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Sir Engelberg decided that it was time to wrap things up and incorporate the new territories into the folds of the States. Unfortunately the Marche regiment sent wipe out the rebel riff-raff in Siena got routed themselves; reports suggest that the angry peasants just overwhelmed our forces. Rebel scum went on to siege the capital of the realm – Rome. Sir Engelberg was forced to make quick decisions concerning the capital. It wouldn’t be nice to escape from the nerve centre of the country while the Big War as the people were calling it raged on. Finally after the war council with his closest advisors an agreement was made. All armies will march to Marche and be united with the Roma Army. On June 12, 1436 Roma Army was reformed in Marche and after some drilling marched on to the capital.
Meanwhile on June 17, 1436 our emissary that managed to sneak out of the city returned with grim news: Modena rejected our generous peace offer. Sir Engelberg wanted to narrow the nations he was fighting against, because he knew that soon his big allies will grow weary of fighting a seemingly endless war and would bail out. So on June 26, Pope accepted peace with Artois. Artois had to pay 5 ducats in indemnities.
Modena is trying to take every option to regain control of it’s lands and granted Naples military access to their country. Our spy suggested that Naplese troops were marching towards their capital and could recapture Napoli after which head on to siege Rome.
Finally on July 16, 1436 Roma Army arrived in the province of Roma. A five day battle started and finally the rebel forces were overwhelmed and their leaders captured. Roma Army went on to capture the rebel’s base of operations – Siena.
Our information proved right when on August 18, 1436 the siege of Napoli began. Later that year the financial situations looked grim and Sir Engelberg decided to take out a loan to remove himself from a sticky situation. After leaving a contingent of forces to siege Siena the Roma Army under the direct control of the chancellor, marched to Napoli only get routed on September 27, 1436.
On October 12, 1436 Modena’s finances and determination ran out and their leaders accepted our generous offer of annexation. The former leaders were granted titles by the Chancellor and the Pope and given some lands with the title. Pope was extremely happy to see his tax incomes growing and sent a tax collector right away to Modena to supervise the building of government offices.
On October 12, 1436 the Foreign Office reported that Genoa entered an Alliance with Naples, Aragon, Artois and Byzantium. But luckily for us, they only joined the war against Ottoman Empire.
An emissary was sent to Aragon to bribe them out of the war but they refused to leave their vassal or vassal to be almost alone in the war against us. Sir Engelberg was hoping to kick the Aragonese forces out of Mantua by diplomatic means but seeing all diplomatic attempts to persuade Aragon fail, the reinforced Roma Army was sent to Mantua. The battle lasted only 1 day and all opposing forces were killed or captured.
But still they continued to defy us and reject our extremely generous offers of peace. After the word of Aragon’s rejection reached to Naples, they decided on December 9 to grant Aragon military access to their country. Sir Engelberg suggested that they were hoping that Aragonese forces would attempt to cross the straits and land in Apulia.
January 21, 1437 brought good news from our allies. Ragusa reported that the sovereign expanded his rule over the state of Albania.
On January 27, 1437 Roma Army arrived in Napoli. Only to be beaten out by Naplese forces on February 7.
On February 26, 1437 the UNTHINKABLE happened Byzantium was incorporated into the realm of the Ottomans. The Roman Empire was no more. Even sadder was the news of the oppressing of Christians by the infidel Muslim
After recuperating Roma Army was marching again, the destination was Napoli. Finally on April 4, 1437 we won the decisive battle against Naples in Napoli. Three days later an emissary was sent to the court in Aragon hoping to forge peace, but still Aragon continues to defy our right reign supreme on the peninsula. Rome was and will be the capital of the known world once again.
April 15, 1437 even more sad news arrived the ancient city of Constantinople is the new capital of the infidel Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans continued this opening a trade center in Thrace.
After kicking the Naplese into oblivion Roma Army arrived in Apulia to besiege the province and the town. Upon arrival they found no Naplese forces and after detaching the Apulia regiment to commence the siege, the Roma Army left bound to Siena to support the siege of the rebel-held city. The siege of Siena didn’t last long for the Roma Army since Aragon stage a landing in Roma, throwing 10000 infantry and 2000 cavalry into the province with the single goal to capture Rome and force the Papal States to surrender. Roma Army immediately started marching to Rome hoping to defeat the Aragonese invaders before the fall of Rome. On August 13 after several days of quick-march Roma Army arrived in Roma. Three days later after an extremely bloody battle Papal forces emerged victorious.
The Army of Aragon fled to Napoli and the Roma Army received orders to follow and execute any survivors. Roma Army arrived in Napoli on September 2. They found a badly demoralized and a weak opponent, who was slaughtered to the last man. Still Aragon refuses our (not so) generous peace offers.
Sir Engelberg wrote in his diary:” I cannot comprehend what is Aragon hoping to receive? They don’t understand force. We’ve kicked them out of the states every time. Why, WHY WHY?
On December 10, according to the electors will the Pope blessed Albert V of Austria as new The Holy Roman Emperor.
The Merchant Republic of Genoa collapsed; on February 1, 1438 the people of Corsica declared independence from Genoa. The once great state is reduced to one province minor. Corsican war of independence started. All of Genoa’s allies abandoned him in support of freedom loving Corsicans. Sir Engelberg expressed his support to the struggle of Corsica. He knew that when Corsica would be independent de jure and de facto, then Genoa would be ready for the taking. He, reportedly, said that taking Genoa with its rich port and trade center is the key of Roman greatness. Then could future chancellors contemplate the uniting of Europe to one realm and one true religion.
Genoese diplomats showed great skill as the reports of February 22, suggested that Genoa entered a Military Alliance with Hungary, Croatia and Naples. However strong allies weren’t quite enough to prevent the inevitable. Civil War reached Liguria and angry masses lynched the Government of Genoa on April 1.
Twelve days after the fall of the government Aragon made another attempt to capture Mantua. 7000 men, mostly infantry landed and initiated the siege of Mantua.
The Supreme Council of the Alliance reported on July 28, that Brittany entered a Military Alliance with Luxembourgh, Siebenbürgen, Austria, Papal States and Ragusa also joining their just war against Naples and Aragon.
On August 4th an Indulgence Peddler was captured in Mantua, after a thorough investigation the local bishop asked what to do with him. Since this was mainly a spiritual matter Sir Engelberg left the final decision to the Pope, but suggested that an example of him should be made.
On August 18th the people of Siena were finally liberated from the vile clutches of the rebellious mob. Their leaders were immediately beheaded.
Aragon stubborn behavior continued with another refusal to make peace. In October the Roma Army failed to expel the “Army Aragon” out of Mantua. November 10th brought the news of a major victory in the south. Our glorious Apulia Regiment had successfully taken control of the province of Apulia.
On December 8th, 1438 Peace was signed between the two warring alliances. Naples paid 22 ducats in indemnities and the province of Apulia was added to the Holy realm.
Sir Engelberg decided that it was time to wrap things up and incorporate the new territories into the folds of the States. Unfortunately the Marche regiment sent wipe out the rebel riff-raff in Siena got routed themselves; reports suggest that the angry peasants just overwhelmed our forces. Rebel scum went on to siege the capital of the realm – Rome. Sir Engelberg was forced to make quick decisions concerning the capital. It wouldn’t be nice to escape from the nerve centre of the country while the Big War as the people were calling it raged on. Finally after the war council with his closest advisors an agreement was made. All armies will march to Marche and be united with the Roma Army. On June 12, 1436 Roma Army was reformed in Marche and after some drilling marched on to the capital.
