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Unit 1: The Roman Ancient Period
Chapter 1: The Holy Rome-Roman War
Introduction
Section 1: Warriors of Rome
Section 2: The End of the War
Chapter 2: The Middle Ancient Roman Period
Section 1: Europe and the Mediterranean
Section 2: A Time of Troubles
The Holy Rome-Roman War
At no point did the Roman Republic[1] during the long, bloody war and ending siege pretend that the reasons behind the attempted conquest of the Holy Roman Empire were anything but imperialistic and driven by the rise in copper demand (coinciding with the rise in demand for tin and the resulting bronze). However, the French Rebellion of Prague[2] had given Rome the perfect opportunity to strike at the Holy Romans with twenty-one warrior units.[3]
The Prague Uprising[4] resulted in the Holy Roman defenders fighting rebels inside the city and the invading forces of Rome. Heavily outnumbered on both ends, Prague fell within two weeks. Within two weeks, ten Roman Warrior units were preparing an assault on the walls of Aachen. The Roman commanders, however, were not prepared for the battle. Prague did not have walls and was in revolt. Here, the defenders were well-prepared and experienced following decades of low-intensity warfare against the French Rebellion. The defenders also outnumbered the Roman force.
All ten units assaulted the walls. None of them passed the walls. A thousand dead within fifteen minutes of fighting on the Roman side and not even a scratch against the defenders.[5] Rome would continue to lay siege to the city for years and carry out two increasingly large assaults, leading up to the bloodiest day in Ancient Roman History.
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1. The Roman Republic was ran by a dual-consulship during this time.
2. The French Rebellion of Prague resulted from cultural drift of the original Holy Roman colonists away from from Aachen and the influx of French immigrants from the untamed areas to the west.
3. A typical unit in the Roman Ancient Era consisted of a hundred warriors.
4. The Prague Uprising is actually the third uprising, but the naming is a result of the first two uprisings being small, unsuccessful, and came as a result of increased taxes rather than changing cultural identity combined with a rise in taxes.
5. A thousand casualties including soldiers taken as prisoners of war. The population of Rome at the time was ~340,000 so a thousand soldiers is only a fifth of one percent. However, a thousand was 70% of the Roman forces operating in the expedition. During this period, disease killed more than actual battle and trying to keep a large force together in the field was difficult. Only around 20,000 people lived within the city limits of Rome during this time of the Roman Ancient Period.
Wake, Germany!
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Unit 1: The Roman Ancient Period
Chapter 1: The Holy Rome-Roman War
Introduction
Section 1: Warriors of Rome
Section 2: The End of the War
Chapter 2: The Middle Ancient Roman Period
Section 1: Europe and the Mediterranean
Section 2: A Time of Troubles
The Holy Rome-Roman War
At no point did the Roman Republic[1] during the long, bloody war and ending siege pretend that the reasons behind the attempted conquest of the Holy Roman Empire were anything but imperialistic and driven by the rise in copper demand (coinciding with the rise in demand for tin and the resulting bronze). However, the French Rebellion of Prague[2] had given Rome the perfect opportunity to strike at the Holy Romans with twenty-one warrior units.[3]
The Prague Uprising[4] resulted in the Holy Roman defenders fighting rebels inside the city and the invading forces of Rome. Heavily outnumbered on both ends, Prague fell within two weeks. Within two weeks, ten Roman Warrior units were preparing an assault on the walls of Aachen. The Roman commanders, however, were not prepared for the battle. Prague did not have walls and was in revolt. Here, the defenders were well-prepared and experienced following decades of low-intensity warfare against the French Rebellion. The defenders also outnumbered the Roman force.
All ten units assaulted the walls. None of them passed the walls. A thousand dead within fifteen minutes of fighting on the Roman side and not even a scratch against the defenders.[5] Rome would continue to lay siege to the city for years and carry out two increasingly large assaults, leading up to the bloodiest day in Ancient Roman History.
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1. The Roman Republic was ran by a dual-consulship during this time.
2. The French Rebellion of Prague resulted from cultural drift of the original Holy Roman colonists away from from Aachen and the influx of French immigrants from the untamed areas to the west.
3. A typical unit in the Roman Ancient Era consisted of a hundred warriors.
4. The Prague Uprising is actually the third uprising, but the naming is a result of the first two uprisings being small, unsuccessful, and came as a result of increased taxes rather than changing cultural identity combined with a rise in taxes.
5. A thousand casualties including soldiers taken as prisoners of war. The population of Rome at the time was ~340,000 so a thousand soldiers is only a fifth of one percent. However, a thousand was 70% of the Roman forces operating in the expedition. During this period, disease killed more than actual battle and trying to keep a large force together in the field was difficult. Only around 20,000 people lived within the city limits of Rome during this time of the Roman Ancient Period.
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