The Eastern Roman Empire
Overview
The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) was founded on 1st november 6 pm on european time, becoming the first nation created in Eastern Europe, and 5th worldwide.
Geography
Holdings
Byzantium is primarily located in Greece and Anatolia. However, it also has a strong presence in Eastern Europe (particularly in Ukraine), the Levant Coast, and North Africa (mainly Egypt and Eastern Libya). Byzantium also has a Dominion in Thailand , Bactria and Egypt which has a strong presence in Central asia,Africa and Indochina.
Position in Relation to Other Nations
Directly north of Constantinople is Bulgaria, followed shortly by Romania. To the east is the Islamic_State, followed by Georgia and Greater-Armenia. Towards the south-east is Judah. In the direct west is Albania, followed by Italia. Finally, Austria-Hungary is the farthest north-west.
Infrastructure
To be added
Architecture
The general architecture is from the classical to medieval ages. While it is not enforced, mayors and citizens alike are encouraged to build in this style.
History
The Time of the Imperators
(August 11 2018 - October 25 2018)
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The Tetrarchy
(October 25 2018 - November 9 2018)
Western Rebellion
After an attempt to sow dissent amongst the Eastern Monarchy is discovered, Marcellus Caesar is stripped of his title on accounts of treason. The former Caesar of the West declared himself in rebellion and asserted sovereignty over Rome. After refusing to comply with the return of the town, he was declared an enemy of the state and purged from the discord, along with many of his supporters.
Caesar Justinian making an imperial statement on the rebellion (November 1 2018)
Acquisition of Horses
After some experimentation with the MCMMO plugin's Taming skill, CorruptedGreed, mayor of Philippopolis, spawned some in and breeded them. This supplied the capital, Constantinople, with its first horses.
Italia Recognized as The New Western Empire
When SirJTaylor took Rome for himself at the very start of Terra Nova and refused to give it to the rightful Augustus in the West: Dinogod, the establishment of the Western Roman Empire came to a sudden halt. Italia to the north however, had begun to slowly creep further southwards over the coming days with the establishment of new towns. Eventually seeing the situation in the west as hopeless, Florene reached an agreement with the Italians, recognizing them as the Roman Empire in the west, thus allowing her to focus on matters in the east.
The Diarchy
(November 9th 2018 - January 1st 2019)
Ecumene Dissolved
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Byzantium Reaches the #1 Spot on /n list
Since the first week Byzantium was always one of the most Active and most populated nation , however near December Byzantium came to its peek as #1 Nation , in January it lost to Nazi in number of Citizen but greatly out numbered any nation in terms of Town (60 Byzantine town compared to 30 for the second biggest nation)
Intervention Between Canadian Tribes and Panama
As a request from Panama , Byzantium came to their help in the war in exchange of some Turtle Eggs.
NATO Founded
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Forum of Constantine Completed
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Constitution Completed
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Christmas Conflict
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Mercenary Work Outlawed
Following the Christmas Conflict, mercenary work was outlawed. Citizens of Byzantium were no longer allowed to operate as mercenaries under the reasoning that it causes problems for foreign affairs.
Turkish Republic Claim Deal
After the creation of the Turkish_Republic , Justinian made a deal with them , giving them half of Anatolia(Eastern part) to the turk while the West and Center would be Byzantine , this deal started an Internal conflict in Byzantium between the Greek Head and the Armenian Population of East Anatolia that saw its expansion possibility blocked by the deal, the Deal would be later broken by the Turk at the time of the Balkans War.
January 2019 Elections
The election started out with a total of 6 candidates. 5 of the candidates were running for Consul, with the other being the only one to run for Legatus. The 5 starting candidates for Consul were Carlos_Dorelli, CorruptedGreed, moope787, WTDpuddles, and Voisardian. The race was steady, with all of the candidates posting their campaigns gradually throughout the month of December. However, being the first election, there were certainly bumps along the way. The Christmas Conflict led to Consul candidate Carlos_Dorelli dropping out of the race before the voting period started. Following this incident, Voisardian started publicly criticizing other candidates, borderline smearing them. [Historian's note: To be continued]
The Consulship of CorruptedGreed
(January 1st, 2019 - February 1st, 2019)
Byzantium-Albania War
The Albanian decided to get a town on the Byzantine claimed land , acting then extremly hostile to us , a Byzantine counter-attack fastly came into effect with the Carlos-Castle made in front of Albania and the siege of their Capital.
The Albanian then accepted to surrender their town if the Byzantine accepted peace. However as of Mid-January the peace deal didn't come into effect yet.
NATO Dissolved
Because of internal trouble NATO was dissolved , this information came with some happiness in Byzantium as some citizen(mainly Serbian and Armenian) had no sympathy for the Coalition name.
