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Im impressed and overwhelmed. Frankly between the backstory and the other changes (ie the wildly expanded number of buildings) I find the Lux Invictus mod daunting. That hasnt stopped me from enjoying my game as he Sun Emperors though.

Thank you, it's getting better too. The 0.4s changed the setup quite a bit... From Gallo-Romans to Picts to Syro-Arameans etc, from Velkomoravská Ríše to Mamlekhet Yisra'el, by the time I start the game the map is going to look quite different, let alone all the gameplay changes from all of the new crown policies to the new specific casus belli etc hehe.
 
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A Concise Timeline of the History of the Known World - from 600 CE to 700 CE:

602 CE: Emperor Maurice campaigns against the Avars. He is wounded in battle. Conflicting accounts regarding his wound and potential death spread throughout the Empire. The Julio-Argeadai party seizes the moment. The general Heraclius proclaims himself and Alexandros XIV's grandson as co-Emperors in Alexandria.

603 CE: Raedwald, Bretwalda of the Saxons is defeated by the Brythons under Riothamus Artorius II near Wantage. A peace is signed between the the two High Kings of Britannia. The Artorian Riothamus II is High King of the West, the Saxon Raedwald is High King of the East.

604 CE: Maximus Syagrius, the Gallo-Roman magnate of Pictavia defeats and captures Clotaire II, High King of the Franks, in battle outside Tours. He proclaims himself Emperor of Gallia. Maurice has to deal with the Balkan troubles and an increasing number of client kings defecting to Heraclius and Alexandros XV.

606 CE: Following a great victory outside Burdigala, Maximus Syagrius receives the submission of the kings of Southern Gallia.

607 CE: Following the defection of his Galatian troops, Maurice is defeated in battle by Heraclius near Ankyra. The Emperor flees to Constantinople. News of his defeat arrive in Rome. The Roman Senate proclaims Maximus Syagrius Roman Emperor of the West and invites him to invade Italia.

608 CE: Constantinople besieged by Heraclius. The Gallo-Roman magnate Marius Posthumus of Arvernia defeats Theuderic II of Austrasia near Troyes. The Frankish King accepts Maximus Syagrius as Emperor of Gallia.

609 CE: Maximus Syagrius enters Italia. The Roman hereditary military governors accept him as Emperor, with the exception of Marcus Honorius, the Exarch of Ravenna. In Constantinople, the unpaid Excubitors rebel against Maurice and open the city gates. Maurice is brought before Heraclius, who after seeing the sorry state of the Imperial Palace, now stripped of valuables to pay for military expenses asks: "Is this how you have ruled?" Maurice replies: "And will you rule better?" He does not find out, for he is soon executed. The Emperor Maurice is burned alive in the central square of Constantinople, for his "blasphemy against Sol" at the instigation of the Julio-Argead party. The old Emperor comments before his death: "I always liked the heat."

610 CE: Oswald of Northumbria proclaims himself Bretwalda. Raedwald and Oswald fight an indecisive war.

611 CE: Faced with troubles in the Balkans Heraclius and Alexandros XV are forced to accept Maximus Syagrius as Western Emperor.

618 CE: Tong Yabghu Qaghan founds the Khaganate of Khazaria.

620 CE: Heraclius fights the Slavs and the Avars in the Balkans. Alexandros XV negotiates a treaty of "Eternal Peace" with Persia.

622 CE: The Hegira, Mohammed and his followers emigrate to Medina.

623 CE: Samo is elected High King by the Slavs of Moravia and Slovakia.

626 CE: Arioald, High King of the Lombards becomes a Roman vassal accepting Maximus Syagrius as Emperor.

628 CE: Maximus Syagrius dies peacefully in Rome. His son Maximus II is proclaimed Emperor. The Frankish Kings rebel in the North.

630 CE: Serbs and Croats are settled as foederati in the Balkans by Heraclius. Maximus II fights a great indecisive battle against the Franks led by Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, near Orleans. A peace treaty is negotiated, Maximus II accepting Frankish dominion over Northern Gallia.

632 CE: Mohammed dies. Ridda Wars in Arabia. Abu Bakr is the Rashidun Caliph. Oswald of Northumbria becomes Bretwalda of the Saxons.

