Roman ships drifts into the Southern Ocean and passes a large tropical land and drifts further south until it reaches a mysterious frozen land. The Roman ship docks in Roman Ophir in Africa and reports their discovery. Hugo takes instreast and dispatches 50,000 Colonists and 25,000 Soldiers to these new lands. At Pindorama (Brazil) 20,000 Colonists and 10,000 soldiers build a colony. The other ships head south to the frozen land which they call Anarticium (Antartica) all the other colnists and soldiers disembark and build thriving colonies. Hugo sends more and more colonists to both these regions so they can be populated.
179-184
The Roman Empire thrives during these years, no revolts or wars break out. Emperor Hugo's knowledge and wisdom had lead the empire into a new era of peace.
185 AD
Daggium is given the title of Dux of Anarticium. Under his leadership the barren white-wasteland is turned into a central point for meat processing of the entire Empire. Everything hunted in Anartcium is sold for huge profits. Hunting and fishing are Anartcium's main producers of income. The extreme cold in Anarticium is dealt with by using special hypocaust systems. Also a large number of baths are built. The Romans in Anartcium make use of large glass windows, the Romans trapped massive amounts of sunlight during the day and used it for warmth.
186 AD
Hugo calls for a census of the entire empire. The census is to take no longer than ten years with an additional five years for the tabulations. Tomas leads an army of 45,000 men to conquer land so the Roman colonies in Pindorama can be connected to the rest of the Roman world. He enters the lands of the Moche Civilization. Tomas calls them Madidus Populus (Wet People) or Madids for short. He sends an embassy to try and peacefully annex the civilization's lands peacefully, but the Lord of Sipán (The Moche Priest-King) refused and "sacrificed" ten Romans to their "Gods". Outraged that they would do this, Tomas calls on the Calx who faithfully send 50,000 Auxillaries to come to Tomas's aid. Tomas marches on the Madid center at El Brujo. The Madids petitioned other tribes to send thousands of warriors to fight the Roman Invaders. An army of 60,000 multi-tribal warriors are assembled to fight the Romans. The Lord of Sipán uses hit and run attacks against the Roman forces approaching El Brujo. Finally after losing 12,000 men to hit and run attacks, the Romans lay siege to the center. Using their rockets and onagers they inflict heavy damage on the 60,000 defenders. After two weeks the Madids have lost 20,000 warriors. The Lord of Sipán orders charge against the Romans who breached the gates of the city and now have room to use legion-style fighting. The outnumbered Roman legions in the city use their javelins and spears with great affect against the charging Madids who are forced to engage the Romans in personal combat. Their spears are no match for the etal of the Romans and the Madids are forced to surrender. Tomas leaves the rest of the Madid alone for he has a strip of land connecting him to the Roman Colonies in Pindorama.
187-199 AD
In Hugo's last years as Emperor, he revokes Germania's client state status and makes it a province of the Empire. He gives client state status to the Madids in order to keep the Empire's new world relations strong. He builds more roads in Occasus Universitas to link Roman Colonies with the main Roman settlements. The Empire's census come in and the total population was 14 million Roman citizens and 24 million non-citizens. However, Hugo's ineffective son, Ricus was not too happy with his father's future plans. Hugo has plans to restore the Republic and grant citizen ship to everyone within its borders. Ricus conspired with several of Hugo's advisors and killed his own father in 199. Ricus was elevated to the rank of Augustus an hour after killing Hugo.
200 AD
Ricus is a poor leader who liked nothing better to party with his 10,000 wives. He is a poor leader and the economy slumps because of him. Roman China goes through a period of famine because of Ricus and with the aid of Mongolia revolts. Hericus, the Dux of China calls up the Chinese Auxillaries. Instead of coming to put sown the revolt, they join it! Hericus is forced to call upon the outnumbered legions to put down the revolt. Hericus and all able Roman Citizens withdraw from the province to Tibet.
201 AD
Ricus is murdered by his own guard and is replaced by Omfridus. Omfridus was old (81) at the time and serving as a senator in the senate. He had frail health and did not last for more than two monthes after becoming Emperor. Before he died, he appointed his 14 year-old grand-son Mycaelis to the throne. Mycaelis had only learned about political power in his studies, he had never used it before. When word of the revolt reaches him he seizes the chance for greatness. He personally leads two legions of 16,000 each west.