New Alliance Solution
After leaving NATO, Byzantium decided to take a more decentralized and article approach to its alliances. The next step of action was joining 3 separate alliances: the Tervel Alliance, the Near East Treaty Organization, and the Intermarium Alliance. The Tervel alliance is the personal military alliance between Bulgaria and Byzantium. The Near East Treaty Organization is a means of organizing the borders of the middle east. The current members are Byzantium, Judah, Persia, and possibly soon Greater_Armenia. Finally, the Intermarium Alliance, being an economic and military alliance for eastern and southern Europe. It has a defense pact aspect, so member states need to help one another if they get war declared on them. The members states are Byzantium, Bulgaria, MinskanRus, and Austria-Hungary. As January 12th, 2019, Austria-Hungary is no longer apart of this alliance due to declaring war on another member state, Byzantium (The Great Balkan War).
The Great Balkan War
Byzantium is a primary participant in The Great Balkan War, being the main defender against the adversaries, The Tilted Powers.
Abdication of Florene
Florene decided to abdict to get more time into building Constantinople , Justinian was easily choosen to replace Florene , the Ceremony to Crown Justinian was made on Mid-January with the participant exceeding 20 player.(Enemy were also accepted and fight were prohibited for the ceremony).
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Government
The Imperial College
Augustus
- Justinian / Phillybob777
Caesar
- Vacant
Consul
- CorruptedGreed
Legatus
- MisaiAki
The Senate
Senators
- _asimple_
- ACPenguin
- ArcticKnight98
- BlizzardArt
- BrentBourguignon
- C_5365
- Chrizz
- Carman
- Carlos_Dorelli
- Comrade_Ginger
- CornedMilk
- CorruptedGreed
- Dogogoto201
- Fluxify
- gamder
- God_Of_Murloc
- HereForThePizza
- Jump Fox
- lolfritz2
- Misai Aki
- Mining_Tzar
- moope787
- myhnealut
- Pestzar
- Pimdici
- Offtechgamer
- SKraHH
- Solaris
- Solariu
- sweatymelons
- Turtle
- Voisardian
- WTDpuddles
- Yellow
Military
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48 levies
5 Legionnaires
1 Centurion
Buildings
Architectural Wonders
The Forum of Constantine
Serving as the main center of the city, the forum of Constantine is a circular public space that includes the Senate house. The forum in its entirety occupies a 7 by 7 chunk area of the capital. Quartz, brick, and colored terracotta/concrete are among the materials used to decorate the ornate marvel.
Notable People
The following people have facilitated a unique contribution to the nation with their past or contemporary presence, and are made note of here. [Historian's note: Specifics will be added underneath names soon]
Florene (Augustus from November to January,main constructor of Constantinople)
Phillybob777 (Second in charge and then new Augustus of Byzantium since Mid-January)
Syn (Old Patriarch, First fundator of Constantinople)
Carlos_Doreli (Mayor of the 8th biggest Town,Top 2 Miners,1st Excavation,Important Trader)
God_Of_Murloc (Prince of the Cilician Protectorate,Made at least 12 Town,found many Citizen,Top 6th Miners)
National Subdivisions
The nation uses provinces and Dominion as a subdivison.
Balkanic Province:Dalmatia,Brentopolis,Aegyssus,Salona,Mostar,Isaccea,Skopje
Greek Province:Philippopolis,Myrmidones,Thessaloniki,Volos,Athens,Achais,Angelokastro,Zante,Aegan Bunker,Knossos
Thracian Province:Constantinople,Samothraki
Anatolian:Pergamon,Bursa,Troy,Izmir,Afyon,Chios,Rhodes,Caria,Neptune,Adana,Ancyra,Sebastae,Trebizond,Satalieh
Levantine:Cilician_Armenia,Malakopi,Tigranakert,Edessa,Antioch,Palmyra,Knight_Templar,Bagdad,Tripolie,Lemesus
Alexandria(Egypt) Province:Old_Alexandria,Cairo,Cyrene,Cara
Cossack Province:Zaporozhye,Buran,Gascogne,Fantasiym,Donetsk,Poltava,Kiev,Sarov
The Dominion of Byzantium are:
Dominion of Thailand
Dominion of Bactria
Dominion of Egypt
Cities/Towns
- Adana
- Aegyssus
- Aegan_Bunker
- Afyon
- Alexandria
- Ancyra
- Anderta
- Antioch
- Athens
- Attalia
- Avaria
- Baghdad
- Bangkok (capital,Thaï colony)
- Brentopolis
- Buran
- Bursa
- Cairo
- Cara
- Cilician_Armenia (Cilician Protectorate)
- Constantinople (Capital City)
- Chumphon Canal (Thaï colony)
- Corinth
- Cyrene
- Donetsk
- Edessa
- Gascogne
- Hua Hin (Thaï colony)
- Hainan (Thaï colony)