633 CE: Muslims start their attacks against the Roman Empire. The Romans are occupied fighting the Avars in the Balkans.

634 CE: Fall of Damascus to Khalid ibn Walid. Umar is Rashidun Caliph.

635 CE: Muslims overrun parts of Mesopotamia.

636 CE: Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. The Sassanid Yazdegird III defeats the invading Muslim army. Having to deal with internal rebellion, Yazdegird subsequently pays off the Muslims and asks that they attack the Roman Empire.

637 CE: Umar recieves the submission of Nabatea as vassals and overruns most of Judea, except for its coastal cities.

638 CE: A Roman army under Alexandros XV narrowly defeats a Muslim incursion into Syria, suffering heavy losses. Alexandros XV decides not to continue on South believing his remaining army insufficient for the task.

639 CE: Muslims pour through the Sinai into Egypt. The Jewish Roman clients in the Sinai decide to allow them to pass freely and supply them as necessary in order to retain their lands.

640 CE: Battle of Heliopolis. Alexandros XV is defeated by Amr ibn al-'As. Muslims begin to overrun Egypt. Alexandros XV retreats to Alexandria. Heraclius dies in battle against the Avars in Malvensis.

641 CE: Alexandria is besieged by the Arabs. As Alexandria is about to fall, Alexandros XV decides to negotiate. He offers himself up to the Muslims in exchange for them sparing the city. A detailed treaty is signed allowing Alexandria to remain as a quasi-independent client city state. Alexandros XV gives up Egypt and surrenders himself to the Muslims. He is asked to convert to Islam but refuses, proclaiming himself to be "Immortal Sol in the flesh". Amr ibn al-'As mockingly decides to "put Sol's immortality to the ultimate test". Remembering the death of Alexandros X, and wishing to outdo Genseric, he has a defiant Alexandros XV crucified, then burned alive before the walls of Alexandria. As the flames begin to consume him Alexandros XV shouts: "You can burn this flesh, but I shall return." Alexandros XV will later be widely venerated as the Martyr Emperor, whose return in glory in Alexandria is still expected by various Solar and Solar Christian sects.

642 CE: The Julio-Argead Alexandros XVI is proclaimed Emperor in Constantinople. Heraclius's son Heraklonas is proclaimed Emperor by several Eastern clients, including the Seleukids of Syria, in Antiocheia. The Muslims negotiate a treaty with the Amanaya Berbers and prepare to attack Carthage.

643 CE: With the main Muslim army campaigning against the Vandals, a large fleet under Alexandros XVI retakes Alexandria. The Muslim force splits. An army under Abdullah ibn Saad continues the western campaign while Amr ibn al-'As returns to Egypt.

644 CE: Arabs besiege Alexandria, but are forced to abandon the siege and march South to deal with a Makurian invasion.

645 CE: The indecisive Battle of Aswan is fought between the Muslims and Makuria. A Truce is signed with Makuria.

646 CE: Abdullah ibn Saad abandons his campaign against Carthage and decides to push West, integrating Berber converts into his army.

647 CE: Muslims besiege Alexandria but are repulsed. Alexandros XVI demands that Heraklonas renounce his Imperial title. Heraklonas refuses.

648 CE: Heraklonas is betrayed by Antiochus XXV, the Seleukid Basileus of Syria, and handed over to Alexandros XVI. Alexandros has Heraklonas mutilated, his ears and nose are cut off and the former Emperor is imprisoned.

650 CE: A truce is signed between the Caliphate and the Empire. Alexandros XVI acknowledges their conquests, while the Arabs allow the Romans to retain Alexandria. Oswiu of Northanhymbra proclaims himself High King of the North. He is supported by the Britano-Sarmatian Riothamus Artorius III, High King of Brythonia. Wulfhere, the Bretwalda of the Saxons is forced to accept this state of affairs, a new status quo being created in Britannia.

656 CE: Ali is the Rashidun Caliph. Maximus II demands that the Exarchates of Valentia and Ravenna be transfered over to his authority. Alexandros XVI refuses. Islamic Civil War between the partisans of Ali and his opponents. Beginning of Islamic fragmentation.