Meanwhile on June 17, 1436 our emissary that managed to sneak out of the city returned with grim news: Modena rejected our generous peace offer. Sir Engelberg wanted to narrow the nations he was fighting against, because he knew that soon his big allies will grow weary of fighting a seemingly endless war and would bail out. So on June 26, Pope accepted peace with Artois. Artois had to pay 5 ducats in indemnities.
Modena is trying to take every option to regain control of it’s lands and granted Naples military access to their country. Our spy suggested that Naplese troops were marching towards their capital and could recapture Napoli after which head on to siege Rome.
Finally on July 16, 1436 Roma Army arrived in the province of Roma. A five day battle started and finally the rebel forces were overwhelmed and their leaders captured. Roma Army went on to capture the rebel’s base of operations – Siena.
Our information proved right when on August 18, 1436 the siege of Napoli began. Later that year the financial situations looked grim and Sir Engelberg decided to take out a loan to remove himself from a sticky situation. After leaving a contingent of forces to siege Siena the Roma Army under the direct control of the chancellor, marched to Napoli only get routed on September 27, 1436.
On October 12, 1436 Modena’s finances and determination ran out and their leaders accepted our generous offer of annexation. The former leaders were granted titles by the Chancellor and the Pope and given some lands with the title. Pope was extremely happy to see his tax incomes growing and sent a tax collector right away to Modena to supervise the building of government offices.
On October 12, 1436 the Foreign Office reported that Genoa entered an Alliance with Naples, Aragon, Artois and Byzantium. But luckily for us, they only joined the war against Ottoman Empire.
An emissary was sent to Aragon to bribe them out of the war but they refused to leave their vassal or vassal to be almost alone in the war against us. Sir Engelberg was hoping to kick the Aragonese forces out of Mantua by diplomatic means but seeing all diplomatic attempts to persuade Aragon fail, the reinforced Roma Army was sent to Mantua. The battle lasted only 1 day and all opposing forces were killed or captured.
But still they continued to defy us and reject our extremely generous offers of peace. After the word of Aragon’s rejection reached to Naples, they decided on December 9 to grant Aragon military access to their country. Sir Engelberg suggested that they were hoping that Aragonese forces would attempt to cross the straits and land in Apulia.
January 21, 1437 brought good news from our allies. Ragusa reported that the sovereign expanded his rule over the state of Albania.
On January 27, 1437 Roma Army arrived in Napoli. Only to be beaten out by Naplese forces on February 7.
On February 26, 1437 the UNTHINKABLE happened Byzantium was incorporated into the realm of the Ottomans. The Roman Empire was no more. Even sadder was the news of the oppressing of Christians by the infidel Muslim
After recuperating Roma Army was marching again, the destination was Napoli. Finally on April 4, 1437 we won the decisive battle against Naples in Napoli. Three days later an emissary was sent to the court in Aragon hoping to forge peace, but still Aragon continues to defy our right reign supreme on the peninsula. Rome was and will be the capital of the known world once again.
April 15, 1437 even more sad news arrived the ancient city of Constantinople is the new capital of the infidel Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans continued this opening a trade center in Thrace.
After kicking the Naplese into oblivion Roma Army arrived in Apulia to besiege the province and the town. Upon arrival they found no Naplese forces and after detaching the Apulia regiment to commence the siege, the Roma Army left bound to Siena to support the siege of the rebel-held city. The siege of Siena didn’t last long for the Roma Army since Aragon stage a landing in Roma, throwing 10000 infantry and 2000 cavalry into the province with the single goal to capture Rome and force the Papal States to surrender. Roma Army immediately started marching to Rome hoping to defeat the Aragonese invaders before the fall of Rome. On August 13 after several days of quick-march Roma Army arrived in Roma. Three days later after an extremely bloody battle Papal forces emerged victorious.
The Army of Aragon fled to Napoli and the Roma Army received orders to follow and execute any survivors. Roma Army arrived in Napoli on September 2. They found a badly demoralized and a weak opponent, who was slaughtered to the last man. Still Aragon refuses our (not so) generous peace offers.
Sir Engelberg wrote in his diary:” I cannot comprehend what is Aragon hoping to receive? They don’t understand force. We’ve kicked them out of the states every time. Why, WHY WHY?
On December 10, according to the electors will the Pope blessed Albert V of Austria as new The Holy Roman Emperor.
The Merchant Republic of Genoa collapsed; on February 1, 1438 the people of Corsica declared independence from Genoa. The once great state is reduced to one province minor. Corsican war of independence started. All of Genoa’s allies abandoned him in support of freedom loving Corsicans. Sir Engelberg expressed his support to the struggle of Corsica. He knew that when Corsica would be independent de jure and de facto, then Genoa would be ready for the taking. He, reportedly, said that taking Genoa with its rich port and trade center is the key of Roman greatness. Then could future chancellors contemplate the uniting of Europe to one realm and one true religion.
Genoese diplomats showed great skill as the reports of February 22, suggested that Genoa entered a Military Alliance with Hungary, Croatia and Naples. However strong allies weren’t quite enough to prevent the inevitable. Civil War reached Liguria and angry masses lynched the Government of Genoa on April 1.
Twelve days after the fall of the government Aragon made another attempt to capture Mantua. 7000 men, mostly infantry landed and initiated the siege of Mantua.
The Supreme Council of the Alliance reported on July 28, that Brittany entered a Military Alliance with Luxembourgh, Siebenbürgen, Austria, Papal States and Ragusa also joining their just war against Naples and Aragon.
On August 4th an Indulgence Peddler was captured in Mantua, after a thorough investigation the local bishop asked what to do with him. Since this was mainly a spiritual matter Sir Engelberg left the final decision to the Pope, but suggested that an example of him should be made.
On August 18th the people of Siena were finally liberated from the vile clutches of the rebellious mob. Their leaders were immediately beheaded.
Aragon stubborn behavior continued with another refusal to make peace. In October the Roma Army failed to expel the “Army Aragon” out of Mantua. November 10th brought the news of a major victory in the south. Our glorious Apulia Regiment had successfully taken control of the province of Apulia.
On December 8th, 1438 Peace was signed between the two warring alliances. Naples paid 22 ducats in indemnities and the province of Apulia was added to the Holy realm.
The removal of the Oder Patrol
The new Austrian ambassador arrived on December 17th and reported that they wish to have no military access in our country. Sir Engelberg took this as a bad omen of things to come and ordered the training of a few additional regiments to guard the border of the nation. The States weren’t ready to fight a war with Austria. Not just jet.
January 1st, 1439 saw Ladislas Postumus rising to the throne in Austria. The Pope blessed his inauguration to the Emperor as well.
For a few months during Sir Engelbergs illness the country’s foreign policy was frozen stiff. No letters of Introductions, no nothing. For almost two months silence ruled supreme in the corridors of the chancellery. Never before had so much weight rested on the shoulders of one man.
After recuperating the ailing leader had grim thoughts. He knew his time was soon up and he’d have to go to meet his maker soon. So his thoughts turned to appointing a successor as capable as him. His advisors were all a jolly good bunch of men, but they were specialized to a particular field. His thoughts turned to young man, whom he saw a few months ago. He was a younger official in the Foreign Office, dealing with the analysis of data from spies, diplomats and other sources. He was probably the best man for the job. During their brief meeting he seemed to be informed of everything and seemed to have some sort of solution to everything. So the chancellor made him his 1st assistant chancellor, to personally train the young lad himself.
