King of Anshan
aprrentice Worlddominator
Rhye’s of Civilization Expanded v1.23
Victory through:
• World domination (25%,40%)
• Culture (13000,35000)
• Spacerace
• Diplomacy
• Wonders
Difficulty: Demigod
Civ: Byzantine Empire
This is my first post and first story, yet.
I always wondered how the world would look like if the Byzantines had survived.
Would they have became one of the European imperialstic nations.
I'll certainly try it; Byzantine Brazil just sounds good.
Chapter 1 : Foundation of the Republic
4000 B.C. Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus “Constantine”, autocrat of the Romans, looked over the peninsula and smiled.
He could already envision the power and majesty a city there could bring.
The autocrat sacrificed 12 lambs to the Gods, just in case things went wrong, and construction on the city begun.
Constantine also ordered the scholars to look for something to record speech with, he wanted to be immortalized on a monument or something like that.
Constantine grew old and kept on living only to see his city finished.
When the last stone was laid, his spirit left him.
He was succeeded by his son Flavius Iulius Constantius in 3961 B.C.
He would be the one to start training of Byzantine Legionaries for protection of the city.
Not many years later barbarians appeared, calling themselves Turk of Osman. They would be removed from our doorstep.
In 3500 B.C. during the reign of Flavius Claudius Iulianus the Byzantine expeditionary force was raised.
They were tasked to capture some Turkic people for interrogation.
Somehow they took 50 years to find their way, probably because of a chitchat with merchants from a tribe down south called Greeks.
War was declared upon the Turks and two worker bands were captured.
The warriors withdraw to the city to await the counter offensive and the slaves were send to work the vineyard west of Constantinople.
Constantinople started construction of a monument in honour of the first autocrat, Constantine the Great.
Greek traders also was sold mysticism for 47 gold, knowing they would fetch it soon enough.
In 3100 B.C. two Turkish warrior squads appeared before the gates of Constantinople.
One Squad was killed when assaulting the walls and the other started to make a camp.
The First ¨Siege¨ of Constantinople began.(3050 B.C.)
In 2900 the Vineyard was connected to the capitol, work began on mining the hill tops. 50 years later the monument was complete.
Because of the increasing pressure from the Turks autocrat Jovian stated the army must be enlarged, construction on a worker begon.
In 2650 the Turkish besiegers were killed while attacking, and a warrior group was send out scouting.
50 years later peace was signed with the Turks, trading their masonry for our newly discovered Writing skills.
It was called the peace of Valentine, after autocrat Flavius Valentinianus.
Thracian tribes joined our scouting party in the same glorious year.
In 2450 B.C. work begon on a granary to feed the city´s growing population.
Later a scouting party met the Austrian people and traded all out techs in exchange for warrior code, the wheel and a slave to bring it to the City.
In a spark of intellect the autocrat ordered the Greek peninsula blocked to prevent any Greek expansion.
In 1850 B.C. a backward race of barbarians was contacted, our people called them the Germans for no reason in particular.
After the Germans contacts were established with their brethren tribes, the Franks and the Dutch.
One Dutch labourer was sold into Byzantine slavery for Masonry, writing and 30 gp.
And construction begun on a settler.
In 1725 contact was established with the tribes of the tin-islands (the British).
25 years later Scythian horse people thought a scouting party.
It was exchanged with bronze working from the Turks.
Bronze working was traded with the Europeans again, yielding us a Dutch worker and 130 gp.
In 1500 B.C. our western brethren, the Romans of Italy were met. Gifts of bronze working an gold were exchanged.
Fifty years later autocrat Theodosius ordered all kinds of thing to be written down, he called it Theodoture. The rest of the world called it literature.
Spanish and Scandinavian tribes were contacted in the centuries following this invention.
Carthage was traded upon contact known technology for two slave bands and 110 gp.
In 1225 B.C. a settler party set out from the capital the claim new lands in name of the autocrats. Portuguese were met and traded 240 gp for masonry, proving our superior mercantile skills.
In 1150 B.C. Varna was founded at the mouth of the Danube river.