657 CE: Maximus II assassinated on the orders of Alexandros XVI, in order to avoid a war for control of the Exarchates. Being paid off by Alexandros XVI, the Roman senate proclaims the Gallo-Roman general and magnate Tetricus Posthumus as Emperor. Maximus II's son Lucius is merely confirmed as hereditary military governor of Pictavia.

661 CE: Ali assassinated by a Kharijite during prayer. Muawiyah I is Caliph in Damascus.

663 CE: Alexandros XVI invades Magna Graecia in response to Tetricus's demand to surrender authority over the Exarchate of Ravenna.

665 CE: Alexandros XVI besieges Rome without success. He negotiates a truce with Tetricus and returns to Constantinople. The Eastern Romans retain control of the Exarchates and Southern Italia. Kotrag is Khagan of Volga Bulgaria.

668 CE: Arab forces campaign in North Africa independent of the Caliphate in Damascus. Alexandros XVI begins the policy of establishing several new military provinces throughout the Eastern Empire, even seizing some territories from client kings. This new "thematic" system is aimed at providing the state with more troops in case of necessity.

670 CE: Muslim infighting continues. Fearing that Muawiyah I of Damascus might consolidate his power among the Muslims, Alexandros entreats him to attack Persia and offers the promise of support.

671 CE: Muawiyah I campaigns against Persia.

672 CE: Ctesiphon falls to Muawiyah I, the Persians are expelled from Mesopotamia. Alexandros XVI famously laments: "Never trust a Persian to do your bussiness."

673 CE: Unwilling to deal with an open war, out of fear of a potential unholy alliance between Muawiyah I and the Western Empire, Alexandros XVI decides to weaken the Caliphate from within. Vast sums of money are paid to Islamic splintter groups, and Islamic rebels are given covert support by the Empire. Alexandros XVI also has several Islamic governors assassinated.

675 CE: The Islamic Fragmentation widens. The Caliphate barely controls Damascus, Ctesiphon and several territories in Mesopotamia.

677 CE: Akh-Yakrib, the Almaqahid Mukkarib of Saba attacks Islamic Arabia from the South. He besieges Mecca, but abandons the siege after he is paid off. Ghazala al-Haruriyya, the female warrior Imam of the Haruri conquers Kufa. She leads her warriors in a great prayer of thanksgiving, proclaiming that the end of the Blashphemers of Islam, like the followers of Ali or Muawiyah is near.

680 CE: Bulgars under Asparukh overrun the territory that is to become the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The Battle of Karbala, Imam Hussein is killed by the Umayyads. Muawiyah I is assassinated on the orders of Alexandros XVI. Alexandros XVI campaigns against the Bulgars.

681 CE: The Battle of Dorostotum. Alexandros XVI is defeated by Asparukh and he flees South. He takes refuge in Tylis. Heracleon Cerethrius, the client King of Tylis betrays him, and surrenders the Emperor to Asparukh in exchange for confirmed dominion over his lands. Asparukh has Alexandros XVI tied to four stallions and "quartered". He takes the Emperor's skull and turns it into his favorite drinking cup. Alexandros XVII is proclaimed Emperor.

682 CE: Alexandros XVII leads an army against Tylis to punish Heracleon Cerethrius for his betrayal. The Bulgars break the siege and Alexandros XVII is killed in battle after refusing to surrender. His body is cut to pieces, and his skull is turned into another, less favored drinking cup by Asparukh. A descendant of Justinian I, Justinian II is proclaimed Emperor in Nicomedeia. He quickly seizes the young Julio-Argead princes and has them imprisoned in the Imperial Palace.

685 CE: The Vandals allow a great Muslim army under Uqba ibn Nafi to pass through their lands into Numidia. Renewed Islamic attempts at Conquest of North Africa.

686 CE: Justinian II negotiates peace with Asparukh, who is allowed to retain his conquests in the Balkans. Ghazala al-Haruriyya, the great female Imam of the Haruri is assassinated and her corpse is publicly raped by agents of the Umayyads. The Haruri swear vengeance. The Caliph Abd al-Malik narrowly escapes assassination, but is grievously wounded by a Haruri assassin.