On March 27, after a brief meeting with the King of Austria the relations between the two nations improved significantly. They should be regarded as our closest friends.
So the year passed silently, Sir Engelberg spent most of his time educating the young man who went by the name of Adam Agostino. Unfortunately on March 4th, 1440 Sir Engelberg passed away and Adam was now the Chancellor of the Papal States.
But the silence didn’t last for long and the reign of Adam Agostino was a stormy one, full of constant wars and expansion. It all started three days after the Pope appointed him as the Chancellor. March 21st, 1440 is a day that will be remembered in infamy as the Hungarian emissary handed over a declaration of war. Many thought then that this will be the end of the Papal States since the Hungarians dragged Pskov and Croatia to the war with them. Genoa and Naples wisely refused to fight. Fortunately our allies didn’t abandon us Luxembourgh, Siebenbürgen, Austria and Ragusa joined in to defend their ally. Only Brittany refused to come to the aid.
A month later Genoa rejoined the Hungarian alliance and also declared war on us. Some say that Adam Agostino had been waiting for a chance like this. He wanted to fulfill Sir Engelbergs dream of adding Genoa to the realm of the Popes. Fortunately the Genoans didn’t have a standing army and their declaration of war seemed sheer madness.
The first days of April saw Roma Army marching towards Firenze to liberate the Italian province from its maygar oppressors. Finally on April 7th, the battle for Firenze began. 14 days of heavy battle inflicted heavy casualties to the Hungarians, but eventually they were able to push us back to Romagna. There a small expeditionary force from Genoa ambushed our battle-weary soldiers, but the very next day the Genoans surrendered almost without a fight.
June came and after a 4 day battle Roma Army initiated the Siege of Firenze on June 8th. 25th June saw the enemy increase while Corsica, now independent, joined the Hungarian alliance.
Foreign governments were spreading lies all around the countryside from the start of the war. Finally Mantuese peasants took to the arms and rebelled. Adam couldn’t care less. He had more important things to contemplate. He ordered Roma Army to split and leave a small force to siege Firenze whilst the bulk of the army was ordered to march to Liguria to siege the capital of Genoa. Finally on 2nd August the siege began.
Adam concerned with the size of the army ordered the formation of the Romagna Regiment, which finally arrived to Liguria on September 9th.
In November 1440 the Genoans tried to stage the first of many attempts to land in Apulia, but our permanent contingent there managed to defend the autonomous region admirably.
New year brought new things on January 8th, 1441, the 7 month siege of Firenze ended, as the last remnants of the “Oder Patrol” were captured or killed. After this remarkable success the Firenze Regiment was ordered stage the invasion of Corsica which unfortunately ended in failure five months later.
It seemed that this war will be one of exhaustion. In May 29th, Siebenbürgen seized to exist and was incorporated into Hungary.
On December 1st, the Pope promoted Adam Agostino to Count of Romagna. The celebrations lasted for 4 days after the earthly matters were making themselves heard.
For several days there had been rumors that an invasion fleet was sailing to Apulia and word was sent to the garrison there to prepare themselves for a battle. Finally on 10th December the Genoans staged the invasion and assault of Apulia, but like the numerous previous attempts this too ended in failure.
January 16th, 1442 brought a bombshell from Naples they declared that they are the vassals of Aragon.
January 26th, was a very important day, Prussia declared war on the weakened Hungary dragging the Northern Alliance with him. Adam considered the Hungarians to be out of the equation Prussia, Lithuania and of course Austria.
On April 6th, the Venetians thought that the Holy Realm and the Holy Alliance was weakened and declared war upon us. They were mistaking, Austria had grown weary of wars and decided not to join the fight but Luxemborugh and Ragusa joined our cause. On the very next day the reasons of Austria’s refusal to help came clear – they had expanded their realm by three provinces, carved out of Hungary. According to the peace treaty Pest, Presburg and Odenburg were considered Austrian from that moment on.
April 8th, was a major disappointment for Adam since he hoped to lure the Austrians back into the Holy Alliance, but that wasn’t meant to be. Austria entered a Military Alliance with Bavaria, Wurtemberg and Bohemia. From now on Austria is considered as enemies of the Papal States
May 3rd, brought joyous news from Poland as they entered a Military Alliance with Sweden and Pommern and declared war upon Hungary.
On May 15th Venetian forces arrived to Mantua and initiated the siege of Mantua. May ended with the refusal of peace by the Hungarians.
Venetian forces attacked the province of Apulia in August but were driven to the sea as the Genoans before them.
On the 8th September peace was signed between the Holy Alliance and the Hungarian Alliance. The Hungarians agreed to hand over Firenze to the States. Adam was happy to end the war. The Genoans escaped annexation this time, but eventually they would be ours.
The new Austrian ambassador arrived on December 17th and reported that they wish to have no military access in our country. Sir Engelberg took this as a bad omen of things to come and ordered the training of a few additional regiments to guard the border of the nation. The States weren’t ready to fight a war with Austria. Not just jet.
January 1st, 1439 saw Ladislas Postumus rising to the throne in Austria. The Pope blessed his inauguration to the Emperor as well.
For a few months during Sir Engelbergs illness the country’s foreign policy was frozen stiff. No letters of Introductions, no nothing. For almost two months silence ruled supreme in the corridors of the chancellery. Never before had so much weight rested on the shoulders of one man.
After recuperating the ailing leader had grim thoughts. He knew his time was soon up and he’d have to go to meet his maker soon. So his thoughts turned to appointing a successor as capable as him. His advisors were all a jolly good bunch of men, but they were specialized to a particular field. His thoughts turned to young man, whom he saw a few months ago. He was a younger official in the Foreign Office, dealing with the analysis of data from spies, diplomats and other sources. He was probably the best man for the job. During their brief meeting he seemed to be informed of everything and seemed to have some sort of solution to everything. So the chancellor made him his 1st assistant chancellor, to personally train the young lad himself.
On March 27, after a brief meeting with the King of Austria the relations between the two nations improved significantly. They should be regarded as our closest friends.
So the year passed silently, Sir Engelberg spent most of his time educating the young man who went by the name of Adam Agostino. Unfortunately on March 4th, 1440 Sir Engelberg passed away and Adam was now the Chancellor of the Papal States.
But the silence didn’t last for long and the reign of Adam Agostino was a stormy one, full of constant wars and expansion. It all started three days after the Pope appointed him as the Chancellor. March 21st, 1440 is a day that will be remembered in infamy as the Hungarian emissary handed over a declaration of war. Many thought then that this will be the end of the Papal States since the Hungarians dragged Pskov and Croatia to the war with them. Genoa and Naples wisely refused to fight. Fortunately our allies didn’t abandon us Luxembourgh, Siebenbürgen, Austria and Ragusa joined in to defend their ally. Only Brittany refused to come to the aid.
A month later Genoa rejoined the Hungarian alliance and also declared war on us. Some say that Adam Agostino had been waiting for a chance like this. He wanted to fulfill Sir Engelbergs dream of adding Genoa to the realm of the Popes. Fortunately the Genoans didn’t have a standing army and their declaration of war seemed sheer madness.
