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The Eastern Roman Empire

363 AD

the year is 363 AD, Emperor Valens Flavius looks at the map laid before him, it contains the entire known world, from the steppes to the piramides in Egypt, from Sassanid held lands to the realm of his long time allies -and long time country men- the western half of the Roman Empire.



Valens Flavius is facing some difficultr choices in the near future; prepare for an assault against his long time enemy the Sassanids or Prepare for the Huns and the Vandals, the most vicious warriors the world has ever seen...:





However , before he makes his choice , some domestic isuess need to be taken care of..
With the comming of the Hordes , there also came a thing called paganism, a faith which spread like the plague...
Emperor Valens's first major decision was the destruction of all the pagan shrines and temples in the empire.
So it was , that all of the Pagan shrines were destroyed, and in their place were constructed Christian ones.

The Emperor also decided it was time to assault the Sassanids, a large force was mobilised under the command of faction heir Theodosius Flavius.

It was his job to take the city of Hatra the following year.

The Emperor also ordered the building of ports , shipyards and dockyards for the following winter, after the completion of the Christian shrines.

364 AD

Theodosius, who had reached city of Hatra a half year ago, and laid siege to it, was attacked by a fairly large Sassanid force;



Of course the Sassanids fell before the Roman spears and swords and were beaten back , losing 2 of their generals in the process:



In the winter of that year , Theodosius attacked the City of Hatra and tooke it easily, the Zararostrian populace was massacred followed by the building of a christian shrine.

The campaign in the East is going as planned.

In the west part of the empire the various field armies are merged , to fend of any attack from the North, also taxes were put on low in certain city;s such as Athens, because of the riots due to the destruction of their beloved Pagan temples the year before.

365 AD:

In this year the Emperor Valens Flavius became sick, no one knew how long he would survive the illness.

But life went on, in the East Theodorius settled in Hatra to keep the populace happy and order the construction of a stone wall.

In the West a revolt broke out , the Western Roman Empire didn't manage to reduce the corruption in it's empire...



A force was also mobilised to take the city of Petra. In the south, consisting of 2 comitatenses, 2 eastern archers and a limitanei unit.

366AD

The Emperor, died of the illness that fell over him the year before.
So a new faction leader was appointed, and who could do this better than the conqueror of the east, Theodosius Flavius.

But time to enjoy his new titel was short, for a Sassanid army chose to Siege Hatra.



Would Emperor Flavius, survive to govern the empire ?

367AD

In the west the Huns had decided they should wage war on Sarmatians, they kicked the Sarmatians out of their land.

Who was their next victim going to be ?

The Emperor decided to attack and try to lift the siege, he attacked at night , to surprise the enemy.



The Emperor was victorious !





368 AD

Plans were made for an other campaign to destroy the Sassanids once and for all , an army was mobilised in Ceasaria.

Petra was taken easily, but the popultion didn't like the sudden change in goverment, and proved hard to please.

In the West, an army captain led , eliminated some peasant rebels.

And In constantinople, the captial , the construction of legion barracks was ordered.
Allong some Lanciarii infantry, for the protection of the northern border.



A force was mobilised to take the most south eastern province of the map, captain led, there was no resistance on the road , the captain was told by a faithfull spy.

In Antioch, comitatenses were trained to support the invasion of Sassanid lands, led by the Emperor himself.

The Emperor , knowin hte importance of sea-control and naval trading ordered the merging of the fleets ,and attack of any nearby pirates.
So it was that the seas were rid of all the pirates, at least for now.

369AD

Due to some minor Sassanid incursion , the stone walls of Hatra were not yet finished, to the anger of hte emperor, who decided to wait just a little bit longer with the second campaign against the Sassanids.
The army led by camptian Ammianus had to wait a little bit longer...

Because of the Hunnic horde, Diplomats were sent out to get trade rights and alliances with other nations.
These were the political relations in the year 369AD



The Huns however weren't planning on attacking our lands yet , so it seemed.

Only God knows what they are planning...and he sure as hell hasn't told us yet...

370 AD

Finally captain Ammianus get's the order to march, he however encounters a Sassanid army, he retreats to the nearby bridge, but hte Sassanids attack anyway...:



The battle goes well , untill the enemy general shows exeptional bravery by charging the Limitanii headlong.... whereas Ammianus routs...

The second invasion of Sassanid lands is brutally defended..:



Not just the our Nation was suffering from bad luck, our former country men , should fear these Vandal scum... who are besieging the Franks.



Who are apparently heading right through Europe.

371AD:


The forces of Ammianus are retrained in Ceasaria , and eagerly await the order to march to the east once more, to better fortunes this time .

The Emperor himself , after making sure Hatra is safe and the rest of the kingdom is revolt free , decided to enter battle once more.

This year was also the year that the building campaign the emperor decided upon a couple of years earlier had finally reached it's end.
resulting in lot's of new and improved roads and trading networks throughout the NAtio.

372AD

The Franks have apparently lost all their lands and are now a horde themselves, we can just hope they don't seek to make hte journey east...





Meanwhile in the East, the emperor tooke care of some minor Sassanid armies , who all were destroyed.

The army once led by Ammianus also started on it's second and hopefully more succesfull campaign into Sassanid lands.
This time with an even better army than before.

The second major assault agianst the Sassanids was a fact.

373AD:

The Sassanids seemed to have retreated to their homelands , they are running before the Theodosius the emperor, who had decided it was time to rid the earth of these barbaric heathens.

In the south the plague hit the city of Alexandria, killing thousands, and infecting the local governor, it doesn''t look to good...

In the East all is going well, and it should be a matter of time before the Sassanids crumble before the mighty Roman armies.

In the West, the Goths are at war with the Sarmatians, and the Huns seem to now want to enter our lands.... it will prove difficult to keep them out...

We shall see how it goes...and what the future will bring.