688 CE: Uqba ibn Nafi reaches the Atlantic. He famously kneels and prays in the waters of the Atlantic, thanking Allah for having allowed Islam to reach the great Western Ocean. He is assassinated the very next day, on the orders of the Wisimarid Vandal King of Tangiers. Islamic North Africa succumbs to infighting.

690 CE: Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Palace of Austrasia becomes the most powerful man in the Frankish lands, and the power behind the Merovingian kings. He is given the newly created title of "Lord Palatine" of the Franks.

692 CE: Various Islamic reverses in North Africa. Kahina, the great Warrior Queen of the Berbers destroys an Islamic army near Biskra. All captives are decapitated, their bodies left to rot on the field.

695 CE: An Islamic army under Hasan ibn al-Nu'man is defeated by a Vandal-Berber coallition under Kahina. Kahina swears not to rest till Islam is purged from Africa.

698 CE: The Kharijites of Siwa, having received funding and support from the Ptolemaioi of Kyrene, are in control of most of Egypt, except for areas in the Delta and Roman held Alexandria.
 
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is there a plague outbreak in this timeline as well? That weakened urban civilizations a lot (persian and Roman...) while more nomadic people were less affected (Arabs...). It seems many big cities of the Levant were more than big villages, unable to maintain fortifications designed for higher population levels, when Muslim armies arrived at their gates.
 
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is there a plague outbreak in this timeline as well? That weakened urban civilizations a lot (persian and Roman...) while more nomadic people were less affected (Arabs...). It seems many big cities of the Levant were more than big villages, unable to maintain fortifications designed for higher population levels, when Muslim armies arrived at their gates.

Nope, no plague. One of the major differences yes.
 
OK! That goes a long way to explain why Persia and Rome could resist Muslims to a larger extent...

Not to mention they didn't suffer any devastating wars between themselves in the immediate vicinity of the rise of Islam on the timeline. They had a "Treaty of Eternal Peace" since 620.
 
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A Concise Timeline of the History of the Known World - from 700 CE to 800 CE:

700 CE: Musa bin Nusair leads an Islamic army to the Straits of Hercules. He finds an ally in the Wisimarid Godigisel II of Tangiers, who after assassinating his father converts to Islam.

702 CE: Justinian II is forced to flee Constantinople after a palace coup. A military council proclaims Maurice II Belisarius (a descendant of the great general) as Emperor. In order to gain a measure of legitimacy, Maurice II appoints the 1 year old Julio-Argead prince Alexandros, a grandson of Alexandros XVII as co-Emperor.

703 CE: Justinian II finds refuge at the court of Tervel, Khagan of the Bulgars. He grants Tervel the title of Caesar and offers him all the Balkan territories of the Empire in exchange for putting him back on the throne. Maurice II convinces the Dacians and the Sarmatians to attack Bulgaria thus forestalling a potential invasion. Christians in Armenia revolt against the Empire.

705 CE: Maurice II campaigns in Armenia in order to secure its continued vassalage. He has all Christian nakharars rounded up in churches and burned alive. Captured Christian nobles are sacrificed to Sol in a great ceremony on the shores of Lake Van. Justinian II and a Bulgarian army under Tervel enter Constantinople through the Constantine Aqueduct. Justinian II is in control of Constantinople and appoints Tervel co-Emperor. The young Alexandros XVIII flees West to Rome.

706 CE: Maurice II gathers his forces in Anatolia. Justinian II rounds up the Byzantine senators and has all of them mutilated, their ears and noses cut off. He parades them through the city inciting the crowds to attack them. Several senators are killed in the ensuing riots.

707 CE: The Exarchate of Valentia declares itself independent. Julius Severus proclaims himself King of Valentia. Maurice II crosses the Helespont, but is defeated by Tervel and Justinian II in a battle outside Kaliopolis. He is captured by the Bulgarians and quartered. Justinian II asks Tervel for his skull to use as a drinking cup, and the Bulgar co-Emperor obliges.

708 CE: Ceolred, King of Mercia and Bretwalda of the Saxons is defeated and captured by the allied Osred, King of Northanhymbra and High King of the North and Agravanus Pendragon, the Sarmato-Brython High King of Brythonia. He is executed in the ancient Sarmatian fashion, with a Sword of Victory being driven through his heart. Saxon power in Britannia is diminished.

