Um...lets stop the hype.
Aveo Roma
Chapter 1: Humble Beginnings
The Roman people started out like many of the other people in Europe. Spurred on by the Neolithic Revolution which allowed them to farm and fish more effectively, the Romans settled down and built a small village called “Rome” in around 4000 BC. Rome, with its fearsome clubmen, quickly subdued a small area around it. Once all was clear, the clubmen, later known as “warriors” were sent off to find if there were any other people or other fertile lands.
It is easy to imagine the Roman’s shock when the warriors found something. At this same time, many other city-states were doing exactly what Rome was. Though there is no evidence the “warriors” saw France and Spain, there is evidence that the Romans met the Greeks. These Greeks, at the time, were even less advanced than Rome.
After about 500 years of Roman might, fishing quickly became a large industry. The discovery that larger boats could catch more fish was detailed in “Rome Fishing Manual”, which dates back to 3480 BC. Thus, only the largest families could afford to buy a fishing boat, this spurring the first Roman Fishing Fleet. After this, Fish became the meal for most everyday Romans, along with a hard wheat soup.
The Roman “warriors” continued to meet other strange folk. They would have probably met the Gauls, called Germans, and continued on. However, in 3240 BC, a strange man with an odd hat named Sal-al-Din, known as Saladin to the Romans; warriors were seen at the entrance of Rome. By this time, Rome had expanded to control most of the Roman Peninsula to the Alps. To the south, another empire was met, this one called the “Egyptians”. The Romans were amazed and jealous at the other empires cultural achievements and fertile land. They also probably met other peoples whose names aren’t recorded.
In 2080 BC, something amazing happened. A worker part just east of Rome discovered a huge pile of extremely hard metal. They named it “iron”, and soon, a mine was built over it to convert it into tools and weapons. The people of Rome would fight to conquer other Empires. No one knew it, but this one small deposit of iron would change the Western world forever.
Chapter 2: The Frankish-Roman War
Tensions between Rome and Francia, then known as France, blew up in 1720 BC. The Roman 1st Legion, a skilled fighting force armed with iron swords, went into Francia to collect a worker party as tribute from the Franks. The Franks immediately demanded the return of the worker party, so the 1st Legion and Rome declared war on Francia.
Knowing that even though the Franks had only clubs, the 1st Legion was vastly out-numbered, the people of Rome authorized the making of a second force, known as the 2nd Legion. It was sent to “Paris”, the capital of Francia, along with the 1st Legion.
In 1560 BC, Paris was taken by the Romans in the Battle of the Seine. This ended when the Romans used the innovative wedge tactic and entered Paris triumphantly. This was a crushing blow to the Franks, who fled to Gaul, then called Germany. The Romans also met another large island, called England.
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Daimyo from AoE III?
This one looks good.
