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Darius: The Scythian Revolt Early in Darius’s reign, the Alan tribes launched another invasion of Taurike, their largest attempt yet. After the fifteen thousand nomadic warriors were defeated at the gates of Kalos Limin, thousands of the tribesmen were taken prisoner by the Pontic garrison...

Pharnakes II: The Era of Peace Alan tribes from the eastern steppes began migrating west into the Ypervore. Eventually they would reach Taurike and the fortress of Kalos Limin. In a failed effort to destroy the Pontic garrison at the fortress, the Alans were crushed and sent back into the...

Mithridates VI: The Bittersweet The Romans threatened to invade Athens and the city state promptly surrendered in fear of the destruction of the city. The other Hellene city states follow suit, and by the end of Mithridates’s reign almost all of Hellas would be controlled by the Romans. Sulla...

Obregon Remember last time we let the Reds take control? Better dead than Red.

Mithridates VI: The Growing Shadow of Rome Mithridates had nearly recovered from his injury when the Roman consul Gaius Cassius Longinus entered his court. Cassius had come to Sinope in search of military aid to fight the Gallians north of their borders. Mithridates refused to lend a hand as...

1 1 3 4 1 I would hardly call the Northwestern territories colonies. Vietnam and Guyana are too culturally different to remain Mexican. The Philippines may be different from us, but they are like Mexico's younger brother. They should have autonomy but remain a protectorate. The Oceanic and...

Mithridates VI: The Poison King The Roman historian Cicero finished his tours of the known world and recorded his experiences in his masterpiece, De Cultura. Unlike the previous historians from Seres, Cicero appreciated the culture of the Pontics. Still he gave higher praise to the culture of...

Mithridates V: The New Alexandros As Mithridates neared the Antigonid capital of Pella, the rebelling Makedonian nobles came to his camp and offered him a deal. The nobles offered their loyalty to Mithridates if he would let them take rule the city as a republic. Mithridates agreed as he was...

Mithridates V: The Birth of an Empire Pt. II The Cult of Mithras continued to grow in the Kingdom of Pontos. Mithridates ordered the construction of a grand Mithraic temple in Ephesos in honor of both his father and his uncle. Mithridates did not hesitate to continue the war against the...

Elder Faction

Mithridates IV: The Birth of an Empire Pt. I Sima Tan’s son, Sima Qian, followed in his father’s footsteps and took a grand tour of the world for himself. He would summarize the people and places he saw in the Taishigong Shu. He noted that not much had changed in the last 70 years, other than...

Pharnakes I: The Varvaros Wars After the death of Mithridates III, a massive horde of over twenty thousand Scythians approached Taurike. Hearing the news, Pharnakes sailed to Chersonesos and gathered a militia to aid in the defense of the Tauric border. The nomads hit hard and fast...

Mithridates III: The Last War of the Diadochi A man named Sima Tan from Seres in the far east had completed his journeys throughout the known world. He culminated his life’s work the history, the Shiji. It contains much of the history and culture of all the peoples from Seres to Iveria. Sima...

The Pharaoh Himself