The first days of April saw Roma Army marching towards Firenze to liberate the Italian province from its maygar oppressors. Finally on April 7th, the battle for Firenze began. 14 days of heavy battle inflicted heavy casualties to the Hungarians, but eventually they were able to push us back to Romagna. There a small expeditionary force from Genoa ambushed our battle-weary soldiers, but the very next day the Genoans surrendered almost without a fight.
June came and after a 4 day battle Roma Army initiated the Siege of Firenze on June 8th. 25th June saw the enemy increase while Corsica, now independent, joined the Hungarian alliance.
Foreign governments were spreading lies all around the countryside from the start of the war. Finally Mantuese peasants took to the arms and rebelled. Adam couldn’t care less. He had more important things to contemplate. He ordered Roma Army to split and leave a small force to siege Firenze whilst the bulk of the army was ordered to march to Liguria to siege the capital of Genoa. Finally on 2nd August the siege began.
Adam concerned with the size of the army ordered the formation of the Romagna Regiment, which finally arrived to Liguria on September 9th.
In November 1440 the Genoans tried to stage the first of many attempts to land in Apulia, but our permanent contingent there managed to defend the autonomous region admirably.
New year brought new things on January 8th, 1441, the 7 month siege of Firenze ended, as the last remnants of the “Oder Patrol” were captured or killed. After this remarkable success the Firenze Regiment was ordered stage the invasion of Corsica which unfortunately ended in failure five months later.
It seemed that this war will be one of exhaustion. In May 29th, Siebenbürgen seized to exist and was incorporated into Hungary.
On December 1st, the Pope promoted Adam Agostino to Count of Romagna. The celebrations lasted for 4 days after the earthly matters were making themselves heard.
For several days there had been rumors that an invasion fleet was sailing to Apulia and word was sent to the garrison there to prepare themselves for a battle. Finally on 10th December the Genoans staged the invasion and assault of Apulia, but like the numerous previous attempts this too ended in failure.
January 16th, 1442 brought a bombshell from Naples they declared that they are the vassals of Aragon.
January 26th, was a very important day, Prussia declared war on the weakened Hungary dragging the Northern Alliance with him. Adam considered the Hungarians to be out of the equation Prussia, Lithuania and of course Austria.
On April 6th, the Venetians thought that the Holy Realm and the Holy Alliance was weakened and declared war upon us. They were mistaking, Austria had grown weary of wars and decided not to join the fight but Luxemborugh and Ragusa joined our cause. On the very next day the reasons of Austria’s refusal to help came clear – they had expanded their realm by three provinces, carved out of Hungary. According to the peace treaty Pest, Presburg and Odenburg were considered Austrian from that moment on.
April 8th, was a major disappointment for Adam since he hoped to lure the Austrians back into the Holy Alliance, but that wasn’t meant to be. Austria entered a Military Alliance with Bavaria, Wurtemberg and Bohemia. From now on Austria is considered as enemies of the Papal States
May 3rd, brought joyous news from Poland as they entered a Military Alliance with Sweden and Pommern and declared war upon Hungary.
On May 15th Venetian forces arrived to Mantua and initiated the siege of Mantua. May ended with the refusal of peace by the Hungarians.
Venetian forces attacked the province of Apulia in August but were driven to the sea as the Genoans before them.
On the 8th September peace was signed between the Holy Alliance and the Hungarian Alliance. The Hungarians agreed to hand over Firenze to the States. Adam was happy to end the war. The Genoans escaped annexation this time, but eventually they would be ours.
Good work, retaking Florence! Too bad Genoa escaped your grasp, but there's always next time...
Judas Maccabeus said:
Yes ther is
I'm hoping to update today if I manage to filter 10 A4s of info.
Peace is merely an illusion
Luxembourgh, our alliance leader decided to accept Brittany’s application to join our alliance on 1 term: they must help us out in the war against the vile Venetians.
On September 24th, 1442 Venice staged a landing in Apulia, but Papal forces managed to drive them to the sea after 6 days of bloodshed.
On the 21st October we won a 9 day battle against Venetian forces in Mantua. By November the Venetian command had focused their attention to Emilia, however with no success. After the crushing defeat in Emilia the Venetian command decided to pull their troops back to replenish their supplies in Veneto and also to defend the capital – Venice. Adam ordered General Cartier to move his renowned Firenze Regiment to attack the retreating Venetians. Unfortunately the Venetians emerged as winners of the Battle of Veneto and Cartier was forced to retreat to the homeland.
December 19, brought news from the court in Genoa, Raffaele Adorno had risen to the throne there. Several months of uneasy seize-fire ensued. But not on the diplomatic front – Adam sent these several months to lure the Serbians out of the war. In that he succeeded on March 22nd, 1443. The Knights however weren’t so easy to persuade.
Then Adam decided to move his rested troops to the Venetian front. Roma Army left it’s garrison in Rome and headed for Venice, arriving there on the 14th April. An eleven day battle ensued the arrival, and this time the Venetians were pushed back as far as Istria. The siege of Venice began. In October the Venetian command tried to lift the siege of Venice but with no success, their army was again pushed back to Istria.
Venetians again tried to capture Apulia, thinking that the States full attention was in the north. But they failed to take account the Apulia Regiment, local force which know the difficult mountainous countryside like the back of their hands. So the erroneous Venetians were quiter quickly pushed back.
In February, 1444 the constant wars began to take it’s toll, the National evaluation bureau reported that our national stability had dropped. Little pockets of instability were arising in the beautiful lush countryside.
February weren’t so bad however, on the 23rd, we captured Veneto! A small step closer to the end of this horrible war noted Adam in his speech to the commanders at the Military Ball.
Roma Army went on to march to Istria, arriving there in the end of March, Venetians had taken defensive positions, knowing and expecting this thrust to Dalmatia where allied Ragusans were besieging the province. On the 3rd April the Siege of Istria began. Roma Army left a contingent of besiegers there and marched for the capital.
In September our Cardinal in Austria returned since the time of his appointment had ended. The Pope immediately assigned a new Cardinal there. Milan however refused to accept a Cardinal direct from the Papal Curia.
Adam decided to improve relations with the French; a thorough letter improved our relations slightly.
Several still months followed, nobody cast stones to disturb the calm of the pond, up until April 10th, 1445 when an official sent a memo to Chancellor reporting that the nation is thoroughly corrupt. Adam of course decided to eradicate the problem even if it meant a stability drop. He however didn’t know the consequences of that decision – Rebels immediately reacted and seized power in the province of Emilia. Immediately Roma Army left garrison to eradicate the rebels in Emilia. By June most of the province was purified of the rebellious scum. Some managed to barricade themselves to the province centre and a siege was initiated.
June also brought a brief peace to the country, on the 22nd a peace resolution was signed – Venice paid 10 ducats in indemnities and handed the province of Dalmatia to Ragusa.
But Milan decided to declare a war upon us on the 30th August. Milan also brought along it’s allies Austria and Baden. Only Brittany decided to honor the Holy Alliance and come to our aid. War-weary Ragusa bailed out. On the same day Adam had a meeting with the bankers and as a result the bankers agreed to lend 200 ducats to the treasury. A few days later Adam summoned the Austrian ambassador and offered 100 ducats for peace, but to his amazement the Austrians refused although relations between our countries were still good.
Milan started the war with a head on assault – 26 000 men were divided into to task forces and by the 24th December they were besieging Mantua and Romagna. Adam decided to outflank their forces and take the war to Lombardia. On Otober 11th, Istria Regiment arrived in Lombardia and after two days of battle initiated a siege. Adam immediately sent a peace envoy to discuss the terms of peace, or soon enough Lombardia would be a part of the ever expanding Holy realm. He was of course walking on thin ice as the 13 000 men regiment in Romagna was called back to liberate Lombardia. However Papal diplomats were successful in their task and managed to sign a white peace, calling to end all hostilities.
