1x1 Arthoc & Me

[FluffyWolf]

A RP,[W.I.P] XD I'll sick my dragon's on you don't post people! Besides you arth..zzz...
A Alternate Dimension of the Past ....
Roman Empire...he can explain it better. Next post..Arth..your making it to explain detail XD.
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[Arthoc]

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The year is 457 A.D. This is a different 457 A.D. than our own. Much is the same and then again much is different. The Roman Empire has once again been invaded by hordes of barbarians. The People of Europe have overwhelmingly converted to Christianity, but the history of their faith is far different. The History of the Roman Empire is as well different. Jesus Christ the founder of Christianity was pardoned from his so called crimes and brought to Rome. There the Emperor Augustus Nepos bowed before him and converted to Christianity. Jesus went on to preach for decades till he was slain by a pagan mob in Greece lead by the Leader of the Pagan Temples. The Emperor then outlawed paganism and with in years a great civil war began. The Provinces of Hispania and Africa would be lost. Aegypt would fall into its own civil war between its natives and the Romans there. With the Empire weakened a series of Barbarian Invasions took place. Initially the veteran and hardened Roman armies held back the Barbarian Hordes. However at the dawn of the 5th century a series of Gothic and Frankish invasions would finally break through. The resulting wars were long and hard. The Nepii Emperors in East and West struggled to survive in the end the Eastern Emperor was slain and the Western Emperor lost control of Italy to a Julii usurper. The Julian Emperor lead a restoration of Roman power around Italy at the same time the Regis or King of Asia (modern day Turkey) lead his own invasion of the city of Byzantium and its surrounding areas. In the west the Nepian Emperor lead an invasion on Frankish Gaul. The Nepian Emperor and Regis of Asia were successful. However, The Julian Usurper was conquered by a new Barbarian Horde, the Huns.

The Huns conquered all of Italy with aid from the Ostrogoths who took Istria and the Burgundians who took the southeastern edge of Septem Provinciae. The Huns slaughtered the mostly defunct senate and most of the Julii. The Huns would go on to rule Italy for 20 years from 430 to 420 A.D. unopposed by any Barbarian or Roman. In the year 450 the Huns had heard a rumor of a scholar living in one of the middle class districts of the city of Rome who had hidden some of the scholarly works from burning during the initial sacking of the city. A patrol was sent to retrieve the works so that they may be burned in the streets. They arrived at the home of Lucius Martanius. When they requested the works be handed over to them, Lucius refused. The Huns responded by forcing him into the street and threatening to beat him. The Romans living on the street instead of cowering in fear charged out of their homes and attacked the Huns. Heavy taxation, abuses of all sorts, and a growing hatred this act of oppression made the people finally crack and rebel against the Barbarians. Lucius after being freed from the patrol gathered the mob and prepared for retaliation. A small force of Huns came to the street. The Romans having headed to their rooftops then stoned the Huns from above.

The Mob having killed these groups of Huns began to take from the dead their armor and weapons. They then armed themselves and marched out of their street and began to gather more support. Lucius soon divided the mob into separate forces who went out and gathered more citizens to their cause as they ran out or eliminated the Huns with in the city. Soon the city of Rome was liberated. Lucius Martanius and his close council some strangers to him till the revolt began to plan for when the Huns took an army down from their Capitol of Mediolanium in the north to put down their revolt. However, instead the local Warlords raised their warriors and marched on the city separately. Through a creative use of ambushes and local livestock in the way of stampedes the Romans were able to defeat every army the Huns brought to the city. Finally the Romans marched out and began to seize control of the lands around Rome. A Long war for Freedom had begun.

Eventually three other Roman factions would rise up against the Huns. The Flavii from the port city of Aquileia, the son of the Nepian Emperor lead an expedition, and a General from the Regis of Asia also came. The war lasted 7 years as the Romans and Huns fought for control of the center of the Roman Empire. Eventually the Romans were victorious. Lucius and his now veteran army of 10 thousand Roman citizens and freed slaves destroyed the last Hun army near the city of Asculum. The Hun Warchief Mundzuk was exiled by Lucius from Italy and he was named Publicola by the people of the lands his army had come to occupy. Publicola meaning Friend of the People. With the war over the Romans have begun to rebuild their cities and recover what they can. Now, a question remains this plebian scholar turned General Lucius Martanius has no legitimate claim to the throne of the Western Emperor. The Flavii and Nepii wish to receive Rome to secure themselves without a doubt as Emperors of the West. The Regis of Asia wants his General to seize the city in order to offer it to the Nepii in exchange for being made Emperor of the East. However, none of them can simply walk in and take the city so they have sent out feelers in the forms of emissaries and diplomats in order to convince the still mostly young Lucius to give up the city to one of them.

Explanation of naming conventions: I didn't use all of them and a lot of them are self explanatory but Nepii and Julii are the plural forms of Julius and Nepos. Being a reference to their families overall for the most. In the rp I plan on using according to whatever sources I can find appropriate Roman titles and naming conventions and possibly some phrases in Latin. Anyways there it is the massive intro to this rp.

[FluffyWolf]

-Some of his characters,mine will be added later-
Count of Rome, Arthoc = Lucius Martanius Poplicola
Prefect of Venetia = Gnaeus Flavius Calidus
Principate, Imperator of the West = Augustus Nepos Regillus the Third
Prefect of Liguria = Julius Nepos Atellus, Son of Augustus Nepos Regillus
Prefect of Apulia and Lucania = Servius Pontius Malleolus
Triumvir of Gallia = Gaius Nepos Lentulus
Triumvir of Lugdunesis = Vibius Ulpius Pullus
Rex ton Asia = Marcus Sulpicius Albinus
Rex ton Orient = Christos Cassius Curio
Dictator ton Phoenice = Tiberius Rufius Gurges
Rex ton Aegyptus = Aulus Aegypt Novellus
Dictator ton Macedonia = Spurius Atius Corvinus
Daughter of Decimus Julius = Aula Julius Dives
Common Girl who aided Lucius Martanius = Octavia Seius Cicurina
Right-Hand of Lucius Martanius and now Lictor of the Legate of Rome = Tullus Modius Scaeva
The Quaestor of Rome = Caeso Petronius Longus
Cousin of Marcus Sulpicius = Gaia Sulpicius Pulchra
Niece of Augustus Nepos = Prima Nepos Rutila
Bishop in Rome = Vopiscus Claudius Celer
Patriarch of Nikomedia = Septimus Ovidius Calvus
Patriarch of Massitia in Exile = Agrippa Naevius Curvus
Patriarch of Alexandria = Opiter Tarquitius Ocella
Son of Gaius Nepos = Mettius Nepos Bucco
Best Friend of Tullus Modius = Quintus Tuccius Caninus
Freed Slave Girl from an Estate near Ravenna = Vopisca Gabinius Crispa
Merchant in Roma = Publius Aebutius Crassipes
The Captain from Florentia = Remus Sentius Aquilinus
Friend of the Captain from Capua = Titus Numerius Asellio