1.0 - Introduction
We Romans are the oldest and proudest race of Europe. From the cradle of our civilization in the hills and valleys of Latium, we rose to become the princes of the universe. For over half a millennium, all of the Mediterranean world, from the moors of Caledonia to the desert of Aegyptus, answered to Rome. Glimmering Roma itself became the throne of all the earth, an Eternal City. But inevitably, entropy took its course, and our empire began to crumble. We lost rich Gaul, stately Britannia, and, most painfully, Italia itself.
And yet, we persisted.
In the East we endured, the Queen of Cities taking up the mantle of a New Rome. In the name of Christ, we rose again to new heights.
But now, wolves are at the gates, and the bowels of deepest Hades threaten to swallow our Empire once more.
Lesser states would surrender. Lesser states would relinquish their legacy.
But we still remember what we were before: masters of Europe and kings of the earth. It may be that we will never achieve such glory again. But outnumbered, surrounded, and battered though we are...
... the Roman legacy will never die.
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Part One: Rise
(600 - 1722 CE)
1.0 - Introduction
1.1 - Beginning the Seventh Century
1.2 - The Rise of Islam
1.3 - Stemming the Tide, and a New Dynasty
1.4 - Peace with the Caliphate
1.5 - The Conquest of Dacia
1.6 - Iconoclasm
1.7 - The Hierocleiad
1.8 - The Thirty Years' Anarchy and the Rise of the Doukids
1.9 - Trouble Across the Sea and Dynastic Upheaval
1.10 - The Coming of the Seljuks
1.11 - Eastern Tidings and Terrors
1.12 - The Third Triumvirate Faces the Mongols
1.13 - Crisis Point
1.14 - Alexios the Great
1.15 - The Long Thirteenth Century
1.16 - The Komnenid Restoration
1.17 - Gracious and Just
1.18 - Years of Dread
1.19 - The Christmas Coup
1.20 - Reconciliation
1.21 - Alexander the Grand
1.22 - The Lion's Roar
1.23 - Indian Fever
1.24 - Perihelion
Part Two: Fall
(1722 - 1863 CE)
Part Three: Renewal
(1863 - 2017 CE)
Afterword
We Romans are the oldest and proudest race of Europe. From the cradle of our civilization in the hills and valleys of Latium, we rose to become the princes of the universe. For over half a millennium, all of the Mediterranean world, from the moors of Caledonia to the desert of Aegyptus, answered to Rome. Glimmering Roma itself became the throne of all the earth, an Eternal City. But inevitably, entropy took its course, and our empire began to crumble. We lost rich Gaul, stately Britannia, and, most painfully, Italia itself.
And yet, we persisted.
In the East we endured, the Queen of Cities taking up the mantle of a New Rome. In the name of Christ, we rose again to new heights.
But now, wolves are at the gates, and the bowels of deepest Hades threaten to swallow our Empire once more.
Lesser states would surrender. Lesser states would relinquish their legacy.
But we still remember what we were before: masters of Europe and kings of the earth. It may be that we will never achieve such glory again. But outnumbered, surrounded, and battered though we are...
... the Roman legacy will never die.
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Part One: Rise
(600 - 1722 CE)
Spoiler Chapters :
1.0 - Introduction
1.1 - Beginning the Seventh Century
1.2 - The Rise of Islam
1.3 - Stemming the Tide, and a New Dynasty
1.4 - Peace with the Caliphate
1.5 - The Conquest of Dacia
1.6 - Iconoclasm
1.7 - The Hierocleiad
1.8 - The Thirty Years' Anarchy and the Rise of the Doukids
1.9 - Trouble Across the Sea and Dynastic Upheaval
1.10 - The Coming of the Seljuks
1.11 - Eastern Tidings and Terrors
1.12 - The Third Triumvirate Faces the Mongols
1.13 - Crisis Point
1.14 - Alexios the Great
1.15 - The Long Thirteenth Century
1.16 - The Komnenid Restoration
1.17 - Gracious and Just
1.18 - Years of Dread
1.19 - The Christmas Coup
1.20 - Reconciliation
1.21 - Alexander the Grand
1.22 - The Lion's Roar
1.23 - Indian Fever
1.24 - Perihelion
Part Two: Fall
(1722 - 1863 CE)
Spoiler Chapters :
Part Three: Renewal
(1863 - 2017 CE)
Spoiler Chapters :
Afterword
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