- Izmir
- Kiev
- Krusevac
- Knights Templar
- Knossos
- Krasnoperekopsk
- Lemesus
- Luang Prabang (Thaï colony)
- Malakopi (Cilician Protectorate)
- Neptune
- Old Alexandria
- Pergamon
- Philippopolis
- Poltava
- Rhodes
- Salona
- Sebastae
- Thebes (Capital,Egypt Colony)
- Thessaloniki
- Trebizond
- Tigranakert(Cilician Protectorate)
- Troy
- Vinh (Thaï colony)
- Volos
- Yangon (Thaï colony)
- Zaporozhye (de facto independent or possible future Dominion Capital)
- Zulu (Egypt Colony)
Foreign Relations
Friendly Relations
Bulgaria
We've known them for a while and get along well. There was a crisis over the town of Krasnodar which they let in but it has been resolved now
Romania
There have been clashes over the town of Aegyssus on the Danube but we've reached an agreement on borders and thus, we've become much friendlier as of late
Italia
With Italia now being recognized by us as the western half of our empire and their leader as an Augustus, it is safe to say we've become good allies despite our very shaky initial relations. I'm a huge fan of cities like Venice and Roman/Italian architecture so going to their country is always a treat.
Nazi Germany
I helped to fund the creation of their state and I like the ambition that Hitlar has for Berlin, still, some of their citizens have been rowdy and acted aggressively towards us so my thoughts on Nazi Germany are mixed. I hope that we can improve relations in the future though
Greater-Armenia
Military Alliance against the Islamic State
Neutral Relations
France
Hostile Relations
Greater-Moravia
Zebbs_ frequent and wihout reason raid is the main reason of the bad relations
Romania
Romania were always angry at Byzantium for the Byzantine holding of Aegyssus on the romanian coast of the black sea
Albania
Since albania claimed a town in Byzantium land the relations between the two nation became realy bad
Austria_Hungary
Since Byzantium expanded its land to the Balkans the relations between Byzantium and Austria_Hungary kept falling , hitting a bottom worst at the Balkans War , Austria_Hungary and Byzantium claims war are the main reason for the war.
Titles, Ranks, and Honors
Emperors
Florene Aurelia
- Imperatrix (August 8th - October 25th 2018)
- Augusta (October 25th 2018 - January 13th 2019)
- Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (January 14th 2019 - Present)
- Chief Diplomat (January 14th 2019 - Present)
Justinian Diocletian
- Imperator (September 3rd - October 25th 2018)
- Caesar (October 25th 2018 - January 13th 2019)
- Augustus (January 13th 2019 - Present)
Dominicus Pius
- Governor of Italia (September 9th - September 23rd 2018)
- Imperator (September 23rd - October 25th 2018)
- Augustus (October 25th - November 9th 2018)
Tiberius Caesar
- Imperator (August 11th - September 9th 2018)
Consuls
CorruptedGreed
- Governor of Achaia & Moesia (??? - December 6th 2018)
- Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee (??? - December 31st 2018)
- Consul (January 1st 2019 - Present)
Other Government Officials
Syn
- Holy Patriarch (October 31st 2018 - ???)
- Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (November 9th 2018 - ???)
- Chief Diplomat (November 9th 2018 - ???)
- Chairman of the Media Committee (January 15th 2019 - Present)
MisaiAki
- Centurion (??? - December 31st 2018)
- Legatus (January 1st 2019 - Present)
- Chairman of the Defense Committee (January 1st 2019 - Present)
- Holy Patriarch (January 12th 2019 - Present)
lolfritz
- Governor of Narbonensis (September 9th - ???)
- Governor of Dalmatia (??? - December 6th 2018)
moope787
- Legatus (??? - December 31st 2018)
- Chairman of the Defense Committee (??? - December 31st 2018)
OwenTheGuy
- Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (January 1st - January 13th 2019)
- Chief Diplomat (January 1st - January 13th 2019)
Solariu
- Chairman of the Economics Committee (January 1st 2019 - Present)
_S64_
- Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee (January 1st 2019 - Present)
Yellow
- Chairman of the State Resources Committee (January 10th 2019 - Present)
- Centurion (January 12th 2019 - Present)
SierraJam
- Chairman of the Urban Development Committee (January 1st 2019 - Present)
WTDPuddles
- Chairman of the Economics Committee (??? - December 31st 2018)
- Chairman of the State Resources Committee (January 1st - January 10th 2019)