710 CE: The Kahinid prince Amnay founds the Berber Kingdom of Nekor. Gelimer II, the Vandal King of Baetica converts to Islam after being promised support by Godigisel II of Tangiers against a Visigothic invasion.

711 CE: A large Islamic Vandal-Berber-Arab force crosses the Straights into Hispania to aid Gelimer II against the Visigothic High King Roderic. The Islamic allies win a pyrrhic victory at Guadalete. The Visigoths retreat from Baetica.

712 CE: Radbod, King of Frisia humiliates the Frankish army sent to subdue him. Frisia is confirmed to be independent of Frankish authority. Musa bin Nusair and his Vandal allies expand Islamic control in Southern Hispania.

714 CE: Justinian II is assassinated on the orders of Tervel who reigns alone in Constantinople. Outraged by this the Eastern parts of the Empire rebel. The commanders of the Eastern legions proclaim Leo, the client King of Isauria and descendant of the Isaurian dynasty Emperor.

715 CE: Leo III besieges Constantinople. A Muslim army led by Musa bin Nusair is defeated by Roderic near Toledo. The Muslims are driven South into Baetica.

716 CE: Leo III enters Constantinople in Triumph after elements of the garrison betray Tervel. Tervel is captured and burned alive as a sacrifice to Sol in the Great Forum. All Bulgarians in the Imperial capital are also burned alive, while former supporters of Justinian II and Tervel are summarily executed wherever they are found, their bodies also burned in the Forum. Leo III proclaims Constantinople to have been "purged by fire".

718 CE: King Nechtan IV of the Picts expells all Christian missionaries from the Pictish lands. Charles Martel, Lord Palatine of the Franks expands his authority within the Frankish Kingdoms.

720 CE: Leo III campaigns against Bulgaria. Tervel II submits and becomes a client King.

722 CE: Large scale Viking raids in the British Islands. Leo III refuses to accept Alexandros XVIII, still in exile in Rome as co-Emperor. Saint Boniface is burned alive and sacrificed to Sowilo by the Germans.

726 CE: Leo III introduces the cult of the Luwian Sun Goddess Arinniti to Constantinople. He has several statues of the Sun Goddess erected in the capital. He proclaims Sol to be the consort of the Goddess, and the Emperor her consort in the flesh.

727 CE: The Roman Senate elects Alexandros XVIII as Princeps of the Western Empire. Alexandros XVIII demands the submission of Ravenna and all Italian territories of the Eastern Empire.

728 CE: War between the Western and Eastern Empires. Alexandros XVIII besieges Ravenna.

729 CE: The indecisive Battle of Ravenna, the Roman armies slaughter each other refusing to surrender or accept defeat. Leo III's army is left in control of the field after Alexandros XVIII decides to retreat in order to end the carnage. It is said that the waters of the Po river run red with blood and for several years fishermen refrain from eating fish from the river.

730 CE: Leo III campaigns in Italia. He has all Christian icons and statues destroyed, and churches in conquered towns converted to Temples of Arinniti.

731 CE: Leo III besieges Rome. Alexandros XVIII asks for the support of the Franks.

732 CE: A Western Roman-Frankish army under Charles Martel is humbled by Leo III outside Pavia. Leo III pursues the Franks into Gallia.

733 CE: Leo III defeats Charles Martel near Lyon. The Frankish Lord Palatine humbles himself before Leo III swearing never again to interfere in the affairs of the Romans. Leo III recieves the submission of various Western Roman hereditary military governors.

734 CE: Leo III besieges Rome once more. Maysara rebellion in North Africa. Spread of Kharijite influence in the Maghreb.

735 CE: On the Ides of March Leo III orders a general assault and Rome falls. He enters the city in Triumph. He has Alexandros XVIII publicly sacrificed to Arinniti, by being trampled by a raging bull in the Colosseum. Leo III is sole Roman Emperor. All senators who refuse to publicly worship Arinniti join Alexandros XVIII in death by being trampled by bulls in subsequent spectacles held in the Colosseum.

