From: MadAlfred@aol.com Subject: [WFRP:1520] Take a look at the Remean Empire. Comments (or embellishments) are welcomed. Alfred Nunez Hauptdirektor-Schwarzmantel MadAlfred@AOL.com REMEAN EMPIRE Sometime around -500 I.C., Remas was founded on the headlands overlooking the Laguna della Festa. For nearly 200 years, Remas vied with its neighbors over land, wealth, and advantage. At one point, it was subjugated by a ancient power to the immediate north. From its capital at Veio, the early kingdom of Etruscia ruled over Remas for 100 years and strongly influenced its development. In -280 I.C., the Remeans threw out the Etruscians and established their Republic. After 70 years of various wars with its neighbors, the Remean Republic emerged as one of the more powerful entities in Tilea. Remas then founded the Tilean League with the goal of ousting the invading Hellene Empire from the southeast. By -190 I.C., the Tilean League succeeded in their goal, leaving Remas more powerful than before. At first, the Tilean kingdoms were slow to realize the change in the balance of power. In -50 I.C., war broke out with the end result that Remas subjugated the rest of Tilea. Once power was consolidated, Remas began its expansion. In -10 I.C., Remean Legions crossed the River Capari and crushed what remained of the Hellene Empire (who lost power and prestige after their defeat in Tilea). The great Remean general, Crassius Gaius Caesare, led his Legions in pursuit of the fleeing Hellene generals to the land of Kemet. Meeting fierce opposition, the Remean Legions gave no quarter and soon conquered Kemet and its neighboring kingdoms. The last pharoah of Kemet, Amun-Ramsus XIII, was slain as he tried to flee in peasant's rags. After a few more years of consolidating power, the (newly proclaimed) Emperor Crassius Gaius Caesare led the Remean Legions into the Badlands in 15 I.C. They crushed the largest Goblinoid army ever near the ruins of Khivos on the Black Gulf and drove them back into the Dark Lands. In 25 I.C., Emperor Octavius turned his attention towards the north and west. First, his Legions established a presence in southern Bretonnia. Then, he began a conquest of Estalia which was completed in 50 I.C. The native Keltoi peoples of both regions were forced to submit to Remean rule. Those who could not stomach such a fate fled northward. Thus ended the first expansion period of the Remean Empire. In the matters of religion, Myrmidia was the chief deity in Remas. Behind her were Verena, Morr, Manann, Mercipio (the Tilean name for Handrich), Shallya, and Solkan (who was revered by several Emperors). In the countryside, Rhya was worshipped by the farmers and herders. Except for ocasional outbreaks of violence by rebels, the Remean Empire remained at peace for 400 years. In 453 I.C., Remean Legions recaptured Sartosa and routed the occupying force of Dark Elves and Undead. Within fifty years, Remean expansion began anew as Emperor Constantius turned his attention northward to the troublesome Keltoi people of Bretonnia. By 510 I.C., the whole of Bretonnia came under Remean rule. In commemoration, the city of Constantium is established as the capital of Remean Kemet. Nearly 250 years of relative peace passed before troubles for the Remean Empire began again. In 756 I.C., Remean Legions were leaving Bretonnia to deal with uprisings in the south. After crushing a insurrection in Kemet, the Remean Legions faced a civil war in Tilea. This was to last 30 years with a weakened Remas emerging victorious. In 820 I.C., Remas faced one more revolt in Bilbali ans easily crushed the opposition. After 160 years of relative peace, the Remean Legions reappeared in Bretonnia to recover lost territories (982 I.C.). This time they faced Gilles le Breton of Gisoreux and clashed with him frequently. They were forced to withdraw when Goblinoids swarmed into the Badlands and destroyed Remean settlements along the Black Gulf. The Greenskins then invaded the Border Princes where they faced the returning Remean Legions. Even though they suffered great losses, the Remean Legions defeated the Goblinoids and threw them back across Blood River. In 1001 I.C., another Tilean civil war breaks out causing the eventual collapse of the Remean Empire in the Old World (1015 I.C.). Only the Remean Empire in Araby remained with its capital of Constantium. This Constantian Empire (as it would henceforth be called) held its provinces for 137 years. Arabian pressure over the next 118 years finally caused the fall of the last remnant of the great Remean Empire.