Imperial Eagle Rebirth--Roman Empire Reborn Via Sweden AAR

[Amric]

Port of Ostia 476 A.D.

General Septimus Severus sits upon his horse looking down the road toward Rome. Waiting. Waiting for the word he knows will come, and soon.

An imperial messenger thunders down the road toward Ostia. Pickets intercept the messenger and send him on to the General.
"Sir, Rome has fallen!"
"It is as I feared and expected."
"What shall we do?"
"What we have planned. We have no other choice."


The General turned and motioned to his aides,"Load them up, we're leaving."
"At once, sir!"

Hours later a fleet of ships swiftly leave the port, heading out to sea.

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Four Months Later


Off the coast of what would become Svealand

"Well, Severus, we're here. In this Godsforsaken land."
"Yes, Quintus. Finally."
"I know the council approved this plan, but we're so far from Rome"
"Exactly. We're behind the Germanic hordes that have broken the empire. We've become weak. We became fat and lazy, confident that our barbarian mercenaries would hold back the hordes forever so that we could further degenerate."
"We were the greatest empire the world has ever known."
"Were is precisely the correct word," Severus sighed,"We shall have to rebuild. In a different image."
"It will take forever!"
"Not forever, centuries of course,"Severus frowned,"But then, it took centuries to build the empire. Romans have the patience and the will. It can, it WILL be done!"

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August, 510 A.D.



"My son,"Septimus Severus whispered,"My time is near. You must continue the great work. Promise me!"
"I will, Father. I swear it!"
"Good my son. I knew I could count on you."


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November, 910 A.D.

"It goes well, Rollo."
"Indeed, Normandie has suffered many raids over the last few decades. We've also settled numerous villages along the coastline"
"Eventually we will complete our control of the area and push further inland."

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"Rollo, the King of the Franks has recognized our claim to Normandie"
"Indeed. That is very good."
"He has given you the title of Duke of Normandie"


911 A.D.

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Early 1066

"I am tired of the King. His demands grow increasingly intolerable!"
"Milord Duke, what choice do we have? We cannot go against the lawful King!"
"Bah, if we had the manpower, but we don't. However..."
"What are you thinking, milord?"
"England. Harold can barely keep hold of his crown and the land."
"You mean?"
"Yes, get transports ready. We shall invade England!"

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December 31, 1418

"Erik Olafsson, what is your final report? In a nutshell, please."
"Your Majesty. I must say that the current crown of England has forgotten who many years ago helped to put them on their throne or the ultimate goal we strive toward."
"So we shall have to start all over again. That is what you are saying."
"Majesty, I am afraid that is exactly what I am saying."
"Very well, no more shall we attempt to rebuild Rome by Proxy. From now one we shall do it ourselves!"
"How? Majesty."
"Build ships. Warhips, transports. A veritable fleet."
"To attack Rome?"
"Certainly not. One city is hardly worth the effort. We shall attack Portugal."
"It will take years for us to build the required ships."
"We have waited for centuries, we can wait a few more years."

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[Amric]

The Premise

The idea is that a relatively large group of Romans saw the Roman Empire coming to an end and prepared to escape the fall. They do so, fleeing to what would become Sweden. The goal? Rebuild the Roman Empire and punish the germanic peoples who caused it's fall.

Therefore, it will be my attempt to conquer all the areas that Rome once held, as well as the current germanic nations. I do not care about the Orthodox nations outside of the ancient Roman territory.

I am planning on starting with Portugal since they are the smallest nation I can start to conquer. Plus getting them early will help make it easier as well before they start exploring and colonizing. My next target will be the Iberian nations. Then off to North Africa, etc.

Settings are Normal/Normal


I've only played the first few years so far. I was lucky enough to start out with 5 transport ships and some warships. I took out a couple of loans to build some warships. I already had some troops. I would just use them for my invasion. Will it work out like I hope? You'll have to wait and see. It's quite late where I am at this time and I have to go to work tomorrow. This AAR will take a while to complete as I have quite a few RL commitments such as a wife and three small children. But I shall do the best that I can.

 

[Rirre]

This one looks really promesing, I will keep an eye on this one.

btw great start really intresting. If I'm allowed to make a sugestion ju should go after france before u go after africa just so you take out the colonial nations before they start to colonise.

 

[Amric]

Originally posted by Rirre
This one looks really promesing, I will keep an eye on this one.

btw great start really intresting. If I'm allowed to make a sugestion ju should go after france before u go after africa just so you take out the colonial nations before they start to colonise.

I've thought about that, but wondered how much BB I would be at by that time...Figured the christian countries wouldn't care as much about me taking out islamic countries...Or does it matter in that case?

 

[Rirre]

Religon dosen't matter that much if I remeamber corectly just 1 or 2 BB points.

 

[unmerged(9046)]

Ave Caesar!

Nice start. I will be reading.