Russia was met in and traded all techs for 110 gp and 2 slave bands.
After training of an archer warband autocrat Arcadius (1024-1051 B.C.) ordered construction of a massive Library to gather all knowledge.
In 845 B.C. an arrogant British ruler, named Boudica, demanded literature.
Autocrat Leo ¨the Thracian¨ refused her arrogant demands and gave her the Finger. Boudica declared war but Leo responded laconic: ¨
You can´t even leave the damn island your upon, so F*CK you!¨
Greeks demanding the same were wise enough not declare to war, fearing the warriors in Epirus.
In 610 B.C. autocrat Anastasias was informed that Greece and Austria were also building the Great Library.
He decided that literature should be sold now, or it would lose all value.
Two decades later Anastasias was further frustrated in his efforts by his western colleague, they claimed Illyria for themselves!
Scandinavia demanded iron working, successfully.
There were enough problems already.
Autocrat Zeno discovered philosophy and invented a system of government called a republic.
Zeno died three years later without an heir and decided was to become a republic.
Philosophy was sold to other nations in exchange for 1500 gp and a peace treaty, ending the war of the Finger.
In 550 B.C. revolts were quelled and the republic was firmly seated..
In 530 a settler was rushed in Varna. And send northwest.
Intelligence reports of our excellent Byzantine Diplomacy revealed we would be the first to finish a Great Library.
In 450 B.C. Dyrrachium was founded at the Adriatic shore.
Monuments in honour of the republic were commissioned in the new city.
And in 230 B.C. the long feared news came:

“Godsdamned, Godsdamned, Godsdamned! Constantinople needed 6 more turns only! Curse those Arab infidels!”
The eparch, chairman of the senate of Constantinople and supreme head of state, cursed. The conservative party in the senate, long the ruling faction, was greatly weakened by this misfortune.
The populist faction came to power and spread the knowledge of republic in exchange for knowledge of monarchy, a legal system and mathematics.
Next they used the stones of the Great Library to build a set of beautiful Hanging Gardens.
Twenty years later it was completed and the people were enjoying the gardens, proud to be Byzantine!
The populist happily donated knowledge of mathematics to the annoying English.
To mystics started to create one state religion, the twelve Olympian Gods of Greek Polytheism.
It was thought it would unite the people.
In 70 B.C. a Frankish Chief demanded 40 gp in tribute, the populist regime bribed them off. In 30 B.C.
Tanais was founded at the Maotian lake and a Greek settling party invaded Macedonia:

The perfect excuse to invade Greece.
Victory through:
• World domination (25%,40%)
• Culture (13000,35000)
• Spacerace
• Diplomacy
• Wonders
Difficulty: Demigod
Civ: Byzantine Empire
This is my first post and first story, yet.
I always wondered how the world would look like if the Byzantines had survived.
Would they have became one of the European imperialstic nations.
I'll certainly try it; Byzantine Brazil just sounds good.
Chapter 1 : Foundation of the Republic
4000 B.C. Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus “Constantine”, autocrat of the Romans, looked over the peninsula and smiled.
He could already envision the power and majesty a city there could bring.
The autocrat sacrificed 12 lambs to the Gods, just in case things went wrong, and construction on the city begun.
Constantine also ordered the scholars to look for something to record speech with, he wanted to be immortalized on a monument or something like that.

Constantine grew old and kept on living only to see his city finished.
When the last stone was laid, his spirit left him.
He was succeeded by his son Flavius Iulius Constantius in 3961 B.C.
He would be the one to start training of Byzantine Legionaries for protection of the city.
Not many years later barbarians appeared, calling themselves Turk of Osman. They would be removed from our doorstep.
In 3500 B.C. during the reign of Flavius Claudius Iulianus the Byzantine expeditionary force was raised.
They were tasked to capture some Turkic people for interrogation.
Somehow they took 50 years to find their way, probably because of a chitchat with merchants from a tribe down south called Greeks.
War was declared upon the Turks and two worker bands were captured.

The warriors withdraw to the city to await the counter offensive and the slaves were send to work the vineyard west of Constantinople.
Constantinople started construction of a monument in honour of the first autocrat, Constantine the Great.
Greek traders also was sold mysticism for 47 gold, knowing they would fetch it soon enough.
In 3100 B.C. two Turkish warrior squads appeared before the gates of Constantinople.
One Squad was killed when assaulting the walls and the other started to make a camp.
The First ¨Siege¨ of Constantinople began.(3050 B.C.)
In 2900 the Vineyard was connected to the capitol, work began on mining the hill tops. 50 years later the monument was complete.
Because of the increasing pressure from the Turks autocrat Jovian stated the army must be enlarged, construction on a worker begon.
In 2650 the Turkish besiegers were killed while attacking, and a warrior group was send out scouting.
50 years later peace was signed with the Turks, trading their masonry for our newly discovered Writing skills.
It was called the peace of Valentine, after autocrat Flavius Valentinianus.
Thracian tribes joined our scouting party in the same glorious year.
In 2450 B.C. work begon on a granary to feed the city´s growing population.
Later a scouting party met the Austrian people and traded all out techs in exchange for warrior code, the wheel and a slave to bring it to the City.
In a spark of intellect the autocrat ordered the Greek peninsula blocked to prevent any Greek expansion.