737 CE: Leo III begins a vast programme of persecution against Christian priests within the Empire and orders all Christian imagery destroyed. Several Christian rebellions are put down. Pope Gregory III is challenged by the Emperor to see if his faith can pacify several raging bulls in the Colosseum. His faith fails him and the Pope is killed. Leo III has his corpse desecrated and cut into pieces. Its various parts are sent as "presents" to various Christian bishops outside the Empire.

740 CE: The Khazars convert to Judaism. On the 25th of December, Leo III is assassinated on the senate floor by members of the Roman Senate. He is said to have received no less that 20 wounds before expiring. His last words are reported to have been: "You can't even kill a man properly."

741 CE: Leo Constantine, Leo III's son by the Constantinian princess Hellena is proclaimed Emperor in Constantinople. In Rome, the Roman senate elects the Valentinian magnate Theodosius as Princeps. The Armenian general Artavasd is proclaimed Emperor by the Eastern Legions.

742 CE: Leo Constantine accepts Artavasd as co-Emperor. Artavasd campaigns against the Muslims in the East.

743 CE: Leo Constantine lands in Italia with a vast army. He offers amnesty to all those who would submit to his authority.

744 CE: Leo Constantine enters Rome without a fight as Theodoisus II decides to surrender in exchange for clemency. Leo Constantine spares his life, after having him mutilated. Theodosius II is forced to sacrifice to Arinniti. His wife, the staunchly Christian Marcia refuses. Leo Constantine has her forced to publicly copulate with a bull in the Colosseum as punishment. She expires after her ordeal, Leo Constantine famously declaring to her agrieved husband: "She had a frail constitution, you can do better."

745 CE: Foundation of the Uyghur Empire by Qutlugh Bilge Kol. Artavasd kills the Umayyad Caliph Yazid III in the Battle of Al-Mafraq and campaigns in Judea.

746 CE: A second vast Roman army led by Leo Constantine lands near Ascalon. Leo Constantine marches inland and receives the submission of several Muslim held cities. He establishes the Exarchate of Palaestina, comprising the Roman possessions on the Coast and the newly reconquered territories.

747 CE: Leo Constantine supports Abu Muslim's rebellion against the Umayyads. He besieges Jerusalem while Artavasd besieges Damascus.

748 CE: Leo Constantine captures Jerusalem. He has the Church of the Holy Sepulchre torn down and orders the construction of a temple to Arinniti and the Thousand Gods of Light in its place. Artavasd abandons the siege of Damascus as he decides to go to the aid of the Abbasid rebellion in Mesopotamia.

749 CE: Ctesiphon falls to the Abbasids. Leo Constantine receives the submission of the Jewish prince of the Sinai.

750 CE: The Battle of the Zab. Artavasd and the Abbasids defeat the Umayyad army. Marwan II flees to Damascus. Al-Saffah is proclaimed Abbasid Caliph in Mesopotamia.

751 CE: Unwilling to see the Abbasids consolidate their power at the expense of the Umayyads, Leo Constantine has the two Caliphs negotiate a peace. Marwan II is Umayyad Caliph in Damascus while Al-Saffah is Abbasid Caliph in Ctesiphon. After the truce is negotiated, Leo Constantine leaves the Levant and returns to Italia to deal with Christian rebellions.

752 CE: Pepin the Short, Lord Palatine of the Franks takes the title of High King as well. The Merovingian High King Childeric III continues on as a lesser puppet-King in his new capital of Paris.

753 CE: A North African Muslim army lands in Sardinia and besieges Agrigentum. In a whirlwind campaign Leo Constantine expells the Muslim army from the Island. He appoints the Aetid Comes of Panormus as Hereditary military governor of the new province of Western Sicilia, in spite of the protests of the Hieronid client King of Siracusa.

755 CE: The Umayyad Abd-ar-Rahman I lands in Hispania. He receives Valentian support, and proclaims himself to be the true Caliph.

756 CE: Much of Southern Hispania recognizes Abd-ar-Rahman I as Caliph. Desiderius, the vassal High King of the Lombards demands increased toleration for the Christians, faced with potential large scale rebellion, Leo Constantine issues the Edicts of Limited Toleration. Christians are tolerated within the Western half of the Empire, while Christian imagery is still banned. After receiving a petition from the Roman senate to increase the powers of the Roman consuls, Leo Constantine starts a system of yearly co-Emperors in Rome. These so-called Emperors have little authority in practice and are kept under tight observation by Leo.