202 AD
Mycaelis and his men reach India. They join three more legions and now have an army of 80,000. He enters Tibet and picks up another legion. Mycaelis offers the rebels one chance to surrender and be sold into slavery. The rebels proudly refuse and Mycaelis enters China. Mycaelis encounters little resistance as the rebels regroup their forces at Begium. They number 250,000 strong against Mycaelis's 96,000 men. Just before the battle that would decided China would be free or not Mycaelis saw a sign in the sky. It was a flaming croos that said underneath In meus nomen victum (In my name conquer). At the Battle of Begium, Mycaelis put down the revolt and returned to Tibet where he managed to find a Christian hermit in the mountains and had him and his entire army and the Chinese rebels baptized as Christians. Mycaelis held no grudges and pardoned the rebels and sent them and theor close famalies off to Terroria (New Siberian Islands).
205
Mycaelis commands his cousin Aeneas to conquer more of Africa. They set their eyes on Sheba, Aksum, and Opone. These kingdoms were always fighting each other, but upon hearing of Mycaelis's intent to conquer, romanize, and christianize them, they allied...
206
Aeneas calls up 8 regular legions and 20 Auxillary Legions totalling out to a force of 448,000. He moves into Roman Ophir to organize his first targeted state: Sheba. Aeneas sends diplomats to the countires of Sheba and Aksum. Sheba does not welcome the Roman embassies and has the embassadors beheaded. Aksum just denies entry. Angry, Aeneas prepares his forces to enter into Sheba for the following year. The king of sheba was called Ilsharah Yahdub II calls on the Kingdom of Aksum to provide troops. The king of Aksum called Gadarat, does not want to kill off all of his army in case of the Romans conquer Sheba. So, he calls on the state of Opone. The ruler of Opone called Ras Hafun, seeing his chance for fame and glory and to expand his domain, called up 90,000 men and marched northward to meet up with Gadarat. Aksum provides 50,000 men out of their 200,000 strong army. Sheba calls up thier entire army of 300,000 men. They meet up and have an army of 440,000. They march to the White Nile river to wait for Aeneas.
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As soon as spring hit, Aeneas marched into Sheba. Upon arriving at the White Nile he began to retreat. At the Battle at the White Nile, Aeneas faked a retreat, and when the Africans broke ranks and charged, Aeneas reformed the Roman lines and advanced. Five legions flanked the Africans on the left and right. The Africans lost 150,000 men (Mostly Sheebans). The rest fled to Aksum. Yahdub II was captured along with his court and family. They are sent off to Rome as hostages until ransom can be paid by Aksum or Opone. Gadarat take his remaining 175,000 man army and marches northward to his border to fight the Romans who will enter Aksum next. Ras Hafun his lust for ruling all of the Red Sea cost dashed returned to Opone wih his remaining 80,000.
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Gadarat tries to consolidate what's left of his army. He has about 175,000 men left. Mycaelis sends his brother Paulus to lead 12 more legions into Africa to help Aeneas conquer the country. While Aneneas conquers Askum and Opone and moves South, Paulus will move into the Garamantian Kingdoms to the west. The Romans had their eyes on the ultimate prize the Ghana Empire. Aeneas offers Gadarat a truce to surrender and become be given conquered kingdom status. Gadarat refuses. Aeneas resorts to trickery again and bribes Gadarat's Grand Vizor who murders him. Without Gadarat's leadership, the Army of Aksum fell apart along with the Kingdom of Aksum. Aeneas splits his army into four columns to subdue the country and sends word to Mycaelis in Rome that Askum had fallen. Aeneas sends his son called Xpofer, with a single legion to conquer Opone. Ras Hafun decides to shut himself up into the wall's of his main city. He quickly gathers all his provisions. Hafun couldn't pay for his 80,000 man army, so he was forced to disband 60,000 out of the 80,000. He shuts his remaining 20,000 with him inside his city. He people of Opone offer a great resistance, however. They try to stop Xpofer and his legion at the Battle of Bari. They are defeated though. Xpofer leads his men to Hafun's city and lays siege. He not only has onagers to attack the city, but he has 2,000 Chinese Auxillaries. The Chinese use their famed rockets. Along with the Onagers and Rockets, Opone falls within two weeks with a lose of 14,000 for Opone and only 20 dead for Rome. Ras Hafun escapes the city through a camp between the two Romans. He flees across the Red Sea into Arabia.