 

[Amric]

Sweden--The Early Years

The entire country was gearing up for war. Ships were being built as quickly as possible. Calvary and Infantry were being trained as well. (Meaning our land and navl technology went up one level) All this was done as quietly as possible so as to not alarm our neighbors(basically Denmark, our overlord, and Novgorod who truly hate us).

On the Diplomatic Front here is what was happening in 1419:

January 2, 1419 : Brandenburg declared war upon Magdeburg.
January 2, 1419 : Candar declared war upon Trebizond.
January 4, 1419 : Aragon declared war upon Granada.
January 4, 1419 : Fez joined the war on the same side as Granada in their war against Aragon.
January 4, 1419 : Algiers joined the war on the same side as Granada and Fez in their war against Aragon.
January 4, 1419 : Gelre declared war upon Friesland.
January 5, 1419 : Albania declared war upon Duchy of Athens.
January 5, 1419 : Bavaria declared war upon Würzburg.
January 6, 1419 : Ryazan cancelled the Vassalization she had with Golden Horde.
January 12, 1419 : England went with Stop the Heretics in The Lollard Heresy.

War in Northwestern germany and the Iberian pennisula. Fortunately it doesn't affect us, nor do we care. For now.

On April 15 we sent a letter to Novgorod which slightly improved our relations to Our Hated Enemies. I was frankly hoping for more. I do NOT want a war with Novgorod while I am tring to take out Portugal. Something will have to be done. Soon.


May found Siena declaring War on Tuscany and Serbia DoWing Bosnia. Again, we don't care. At this time.

August found Croatia giving military access to Serbia and Moscovy DoWing Novgorod. Perfect, if only I had been ready I would DoW Portugal now. But I am not. Stupid one time Vikings in Moscow just HAD to declare war now.

August also found Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, and Luxembourg, along with Siebenburgen DoWing Venice. Bosnia joined Venice against the coalition(which seems tremendously suicidal). Apparently the Bosnian monarch has a death wish. A pity I cannot oblige him at this time.

Early 1420

January 1, 1420 : A new Center of Trade has opened in Anglia.
January 4, 1420 : Orleans accepted peace with England on the following terms : Full Annexation of Orleans by England
January 7, 1420 : Ryazan declared war upon Muscowy.
January 14, 1420 : Skånska Arméen has arrived in Finland.
January 23, 1420 : Fez accepted peace with Portugal on the following terms : Portugal pays 100$ in indemnities.
January 24, 1420 : Finska Arméen has arrived in Finland.
February 8, 1420 : Pskov declared war upon Novgorod.
February 12, 1420 : Wallachia declared war upon Siebenbürgen.
February 12, 1420 : Hungary joined the war on the same side as Siebenbürgen in their war against Wallachia.
February 12, 1420 : Bohemia joined the war on the same side as Siebenbürgen and Hungary in their war against Wallachia.
February 12, 1420 : Luxembourgh joined the war on the same side as Siebenbürgen, Hungary and Bohemia in their war against Wallachia.
February 12, 1420 : Austria joined the war on the same side as Siebenbürgen, Hungary, Bohemia and Luxembourgh in their war against Wallachia.
March 1, 1420 : Gelre accepted peace with Friesland on the following terms : Full Annexation of Gelre by Friesland
March 9, 1420 : Byzantium declared war upon Albania.

War everywhere. Not my problem, fortunately. Although one would think people would complete one war before getting involved in other ones.

In August we send off three daughters to France, Brittany, and England to shore up relations with Royal Marriages. Relations improve nicely allowing us military access in those countries. Quite useful in reaching Portugal with minimal attrition losses.

April 1421

"Majesty, the fleet is ready. The troops are ready to board."
"Excellent! Send an envoy along as well so that he may declare war moments before our troops hit the beaches of Portugal."
"That is....I mean...yes sire."

Troops tramped about the transports and surrounded by warships departed for the Portuguese coast.

August 12, 1421

"His Majesty Jao I will see you now, Mr. Ambassador."
"I've been kept waiting for three hours."
"His Majesty is ready now."
"Very well, lead on."
"Your Majesty, this is Sven Bjornsson, ambassador of Sweden."
A Messenger is gasping outside the throne room trying to tell the herald something.
"Your Majesty, Sweden declares war upon the nation of Portugal,"Sven smiles.
"What?! That is insane!"Jao exclaims.
"Your Majesty! Sire!"the messenger shouts,"Swedish troops have landed on the beaches. The Navy has gone out to fight the Swedish fleet."
Sven chuckles"You might have gotten an earlier warning had I not been cooling my heels for three hours. No matter, we'll take this up again soon. I promise."
Sven strolls out of the throne room and the place erupts in terror. Outside the throne rrom he is intercepted by the envoys from the Mamelukes, The Knights of Rhodes, and the Papal States.
"Yes? What is it?"
"Sir, our respective nations declare war upon the aggressions of Sweden,"The Mameluke envoy spoke for the three of them.
"So be it."
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Dear Father,

Our landing on the beaches of Portugal were uncontested. In fact it almost seemd like there were no troops anywhere in this country. We did find an ancient guard troop of about 2,000 men, but we had no trouble spanking them and sending them on their way. Crying, they dispersed back to their hovels.