757 CE: The Berbers of Sijilmasa lead the Berber Gurzil tribes into a grand campaign against the Muslims of North Africa. Offa is King of Mercia. He marries the Artorian princess Axyra, allying himself with the Brythons. The Tassilid prince, Tassilo I of Austria declares independece from Bavaria with Avar support.

762 CE: The Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad. Ciniod, King of the Picts purges his kingdom of the last remnants of Christian missionary activity.

765 CE: The Banu Ifran Berbers found an independent Kingdom. Offa of Mercia is Bretwalda of the Saxons, he rules in peace establishing good relations with the High Kings of Brythonia and Northanhymbra.

767 CE: The Karluks and the Oghuz establish themselves as regional powers. The Armenian Emperor Artavasd dies peacefully in Teluch. Leo Constantine is sole Roman Emperor.

771 CE: Charlemagne is High King of the Franks. Leo Constantine orders non-noble Christians in the Empire to be stamped with a distinctive symbol on their hands.

775 CE: Leo Constantine is assassinated by his secretly Christian misstress. She has his body emasculated and marked with crosses. Leo IV is Emperor in Constantinople. In Rome the senate proclaim the yearly co-Emperor Marcus Aurelius V as Emperor and Princeps. Leo IV negotiates with Marcus Aurelius V. Marcus Aurelius V is allowed to remain as co-Emperor and Princeps in Rome in exchange for continuing the anti-Christian policies of the Isaurians and accepting Leo IV as senior Emperor.

777 CE: Abd-er-Rahman ibn Rustam is Imam of the Ibadis in the Maghreb. Charlemagne campaigns against the Saxons but is defeated by Widukind and forced to retreat from Saxon lands.

782 CE: Leo IV fights Slavic rebellions in the Balkans. The Slavic Prince Viseslav accepts to return to the status of client.

785 CE: Viking raids in Britannia. Leo IV is once again in control of the Balkans as the Bulgar King submits to his authority.

789 CE: Idris I founds Fes. With the Balkans firmly secured, Leo IV requests Marcus Aurelius V issue new legislation against the Christians. Christian worship is banned in Rome and the Pope is expelled from the City. Marcus Aurelius V issues an edict against any public Christian worship within the Roman military provinces.

790 CE: Pope Leo III takes refuge at the court of Charlemagne. He entreats the Frankish High King to attack the Empire.

791 CE: Pope Leo III begins preaching a crusade against the Unholy Empire now found in Rome. Marcus Aurelius V establishes a new Imperial Academy in Rome, modeled on the Academy of Alexandria. He proclaims that the best way to stamp out Christianity is through the dissemination of philosophic ideals and a renewed emphasys on reason as the chief principle to be taught Roman citizens within a new system of state education within the cities of the Empire.

792 CE: Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor in Aachen and proclaims him to be the legitimate Sovereign of a new Holy Roman Christian Empire. He calls for all Christians to submit to his authority and join a Holy War against Marcus Aurelius V and Leo IV. Marcus Aurelius V continues his reforms.

793 CE: After having secured an alliance with Bavaria, Austria and the Avars, Charlemagne invades Roman Gallia.

794 CE: The Battle of Lemonum. The early fighting is indecisive, but then according to legend a Fiery Cross is seen in the sky. The Crusading army takes heart and defeats the Romans. A grievously wounded Marcus Aurelius V is captured by Charlemagne. He asks that he be allowed to die, but Charlemagne orders him treated and cured. The magnates and vassal kings of Southern Gallia begin to defect to Charlemagne.

795 CE: The Bulgars rebel in the Balkans. Leo IV is assassinated by his own wife, the Attalid princess Irene. Irene proclaims herself to be Arinniti in the flesh and claims the Imperial throne. Roman power in Southern Gallia collapses as Charlemagne is accepted as Sovereign by all former Roman clients.

796 CE: Irene entreats Julius II Severus of Valentia to attack Charlemagne while she campaigns against the Bulgars. She leads her army in person in the Battle of Durostotum. The Bulgars are defeated. Their King Kardam is captured and the Empress personaly emasculates Kardam and has him force fed his own manhood before expiring.