Destruction was narrowly avoided. 1st November brought the end of stability problems, the word from the victories had spread all over the countryside and people were happy to feel peace. The Papal States seemed more powerful than ever before. It seemed as if God had blessed the Holy attempt to reunite the civilized world.
Europe in 1446
Regional powerbalance
However this peace didn’t last for a year because on 8th August France declared w2ar upon Brittany. Ragusa again dishonored the alliance, but Adam decided to join in.
(France, Bourbonnais; Savoy; Provence and Artois vs Brittany; Papal States)
Again our stability dropped, the States economy hadn’t recovered from the last war, but one must answer their allies call. Most of the fighting took place in Brittany and the Holy Realm was contended to keeping forces guarding the border. During 1447 several attempts to make separate peace with France failed. In July Provence invaded Apulia, but was quickly pushed back. Then in January 1448 Savoy attempted to capture Mantua, but unsuccessfully. Roma Army was immediately dispatched to end the lives of the Savoyan troops. France still rejected our peace proposals.
By February the head of the Chancellery’s science department reported a major breakthrough. Our Naval technology had advanced to a new level (2). In March a Mantuese farmer discovered a new and more effective method of plowing and with the spreading of his invention the Agricultural Revolution happened.
On the First of April Adam was promoted to Marquis, but on the first of May he found out that he was the nations biggest Aprils fool since he was still a Count.
On the 8th April Brittany agreed to end the hostilities with France and parted from the province of Bretagne and 56 ducats.
1st May also saw the increase in stability, according to the National Security Advisor the level of rebellion threat is much lower.
January 11th, 1449 was the day when Austria declared war upon Hungary. Adam began contemplating the capturing of Genoa.
On April 1st, 1449 the Pope decided to try the same joke and Adam was promoted to Marquis. This time the Pope forgot about the joke and it lasted up to the 1st July when the news of demotion to Count was issued.
In the mean time more important things were taking place on June 12 Adam decided to declare war upon Genoa. National stability dropped since most of the populous didn’t support the war.
So an immense clash between the Merchant Alliance consisting of Genoa, Aragon, Naples, Bosnia and the Holy Alliance of Papal States, Brittany, Ragusa, began.
By the end of July Roma Army reached Liguria and started a siege there, whilst Aragonese troops landed in Apulia only to be defeated by the Apulia Regiment. The 1st August saw Adam promoted to Marquis Agostino. This time the Pope wasn’t joking.
Genoese troops made several attempts to lift the siege of Liguria, but unsuccessfully. Apulia Regiment was commanded to siege Napoli and so they did on the 11th August. Aragon however showed again their remarkable stubbornness and refused of peace. Instead they started to siege Mantua. Genoa made another desperate attempt to lift the Ligurian siege, but the fortune of war with the Papal troops.
During November Roma Army tried to lift the Aragonese siege in Mantua, but the enemy pushed them back.
January 1450 saw last attempt to lift the siege in Genoa. Our troops again prevailed.
The war was to last for another 6 long years…
Luxembourgh, our alliance leader decided to accept Brittany’s application to join our alliance on 1 term: they must help us out in the war against the vile Venetians.
On September 24th, 1442 Venice staged a landing in Apulia, but Papal forces managed to drive them to the sea after 6 days of bloodshed.
On the 21st October we won a 9 day battle against Venetian forces in Mantua. By November the Venetian command had focused their attention to Emilia, however with no success. After the crushing defeat in Emilia the Venetian command decided to pull their troops back to replenish their supplies in Veneto and also to defend the capital – Venice. Adam ordered General Cartier to move his renowned Firenze Regiment to attack the retreating Venetians. Unfortunately the Venetians emerged as winners of the Battle of Veneto and Cartier was forced to retreat to the homeland.
December 19, brought news from the court in Genoa, Raffaele Adorno had risen to the throne there. Several months of uneasy seize-fire ensued. But not on the diplomatic front – Adam sent these several months to lure the Serbians out of the war. In that he succeeded on March 22nd, 1443. The Knights however weren’t so easy to persuade.
Then Adam decided to move his rested troops to the Venetian front. Roma Army left it’s garrison in Rome and headed for Venice, arriving there on the 14th April. An eleven day battle ensued the arrival, and this time the Venetians were pushed back as far as Istria. The siege of Venice began. In October the Venetian command tried to lift the siege of Venice but with no success, their army was again pushed back to Istria.
Venetians again tried to capture Apulia, thinking that the States full attention was in the north. But they failed to take account the Apulia Regiment, local force which know the difficult mountainous countryside like the back of their hands. So the erroneous Venetians were quiter quickly pushed back.
In February, 1444 the constant wars began to take it’s toll, the National evaluation bureau reported that our national stability had dropped. Little pockets of instability were arising in the beautiful lush countryside.
February weren’t so bad however, on the 23rd, we captured Veneto! A small step closer to the end of this horrible war noted Adam in his speech to the commanders at the Military Ball.
Roma Army went on to march to Istria, arriving there in the end of March, Venetians had taken defensive positions, knowing and expecting this thrust to Dalmatia where allied Ragusans were besieging the province. On the 3rd April the Siege of Istria began. Roma Army left a contingent of besiegers there and marched for the capital.
In September our Cardinal in Austria returned since the time of his appointment had ended. The Pope immediately assigned a new Cardinal there. Milan however refused to accept a Cardinal direct from the Papal Curia.
Adam decided to improve relations with the French; a thorough letter improved our relations slightly.
Several still months followed, nobody cast stones to disturb the calm of the pond, up until April 10th, 1445 when an official sent a memo to Chancellor reporting that the nation is thoroughly corrupt. Adam of course decided to eradicate the problem even if it meant a stability drop. He however didn’t know the consequences of that decision – Rebels immediately reacted and seized power in the province of Emilia. Immediately Roma Army left garrison to eradicate the rebels in Emilia. By June most of the province was purified of the rebellious scum. Some managed to barricade themselves to the province centre and a siege was initiated.
June also brought a brief peace to the country, on the 22nd a peace resolution was signed – Venice paid 10 ducats in indemnities and handed the province of Dalmatia to Ragusa.
But Milan decided to declare a war upon us on the 30th August. Milan also brought along it’s allies Austria and Baden. Only Brittany decided to honor the Holy Alliance and come to our aid. War-weary Ragusa bailed out. On the same day Adam had a meeting with the bankers and as a result the bankers agreed to lend 200 ducats to the treasury. A few days later Adam summoned the Austrian ambassador and offered 100 ducats for peace, but to his amazement the Austrians refused although relations between our countries were still good.
Milan started the war with a head on assault – 26 000 men were divided into to task forces and by the 24th December they were besieging Mantua and Romagna. Adam decided to outflank their forces and take the war to Lombardia. On Otober 11th, Istria Regiment arrived in Lombardia and after two days of battle initiated a siege. Adam immediately sent a peace envoy to discuss the terms of peace, or soon enough Lombardia would be a part of the ever expanding Holy realm. He was of course walking on thin ice as the 13 000 men regiment in Romagna was called back to liberate Lombardia. However Papal diplomats were successful in their task and managed to sign a white peace, calling to end all hostilities.
