Chapter 5: An unexpected turn of events
Caeser was now bent on exploration, and expansion, sending archers to explore and settlers to settle. Sometimes, archers discovered very important things. Sometimes they discovered things of very little or no importance, like in 610 BC, when one of them saw a ship off the coastline that was claimed by the Apache tribe. Without any way of knowing who or where they are, Caeser did not know what to think of them.
So, the archer decided to follow an Inca warrior, hoping to find something.
But more important in the field of barbarians, the same year, another group of archers saw a tribe of people called the Anasazi in the desert Northeast of Neapolis. They were dangerous, and they had horses. They would attack anyone who did not have horses, including the Romans.
Although curious as to how they managed to get Horses, Caeser was still going to fight them. They all gathered in their camp, just waiting for the Roman Archers to attack. They did in 570 BC, taking out the first group of Anasazi warriors without so much as a scratch. Caeser has promoted them for these efforts (Player Note: I recieved other promotions in the past and future, but this was one of the few times it managed to work in the story for me to mention it).
And speaking of barbarians, a group called the Etruscans appeared in the mountains to the West of Cumae, some of their warriors riding horses, soon after this battle with Anasazi. Caeser didn't even have to contact them to know they were evil, like all barbarian tribes.
Seeing as workers are working very near the Etruscans' position, In 550 BC the spearmen in Cumae have been ordered to protect the workers from Etruscan attack.
And speaking of attack, the Archers in the North took down another group of Anasazi warriors that same year, with minor casualties. The only ones remaining in the camp are the ones on Horseback.
Archers even farther North saw a border occupied by people wearing Dark Red and hopes to meet them soon. It also saw an Inca Warrior attack something west of it, although it couldn't see what it was fighting. It was presumed to be barbarians.
20 years passed and in 530 BC, Roman Scientists came to Caeser. This could only mean one thing: Another discovery.
"What have you discovered this time?" Asked Caeser.
One of them answered, "We have discovered how to write down our writing system to make something meaningful, like books and poetry."
"Okay, great. Now bring me something I'm really going to like, like how to build new things."
"Okay, we're on it."
A settling party and its spear-wielding escort appeared in the North, clad in dark red. They were the same civilization that the archers had seen earlier. Caeser contacted them. They were called the Byzantines, and they were led by a woman named Theodora. Caeser was immediately shocked as to how much the Byzantine empire looked like his own. They even had a city named after someone with his own name. Caeser had heard legends of long ago, when his tribe was still wandering nomads, that they had met with another group, joined together and blended, then suddenly split up again. Could this be that other tribe?
One thing he did know was that he would, for the time being, remain friendly with the Byzantines.
Roman Archers unleashed a barrage of arrows against the final garrison in the Anasazi's camp. This proved to be a mistake. The Horsemen charged quickly, quick enough to avoid the arrows, and the archers were completely overwhelmed by the might of the Horsemen. Caeser vowed to learn from this defeat and vanquish the Anasazi next time.
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Temporary Pause due to my brother.
Okay, temporary pause over.
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And speaking of barbarians, the Etruscans, for whatever reason, chose not to attack the spearmen guarding the workers and instead set up defenses on the mountain, daring the spearmen to attack. The spears accepted the dare and easily took down their non-mounted warriors.
And soon, the most startling news of all was to come.
It was a quiet afternoon in Caeser's Palace on December 27th, 530 BC. Soon, the quiet would end. His foreign advisor, Augustus, came rushing in, panting.
"What is it?" Asked Caeser.
"Sir... Have... Mindblowing... News..." said Augustus.
"What news?"
Augustus' response was too fast and quiet to be heard.
"Woh, woh woh. Slow down."
"Okay. This is what happened."
"WHAT???"
"I said..."
"I know what you said. But what happened and why?"
"I... Don't... Know..."
This news quickly spread across Rome. It was given the name "The Russo-Egyptian War" for lack of a better one. Caeser would, for now, stay out of this conflict, but serious measures will be taken if nesscesary.
Some time passed before anything interesing happened again. That was in 510 BC, when Inca started work on the Collosus. Then Caeser realized that he had not yet established an embassy in the Byzantine Empire, and promptly did so, in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople:
He notices nothing too surprising about the city, except for its almost-finished work on a great wonder called "The Collosus" that will surely be the first to be finished.
The same year, spearmen charged up the mountan occupied by Etruscans again. Learning from the archers' mistake, they used the Horsemen's charge against them, winning easily and destroying the Etruscan position. They have been promoted for their efforts.
Caeser was unhappy with Antium's progress on making new ships, called "Galleys". So he decided to make them work. "I am sorry, but I have to do this," he reportedly said.
It was not long after this that Catherine came to Rome with an attitude, and a demand.
Caeser laughed at this. "You, wipe us off the planet? You are engaged in your own war with a more powerful enemy, and you have no way of reaching us anyway!!" And this was true, for Catherine did not have the technology to be able to make boats that were capable of transportation.
"Grr. Be lucky you have these advantages this time," she replied. She then added this:
And while we're on the topic of technology, Lincoln devloped the methods of Construction Caeser's scientists were working on in 490 BC. Not wanting to spend more time researching, Caeser asked for a trade. But Lincoln would not budge.
Also, Byzantine cultural influence and the newly-founded city of Heraclea are making the archers' navigating without tresppasing difficult.
20 more years passsed without news, with the exception of the Byzantines' starting of construction on the Oracle. Then, in 470 BC, the spearmen that had previously fought hard on the mountain found the Etruscan camp and charged headlong into it. Although facing the almost destruction of their unit, they won and destroyed the Etruscan camp. They have been promoted again to become the first elite unit in the Roman army.
And while we're on the topic of barbarians, in 430 BC, warriors from Neapolis charged headlong into the Anasazi camp where the archers had failed so many years before. This time, the Roman army triumphed against the Anasazi Horseman. Good-Bye Anasazi.
Speaking of Horses, Roman settlers reached the Horses to the south of Neapolis and built a city there. For lack of a better name, it has been called "Horsetown." (Player Note: The next city name on the list was Pompeii, which the game wanted me to call it, but that's reserved for a volcano city, so I used this name instead. As soon as I build Pomeii next to a volcano (which will be named Mt. Vesuvius, of course), I will rename Horsetown to whatever the game wanted me to call Pompeii. I hope this makes sense. Oh, and there isn't a screenie because I forgot to take one
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And now that Caeser had Horses (Or would, as soon as they were connected by a road to be usable), he figured it would be worth learning how to ride them. So he made a trade with Pachacuti:
410 BC was a wonderous year. Literally. First, the Byzantines started building something called "The Mausoleum of Mausolos", And soon after, they finished the last, finishing touches on the Collosus in their capital.
Also, Russia started work on the Oracle, and, in 390 BC, the Byzantines on the "Statue of Zeus".
The Galley built in Antium went right to work exploring the island the Curraghs had earlier spotted. In 370 BC, They found it to be small and uninahabitied, but saw another island to the South. A habited one.
In 350 BC, they ran into the Green border and contacted the nation it belonged to. They call themselves the Carthaginians, led by Hannibal. They are a very backwards nation, but they have something called "Luxuries" Which are new to Caeser.
Caeser now wonders about these new things, about the new construction ideas, and about the Russo-Egyptian War, in which, so far, neither side has gained nor loss, with the exception of new Egyptian cities being built. This is most inrtiguing.
(Player Note: Map in next post because I ran out of pictures)