797 CE: Charlemagne defeats Julius II Severus near Narbo and chases the Severans into Hispania. Irene campaigns succesfully against the Avars. The Bayanid Khan Dulan is captured alive. Irene is merciful. She only turns him into an eunuch and personally blinds him and cuts off his tongue, allowing him to continue to live.

798 CE: Charlemagne overruns the area of Catalonia. Beginning of the establishment of the Marca Hispanica by the Franks. The captive Emperor Marcus Aurelius V starves to death after refusing to continue on as a prisoner. Before his death, he famously quotes his ancestor to Charlemagne: "Death is merely a release from the impressions of the senses, an escape from the desires that make us their puppets." In Italia the Empress Irene takes Mithraius Honorius, the Exarch of Ravenna as a lover.
 
I am going to fast forward 800-900 so I get to 1066 already. I will still explain the major points though in any case.
 
Awww, all right. We'll just have to live with missing all those cliffhangers you left us on... ;) I'm gonna to have to follow this thread, because every time I miss a week there are 50+ new pages in the Lux Invicta thread proper. I also am nursing a historical AND mythological crush on Irene. :eek:o It might be dangerous, but eh, can't help it. Leo III's last words also left in my laughter, but also admittedly admiration. As someone who has similarly 'problematic' degree, let me at least say that is always a pleasure to read these timeline updates.
 
Awww, all right. We'll just have to live with missing all those cliffhangers you left us on... ;) I'm gonna to have to follow this thread, because every time I miss a week there are 50+ new pages in the Lux Invicta thread proper. I also am nursing a historical AND mythological crush on Irene. :eek:o It might be dangerous, but eh, can't help it. Leo III's last words also left in my laughter, but also admittedly admiration. As someone who has similarly 'problematic' degree, let me at least say that is always a pleasure to read these timeline updates.

Thanks mate! I will update this to 1066 soon. It's just that I've been uber busy with the mod itself... and now I'm doing a gameplay AAR test to see if the fertility/stress issues reported need addressing. Once I'm done with all of that I will most likely do an update adding some content to Hellenes/Persia/Indohellenes then start the AAR proper.
 
:) No rush - for now, just do what you need (and want!) to do. I'm one of the horrible people that likes stress everywhere, all the time... ;) But more to the point, since I've had less time to chat in the main thread, is there a specific region I could focus on playing/take notes on so that if you want feedback on numbers etc you have extra data to work with?
 
:) No rush - for now, just do what you need (and want!) to do. I'm one of the horrible people that likes stress everywhere, all the time... ;) But more to the point, since I've had less time to chat in the main thread, is there a specific region I could focus on playing/take notes on so that if you want feedback on numbers etc you have extra data to work with?

Any King/Emperor will work as there are special rules applied to those tiers. I am merciful towards the counts/dukes. But wait on tonight's(?) update first. It will feature a lot of tweaks to everything, hopefully for the better.
 
Will do. When the update comes, I'll abandon my usual love of starting as some poor, long-suffering count and give the weighty crown of leadership a try!
 
There's some single county kingdoms you can try... Cornovia (Cornwall), Anglia (Middlesex) and Jorvik (York) just to name a few.
 
There's some single county kingdoms you can try... Cornovia (Cornwall), Anglia (Middlesex) and Jorvik (York) just to name a few.

Or Nekor for Kahinid Berbers adventures, or Gilan for Varangian Persia! There's more but those are quite a bit different. ;)
 
Congrats on a great mod, Shaytana! I will give it a try soon (but I confess I am a bit overwhelmed but the amount of info).

Thank you! Don't worry Lux Invicta is easy to get into... I recommend you try Dacia - they are Zalmoxian and have a free Expansion CB pretty much, overpowered Ktistai and Drapanai... what's not to like. ;) (although I'd wait on tonight's update which brings major gameplay tweaks)
 
You mention Zhao refugees arriving in Bactria at one point. I tired looking for them but all I could find were the Serindians. What became of them?

Integrated into Serindian and Indohellenic culture overall. If you look at the Indohellenes in game they have something Asian about them. ;)