Destruction was narrowly avoided. 1st November brought the end of stability problems, the word from the victories had spread all over the countryside and people were happy to feel peace. The Papal States seemed more powerful than ever before. It seemed as if God had blessed the Holy attempt to reunite the civilized world.
Europe in 1446
Regional powerbalance
However this peace didn’t last for a year because on 8th August France declared w2ar upon Brittany. Ragusa again dishonored the alliance, but Adam decided to join in.
(France, Bourbonnais; Savoy; Provence and Artois vs Brittany; Papal States)
Again our stability dropped, the States economy hadn’t recovered from the last war, but one must answer their allies call. Most of the fighting took place in Brittany and the Holy Realm was contended to keeping forces guarding the border. During 1447 several attempts to make separate peace with France failed. In July Provence invaded Apulia, but was quickly pushed back. Then in January 1448 Savoy attempted to capture Mantua, but unsuccessfully. Roma Army was immediately dispatched to end the lives of the Savoyan troops. France still rejected our peace proposals.
By February the head of the Chancellery’s science department reported a major breakthrough. Our Naval technology had advanced to a new level (2). In March a Mantuese farmer discovered a new and more effective method of plowing and with the spreading of his invention the Agricultural Revolution happened.
On the First of April Adam was promoted to Marquis, but on the first of May he found out that he was the nations biggest Aprils fool since he was still a Count.
On the 8th April Brittany agreed to end the hostilities with France and parted from the province of Bretagne and 56 ducats.
1st May also saw the increase in stability, according to the National Security Advisor the level of rebellion threat is much lower.
January 11th, 1449 was the day when Austria declared war upon Hungary. Adam began contemplating the capturing of Genoa.
On April 1st, 1449 the Pope decided to try the same joke and Adam was promoted to Marquis. This time the Pope forgot about the joke and it lasted up to the 1st July when the news of demotion to Count was issued.
In the mean time more important things were taking place on June 12 Adam decided to declare war upon Genoa. National stability dropped since most of the populous didn’t support the war.
So an immense clash between the Merchant Alliance consisting of Genoa, Aragon, Naples, Bosnia and the Holy Alliance of Papal States, Brittany, Ragusa, began.
By the end of July Roma Army reached Liguria and started a siege there, whilst Aragonese troops landed in Apulia only to be defeated by the Apulia Regiment. The 1st August saw Adam promoted to Marquis Agostino. This time the Pope wasn’t joking.
Genoese troops made several attempts to lift the siege of Liguria, but unsuccessfully. Apulia Regiment was commanded to siege Napoli and so they did on the 11th August. Aragon however showed again their remarkable stubbornness and refused of peace. Instead they started to siege Mantua. Genoa made another desperate attempt to lift the Ligurian siege, but the fortune of war with the Papal troops.
During November Roma Army tried to lift the Aragonese siege in Mantua, but the enemy pushed them back.
January 1450 saw last attempt to lift the siege in Genoa. Our troops again prevailed.
The war was to last for another 6 long years…
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Penisula united.
In the on January an excellent minister by the name of Judas Maccabeus, who rose from judicial system to be a creative thinker in recreating the Roman Empire. His visions of splendor and grandeur affected the results of the chancellery and probably will affect thinkers for generations to come.
This visionary gave a boost to the morale of the Roma Army which succeeded to lift the Aragonese siege of Mantua. After the total annihilation of Aragons troops in Mantua Marquis Agostino decided to sue for peace. However peace negotiations sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea after Aragon sunk the emissary’s ship. To top that Aragon invaded Mantua again, this time defeating the small contingent of 1000 men that Roma Army left there to keep order after the previous siege. Aragon initiated a new siege in Mantua.
The Home Office issued a statement declaring rise in the National Stability level. Marquis Agostino ordered Roma Army to move into offensive positions along the border of Mantua. After the preparations had been done the army charged into Mantua and eliminated all resistance. Small pockets of enemy troops were removed during the following week.
Marquis Agostino had been contemplating the invasion and annexation of Milan for some time after the previous war with them. He aimed to diplomatically keep good relations with Austria, to prevent them from entering a costly war along with Milan, but all that changed on the 1st September when Austria vassalized Milan
During September Roma Army marched to Marche to clear some disturbances there, but the void in Mantua was immediately filled by Aragon who once again initiated a new siege. Roma Army had to turn around and the battle weary men again had to march into combat. In the end of November it was clear that Aragonese troops are inferior and that was proven on the 5th December when the dust of battle left with the leaving Aragon Army. They however had the overconfidence to attack Mantua again just before Christmas Eve 1450. Luckily our forces swept the enemy from the face of the earth just before Christmas and Roma Army could have some well deserved time off to devour the food that the Marquis himself sent to his victorious army. The soldiers also received “A-Nice-Little-BONUS” for their good work.
After the battle Marquis Agostino sent a letter of peace to the King of Aragon, but peace was however refused.
The New Year came quietly, even the besiegers of Napoli and Genoa gave these cities a break of bombardment starting from the 24th December and last up to the 6th January. These were a good chance to rest from the slaughter and celebrate the birth of Jesus. Probably due to this break Napoli decided to surrender on the 9th January the siege of Genoa would last up to the 25th March. In February Aragonese armies made a successful landing in Apulia and defeated the famed Apulian Regiment which headed to the occupied territory of Napoli. The Roma Army was dispatched from Mantua and arrived to Apulia in April only to be defeated by the fresh reinforcements of Aragon. Aragon wanted to open a new front in the north and they successfully landed in Mantua. Ligurian Regiment was called to handle the situation, but unfortunately they utterly failed in the task. It all seemed quite hopeless, Marquis Agostino had made several proposals to the court of Genoa to accept annexation but they resolutely refused, apparently hoping for an Aragonese victory or expeditionary forces to remove them from a sticky situation.
The combined armies made several attempts to lift the sieges in Apulia and Mantua, but all these attempts ended with a total failure. The Marquis decide to take another loan to raise some more troops, otherwise capitulations seemed immanent. Fresh troops gathered to the remnants of the Ligurian Regiment in Romagna when in the middle of a training session huge Aragonese troops came out of nowhere. A colossal clash of two masses followed, in the end Aragonese troops were totally annihilated and the Ligurian Regiment sustained heavy losses – almost 5000 dead. At least 18 000 well trained men were left. But despite the losses, that clash did something good to the nation in whole and to the soldiers themselves – once again Papal soldiers showed their capability to defeat any enemy on any territory. Few days later grim news from the south arrived, Aragon was able to take control of Apulia.
Luckily the morale boost from the recent victory prevailed and Home Office reported that our national stability rose once more.
On the same day the Marquis tried to sue for peace with Genoa but their leader still bluntly refused to sign any paper that would remove Genoa’s independence.
Roma Army tried once again to defeat the occupying forces in Apulia, but yet again they failed in their task.
The Clergy demanded more rights, since the Chancellors had steered the nation to accept innovation. Normally the Marquis would have refused such demands, but the clergymen threatened to use their pulpits to call the god-fearing-people to upheaval. Since there was a major war to weigh, the Chancellor – Marquis Agostino decided to give in to their demands. He can deal with them later.
Papal merchants reported that the Center of Trade in Kurland is no longer important and disappeared and that a new Cente of Trade has opened in Danzig.