In 1850 B.C. a backward race of barbarians was contacted, our people called them the Germans for no reason in particular.
After the Germans contacts were established with their brethren tribes, the Franks and the Dutch.
One Dutch labourer was sold into Byzantine slavery for Masonry, writing and 30 gp.
And construction begun on a settler.
In 1725 contact was established with the tribes of the tin-islands (the British).
25 years later Scythian horse people thought a scouting party.
It was exchanged with bronze working from the Turks.
Bronze working was traded with the Europeans again, yielding us a Dutch worker and 130 gp.
In 1500 B.C. our western brethren, the Romans of Italy were met. Gifts of bronze working an gold were exchanged.
Fifty years later autocrat Theodosius ordered all kinds of thing to be written down, he called it Theodoture. The rest of the world called it literature.
Spanish and Scandinavian tribes were contacted in the centuries following this invention.
Carthage was traded upon contact known technology for two slave bands and 110 gp.
In 1225 B.C. a settler party set out from the capital the claim new lands in name of the autocrats. Portuguese were met and traded 240 gp for masonry, proving our superior mercantile skills.
In 1150 B.C. Varna was founded at the mouth of the Danube river.

Russia was met in and traded all techs for 110 gp and 2 slave bands.
After training of an archer warband autocrat Arcadius (1024-1051 B.C.) ordered construction of a massive Library to gather all knowledge.
In 845 B.C. an arrogant British ruler, named Boudica, demanded literature.
Autocrat Leo ¨the Thracian¨ refused her arrogant demands and gave her the Finger. Boudica declared war but Leo responded laconic: ¨
You can´t even leave the damn island your upon, so F*CK you!¨
Greeks demanding the same were wise enough not declare to war, fearing the warriors in Epirus.
In 610 B.C. autocrat Anastasias was informed that Greece and Austria were also building the Great Library.
He decided that literature should be sold now, or it would lose all value.
Two decades later Anastasias was further frustrated in his efforts by his western colleague, they claimed Illyria for themselves!

Scandinavia demanded iron working, successfully.
There were enough problems already.
Autocrat Zeno discovered philosophy and invented a system of government called a republic.
Zeno died three years later without an heir and decided was to become a republic.
Philosophy was sold to other nations in exchange for 1500 gp and a peace treaty, ending the war of the Finger.
In 550 B.C. revolts were quelled and the republic was firmly seated..
In 530 a settler was rushed in Varna. And send northwest.
Intelligence reports of our excellent Byzantine Diplomacy revealed we would be the first to finish a Great Library.
In 450 B.C. Dyrrachium was founded at the Adriatic shore.

Monuments in honour of the republic were commissioned in the new city.
And in 230 B.C. the long feared news came:

“Godsdamned, Godsdamned, Godsdamned! Constantinople needed 6 more turns only! Curse those Arab infidels!”
The eparch, chairman of the senate of Constantinople and supreme head of state, cursed. The conservative party in the senate, long the ruling faction, was greatly weakened by this misfortune.
The populist faction came to power and spread the knowledge of republic in exchange for knowledge of monarchy, a legal system and mathematics.
Next they used the stones of the Great Library to build a set of beautiful Hanging Gardens.
Twenty years later it was completed and the people were enjoying the gardens, proud to be Byzantine!
The populist happily donated knowledge of mathematics to the annoying English.
To mystics started to create one state religion, the twelve Olympian Gods of Greek Polytheism.
It was thought it would unite the people.
In 70 B.C. a Frankish Chief demanded 40 gp in tribute, the populist regime bribed them off. In 30 B.C.
Tanais was founded at the Maotian lake and a Greek settling party invaded Macedonia:

The perfect excuse to invade Greece.