7th Century NC

Events

Aurea

611

• After decades of raids and forays by Aescalapea's ruling family, House Gabinius, into neighboring Milosia, the Milosian King BaltosIII declared all-out war on Aescalapea, initiating what would come to be known as the Gabinian War.

616

• Struggling with a stalemate in the Gabinian War, House Gabinius of Aescalapea forms an unofficial alliance with the King of nearby Cordosia, who already had great personal enmity with the Milosian King Baltos III. The addition of Cordosian soldiers tips the scales of the war, but it will still be 15 bloody years before Aescalapea is victorious.

623

• A Zetian war armada launches from Zeths, sailing eastward towards Duria to stem the tide of pirates attacking Republican merchant vessels in the Betshaban Ocean. Under command of the aging Androcles of House Livius, the armada runs into several misadventures before finally arriving at Ylargebad Island the following year.

631

• The Gabinian War ends with an Aescalapean victory at the Battle of Tasca Obodos. The Milosian king is captured and executed by the victorious general, Menander of House Gabinius, but most of the Milosian soldiers flee westward across the Antasian Mountains with Menander's legion in pursuit.

644

• Marcus Argentis of House Zetar returns to Zeth from his conquests on the Divian Peninsula. By this point, his legion is mostly composed of foreign legionnaires loyal to him personally as their patron. Hearing rumors that the Senate was planning to arrest him for despotism, M. Argentis personally initiated his own Triumph through Zeth. When the Senate saw the popular support that M. Argentis received, they quickly acknowledged his heroic status and showered him with accolades, including a titular grant as Dux Duriae (Duke of Duria). M. Argentis returned to Duria to continue his conquests.

Duria

624

• Androcles of House Livius, in command of the Zetian armada, arrives at Ylargebad Island, south of modern-day Koramia. His legion quickly defeats the unprepared barbarian pirates who called Ylargebad home and he establishes a colonial outpost on the island at the village of Lar Glarsaw, which he renames Marebellium. Androcles sends envoys to the mainland and establishes a relationship with a native tribe he calls the Tracini. He is named Comes Litoris Tracini (Count of the Tracini Shore) by a grateful Senate. This would be the first non-defensive conquest by the Zetian Republic.

626

• Androcles of House Livius, Comes Litoris Tracini dies of natural causes in Marebellium. His body is returned to Zeth, where he receives a full state funeral. Marcus Argentis of House Zetar is named his successor as Comes Litoris Tracini but remains in Zeth.

628

• Larstat II, a king of the northern barbarians who lived in present-day Koramia, sends a messenger to Zeth to purchase mercenaries to assist in his war against the Xaclos. His envoys are welcomed by the Senate and lauded by Marcus Argentis of House Zetar, who sees an opportunity in rendering assistance to the Tracini. Under the auspices of his title as Comes Litoris Tracini, M. Argentis begins to build a legion and fleet to transport them to Duria.

631

• Marcus Argentis of House Zetar arrives with a Zetian fleet on the shores of present-day Koramia in support of King Larstat II of the Tracini in their conflict against the Xaclos. He would continue to march his legion across the Divian Peninsula, bringing tribe after tribe under his command, claiming them as his personal clients.

650

• Marcus Argentis of House Zetar dies in the Battle of Silva Bartica fighting against the Bartovici tribe in the northern reaches of the Divian Peninsula. His nephew and heir, Antonius Argentis takes up the Dracones of House Zetar and leads the legion to victory. Antonius Argentis is raised to Dux Duriae by the legion and the Zetian Senate (wisely) ratifies the declaration the following year.

654

• By this time, Zetian legions under the command of Marcus Argentis of House Zetar and his successor, Antonius Argentis, have conquered the Divian Peninsula, including present-day Illyria and even parts of the elven Webwood.

664

• Septimius of House Varros defeats Aaronar VI, the last King of the Kamaros, in present-day Cambrecia.

670

• Valerius Marcosi establishes the Code of Urban Law in Neptaris, the legal document that would be used in the city for the next millennia and a half.