January 1452 brought another refusal to join our glorious realm, this time by Naples. Also the Ligurian Regiment tried to ease the Mantuan siege and to remove Aragonese troops but they failed. The Marquis was like hurricane, raging in the Chancellery. Roma Army also suffered a defeat in Apulia.
The Marquis anger ended when Genoa finally accepted annexation in late March. As a spoil of war Genoas merchant fleet of 38 ships was added to Marquis personal fleet of two battleships.
In September Naples also followed Genoas lead and accepted our annexation proposal.
The war however continues…
In the on January an excellent minister by the name of Judas Maccabeus, who rose from judicial system to be a creative thinker in recreating the Roman Empire. His visions of splendor and grandeur affected the results of the chancellery and probably will affect thinkers for generations to come.
This visionary gave a boost to the morale of the Roma Army which succeeded to lift the Aragonese siege of Mantua. After the total annihilation of Aragons troops in Mantua Marquis Agostino decided to sue for peace. However peace negotiations sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea after Aragon sunk the emissary’s ship. To top that Aragon invaded Mantua again, this time defeating the small contingent of 1000 men that Roma Army left there to keep order after the previous siege. Aragon initiated a new siege in Mantua.
The Home Office issued a statement declaring rise in the National Stability level. Marquis Agostino ordered Roma Army to move into offensive positions along the border of Mantua. After the preparations had been done the army charged into Mantua and eliminated all resistance. Small pockets of enemy troops were removed during the following week.
Marquis Agostino had been contemplating the invasion and annexation of Milan for some time after the previous war with them. He aimed to diplomatically keep good relations with Austria, to prevent them from entering a costly war along with Milan, but all that changed on the 1st September when Austria vassalized Milan
During September Roma Army marched to Marche to clear some disturbances there, but the void in Mantua was immediately filled by Aragon who once again initiated a new siege. Roma Army had to turn around and the battle weary men again had to march into combat. In the end of November it was clear that Aragonese troops are inferior and that was proven on the 5th December when the dust of battle left with the leaving Aragon Army. They however had the overconfidence to attack Mantua again just before Christmas Eve 1450. Luckily our forces swept the enemy from the face of the earth just before Christmas and Roma Army could have some well deserved time off to devour the food that the Marquis himself sent to his victorious army. The soldiers also received “A-Nice-Little-BONUS” for their good work.
After the battle Marquis Agostino sent a letter of peace to the King of Aragon, but peace was however refused.
The New Year came quietly, even the besiegers of Napoli and Genoa gave these cities a break of bombardment starting from the 24th December and last up to the 6th January. These were a good chance to rest from the slaughter and celebrate the birth of Jesus. Probably due to this break Napoli decided to surrender on the 9th January the siege of Genoa would last up to the 25th March. In February Aragonese armies made a successful landing in Apulia and defeated the famed Apulian Regiment which headed to the occupied territory of Napoli. The Roma Army was dispatched from Mantua and arrived to Apulia in April only to be defeated by the fresh reinforcements of Aragon. Aragon wanted to open a new front in the north and they successfully landed in Mantua. Ligurian Regiment was called to handle the situation, but unfortunately they utterly failed in the task. It all seemed quite hopeless, Marquis Agostino had made several proposals to the court of Genoa to accept annexation but they resolutely refused, apparently hoping for an Aragonese victory or expeditionary forces to remove them from a sticky situation.
The combined armies made several attempts to lift the sieges in Apulia and Mantua, but all these attempts ended with a total failure. The Marquis decide to take another loan to raise some more troops, otherwise capitulations seemed immanent. Fresh troops gathered to the remnants of the Ligurian Regiment in Romagna when in the middle of a training session huge Aragonese troops came out of nowhere. A colossal clash of two masses followed, in the end Aragonese troops were totally annihilated and the Ligurian Regiment sustained heavy losses – almost 5000 dead. At least 18 000 well trained men were left. But despite the losses, that clash did something good to the nation in whole and to the soldiers themselves – once again Papal soldiers showed their capability to defeat any enemy on any territory. Few days later grim news from the south arrived, Aragon was able to take control of Apulia.
Luckily the morale boost from the recent victory prevailed and Home Office reported that our national stability rose once more.
On the same day the Marquis tried to sue for peace with Genoa but their leader still bluntly refused to sign any paper that would remove Genoa’s independence.
Roma Army tried once again to defeat the occupying forces in Apulia, but yet again they failed in their task.
The Clergy demanded more rights, since the Chancellors had steered the nation to accept innovation. Normally the Marquis would have refused such demands, but the clergymen threatened to use their pulpits to call the god-fearing-people to upheaval. Since there was a major war to weigh, the Chancellor – Marquis Agostino decided to give in to their demands. He can deal with them later.
Papal merchants reported that the Center of Trade in Kurland is no longer important and disappeared and that a new Cente of Trade has opened in Danzig.
January 1452 brought another refusal to join our glorious realm, this time by Naples. Also the Ligurian Regiment tried to ease the Mantuan siege and to remove Aragonese troops but they failed. The Marquis was like hurricane, raging in the Chancellery. Roma Army also suffered a defeat in Apulia.
The Marquis anger ended when Genoa finally accepted annexation in late March. As a spoil of war Genoas merchant fleet of 38 ships was added to Marquis personal fleet of two battleships.
In September Naples also followed Genoas lead and accepted our annexation proposal.
The war however continues…
Perfidous Aragonese! Big thorn in your side, eh? Well, looks like you're starting to win, so instill the fear of God into them!
Oh man am I tired of this war...
Sir Adam wanted to find some way out this war. All of the goals set, were fulfilled – to expand the realm with Genoa and Naples. The long-term goal set by Sir Engelberg in 1419 was almost fulfilled with the exception of Milan, Venetia and the Savoyan province of Piemonte. Then the provinces considered to be Italian Peninsula would be united.
In October the Marquis decided to make a peace proposal to Bosnia, but peace was declined. Well since the Bosnians didn’t play a major role in the war it didn’t bother the Chancellor too much.
The rest of the year was spent on relocating and regrouping the various armies and naval forces gained in the war. The High Admiral reported that the Navy was now over 60 ships strong, but technologically extremely backward.
In January 1453 England and France announced The End of the Hundred Year War. We couldn’t care less. In February preparations started for the invasion of Sicily. The preparations ended by the end of April and the invasion itself started on the 8th May. A one day battle ensued, after which Aragon’s defensive forces were either captured or killed. Some still managed to flea to the city, so General Giacomo ordered a siege. By the end of May it came clear why there were so little men defending the island – Aragonese troops landed in Marche and Napoli and started sieging both provinces. The returning Aragonese fleet however foun the Emilia Fleet Returning with the bulk of the army and ambushed us in Straits of Messina. The sea battle was lost and Emilia fleet left for the safety of a harbor. July brought news from Apulia, the Aragonese occupation had finally ended there and the returning Roma Army was reinforced with the Apulia Regiment. Marquis Agostino ordered his troops to march to Napoli to lift the siege there, but the battle was lost. Since the aragonese armies had dug themselves in, and didn’t budge. Roma Army retreated to the north to recuperate and try to remove Aragon oppressors from Marche. That they succeeded by mid August. In October the Home Office reported increase in National Stability, although war weariness was beginning to show. By November our siege forces captured Sicily, but Aragon still disregard our letter of peace.
Then another campaign was launched to capture the island of Malta in January 1454. When Emilia Fleet got there, they discovered that the province was held by rebels. General Giacomo decided to defeat the peasant army and capture the province so that the Chancellor could bargain his way out of the war. But the invasion was unsuccessful. So the Admiral of the fleet ordered the navy to sail to Messina to let the Roma Army invade the second province in Messina. Upon landing peasant rebels tried to combat Papal soldiers, but were quickly overrun. A small Regiment started the Messina siege and Roma Army boarded the ships once again to sail to Malta. This time the landing was successful and the island was cleared of all enemy resistance. Only the famous Fortress of the Maltan Knights remained.
After the invasion Aragonese fleet attacked and sunk all of the Emilia fleet, about 30 percent of the nations naval might now laid in the bottom of the Mediterranean. After annihilating our naval forces Aragon staged an invasion and the huge aragonese army trapped our glorious Roma Army in the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. They all died there, the general was allowed to write a letter to the Marquis, it had only two sentences in latin: “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” and “Sit Tibi Terra Levis” which mean So Passed the Earthly Glory and May the Earth Lie Light Upon Thee…
In September a peace deal was signed with Bosnia for a mere 50 ducats. But since our allies had been beaten up bad by them it was a small price to pay for turning the war score in our favour.
But still in January 1455Aragon refused to make peace, the Marquis tried once more after the capture of Messina but in vain. The Returning fleet engaged Aragon in the Bay of Naples, this time winning the clash. The Napoli Regiment was home once more. A few officers had escaped the Maltan ordeal and requested the Marquis to reestablish the Roma Army. Recognizing the glorious history of the Army he agreed.
March 26, 1455 Calixtus III rose to be the new Pope. This time the agreement was reached quite quickly. From May to June another invasion attempt of Malta took place. The fleets were successful winning several naval battles, but the Maltan Army group miserably failed.
Calixtus III
In June Milan had another go at us and declared another war, this time bringing all of her allies with him. Ragusa was weak after giving most of her territories to Bosnia and left the alliance.
The Holy Realm stood alone…
It is a bit ahead of the time frame, but what the heck
Europe is troubled by constant warring and rebels.
Sir Adam wanted to find some way out this war. All of the goals set, were fulfilled – to expand the realm with Genoa and Naples. The long-term goal set by Sir Engelberg in 1419 was almost fulfilled with the exception of Milan, Venetia and the Savoyan province of Piemonte. Then the provinces considered to be Italian Peninsula would be united.
In October the Marquis decided to make a peace proposal to Bosnia, but peace was declined. Well since the Bosnians didn’t play a major role in the war it didn’t bother the Chancellor too much.
The rest of the year was spent on relocating and regrouping the various armies and naval forces gained in the war. The High Admiral reported that the Navy was now over 60 ships strong, but technologically extremely backward.
In January 1453 England and France announced The End of the Hundred Year War. We couldn’t care less. In February preparations started for the invasion of Sicily. The preparations ended by the end of April and the invasion itself started on the 8th May. A one day battle ensued, after which Aragon’s defensive forces were either captured or killed. Some still managed to flea to the city, so General Giacomo ordered a siege. By the end of May it came clear why there were so little men defending the island – Aragonese troops landed in Marche and Napoli and started sieging both provinces. The returning Aragonese fleet however foun the Emilia Fleet Returning with the bulk of the army and ambushed us in Straits of Messina. The sea battle was lost and Emilia fleet left for the safety of a harbor. July brought news from Apulia, the Aragonese occupation had finally ended there and the returning Roma Army was reinforced with the Apulia Regiment. Marquis Agostino ordered his troops to march to Napoli to lift the siege there, but the battle was lost. Since the aragonese armies had dug themselves in, and didn’t budge. Roma Army retreated to the north to recuperate and try to remove Aragon oppressors from Marche. That they succeeded by mid August. In October the Home Office reported increase in National Stability, although war weariness was beginning to show. By November our siege forces captured Sicily, but Aragon still disregard our letter of peace.
Then another campaign was launched to capture the island of Malta in January 1454. When Emilia Fleet got there, they discovered that the province was held by rebels. General Giacomo decided to defeat the peasant army and capture the province so that the Chancellor could bargain his way out of the war. But the invasion was unsuccessful. So the Admiral of the fleet ordered the navy to sail to Messina to let the Roma Army invade the second province in Messina. Upon landing peasant rebels tried to combat Papal soldiers, but were quickly overrun. A small Regiment started the Messina siege and Roma Army boarded the ships once again to sail to Malta. This time the landing was successful and the island was cleared of all enemy resistance. Only the famous Fortress of the Maltan Knights remained.
After the invasion Aragonese fleet attacked and sunk all of the Emilia fleet, about 30 percent of the nations naval might now laid in the bottom of the Mediterranean. After annihilating our naval forces Aragon staged an invasion and the huge aragonese army trapped our glorious Roma Army in the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. They all died there, the general was allowed to write a letter to the Marquis, it had only two sentences in latin: “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” and “Sit Tibi Terra Levis” which mean So Passed the Earthly Glory and May the Earth Lie Light Upon Thee…
In September a peace deal was signed with Bosnia for a mere 50 ducats. But since our allies had been beaten up bad by them it was a small price to pay for turning the war score in our favour.
But still in January 1455Aragon refused to make peace, the Marquis tried once more after the capture of Messina but in vain. The Returning fleet engaged Aragon in the Bay of Naples, this time winning the clash. The Napoli Regiment was home once more. A few officers had escaped the Maltan ordeal and requested the Marquis to reestablish the Roma Army. Recognizing the glorious history of the Army he agreed.
March 26, 1455 Calixtus III rose to be the new Pope. This time the agreement was reached quite quickly. From May to June another invasion attempt of Malta took place. The fleets were successful winning several naval battles, but the Maltan Army group miserably failed.
Calixtus III
In June Milan had another go at us and declared another war, this time bringing all of her allies with him. Ragusa was weak after giving most of her territories to Bosnia and left the alliance.
The Holy Realm stood alone…
It is a bit ahead of the time frame, but what the heck
Europe is troubled by constant warring and rebels.
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Hmmm, nice little war over there! I bet those two annexations have boosted your bad boy!
It would be great if you could grab both Sicilian provinces from Aragon!!
Can we have a screenie of the Peninsula?
It would be great if you could grab both Sicilian provinces from Aragon!!
Can we have a screenie of the Peninsula?
Meurtenµ said:Hmmm, nice little war over there! I bet those two annexations have boosted your bad boy!
It would be great if you could grab both Sicilian provinces from Aragon!!
Can we have a screenie of the Peninsula?
Well the Sicilian provinces will have to wait, because more trouble lies ahead.
My computer is still away
and screenies are all in there, but as soon as i get it back I'll update my older messages too. No Problemo!
Deus said:My computer is still away
Now I could update with some screenies (older posts too!)
Unforunately My save game is corrupted and I cannot restore it. So under these conditions I must declare this AAR abandoned.
Deus said:
Hey, I got mentioned in this story.
Seriously, it's always beautiful to see a Papal/Roman AAR... Speaking of which, maybe it's about time I updated mine? Meh.
Deus said:
Gah, same thing happened to my Papal Sates game and AAR. Its a curse I say! Good show as far as you got anyways.
well I'm considering restarting from a older save when I have the time. I was on roll when the "thing" happened
String said:Sad to see the AAR dead, good to see another estonian on the forums
Well I'm thinking about a new AAR this time with Byzatnium, since i've played it for a while and things are going great, but dunno if I have the time to write anytime soon.
In the meanwhile I'm a certified LURKER.