The general had the army split into three parts. One for each of the three provinces of Portugal. I am in the smallest group beseiging Lisbon.

We got word on 3 September that our forces in Tago obliterated a small 3,000 man army. Our men settled in comfortably around the city to slowly seige it into submission. No point in wasting the lives of our men.

October 30 found a smattering of troops in Algarve who we soundly punished and sent home, settling into another slow seige.

In later November our navy was defeated by the Portuguese and had to sail to safety. We found out that the Mamelukes(who we in the field have decided to call the mama's boys), the Knights, and the Papists all approached our ambassador and groveled to pretend that they never declared war on our glorious nation. It was agreed, magnamously we soldiers in the field think, to let the pitiful scum believe that we will be all nice a friendly with them. Their time will come soon enough.

By May of 1422 we had captured all of Portugal's provinces. Hopefully we will do well at the negotiations. But right now I must go and check on my men.

With all my respect,

Gunnar

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July 28, 1422

Sven strolls back into the throne room of Portugal and sits upon the throne. The erstwhile king is brought before him.
"How dare you sit upon my throne?"
"Your throne? Well then tell your guards to remove me,"Sven laughed.
Jao hung his head in shame,"What are your terms?"
"We shall take Oporto and Algarve and you shall forevermore be a vassal of Sweden."
Jao's head snapped up,"That is outrageous!"
"Do you really have a choice?"Sven smiled.
Jaoshook his head sadly,"No, I don't suppose that I do."
"Very well,"Sven points to a side table where documents are already being placed,"Sign your life away.....majesty."
Jao seems broken, shuffling to the table and signing the peace treaty. Sven signs as well, clapping Jao on the back.
"Here is a bottle of aquavit, majesty,"Sven hands the king the bottle and takes the documents before leaving the throne room.

 

[Amric]

Originally posted by Stroph1
Ave Caesar!

Nice start. I will be reading.

Thanks Stroph1.


You have what I've played so far. I'll probably write some other stuff that will cover some things before I can play again and post some more war stuff. I'm planning on peace for a little while. Probably about 5 years or so to pay off my loans before taking another crack at Portugal since I couldn't arbitrarily annex them. Which was a bummer since I had all their provinces. They hadn't gotten to the Azores yet. Thankfully. I originally posted that I had taken Tago and Algarve...which was wrong. So I edited to what I really got which was Oporto and Algarve.

We'll have to all see how this turns out.

Btw, how do I add this thread to my sig?

 

[Rirre]

great work.
I can already see the empieral eagle rising from the ashes.

 

[unmerged(15337)]

Hmm, let's see -- if you conquer all the original Roman lands, plus the Germanic lands, that would be pretty much all of Europe except modern day Russia. Plus you would have North Africa and the Middle East. Well on the way to WC, right?

Good luck! I admire your courage!

 

[unmerged(1057)]

Nice..will follow this one...

 

[Alexandru H.]

About the signature thing...

Go into your thread and copy its address (it will look like this:

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76955 (hey, don't blame my ego, I just know this particular thing... )

Go at User Cp and Edit Your Profile (see the small buttons from above)...

Go at your signature and write this (just an example)...

{URL=http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76955}Imperial Eagle, my Great AAR{/URL}

...just replace { } with [ ]

you get the idea

 

[Amric]

Originally posted by Alexandru H.
About the signature thing...

Go into your thread and copy its address (it will look like this:

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76955 (hey, don't blame my ego, I just know this particular thing... )

Go at User Cp and Edit Your Profile (see the small buttons from above)...

Go at your signature and write this (just an example)...

{URL=http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76955}Imperial Eagle, my Great AAR{/URL}

...just replace { } with [ ]

you get the idea

Thanks Alexandru H!

Everyone else, thanks for reading!

BTW, here is some interesting information about Sweden...

Origins of Sweden
In early historic times, Svealand was inhabited by the Svear (mentioned as the Suiones by Tacitus in the late 1st cent. A.D.). They engaged in wars with their southern neighbors, who inhabited Götaland and who according to an unproved tradition were the ancestors of the Goths. By the 6th cent. A.D. the Svear had conquered the Götar, with whom they merged.

 

[Amric]

October of the same year....

Sven reeled off the Enterprize and swayed at the end of the gangway. He vowed to never sail again. He leaned over and wretched weakly, emptying his already nearly empty stomach. He pulls some papers from his pocket and wiped his mouth, stumbling down the street toward the palace.

Sven straightened his clothes and entered the King's study.
"Your Majesty, I have returned with the signed treaty from Portugal."
"You look a little green Sven,"the king frowned at the papers which appeared to badly stained,"What happened to the treaty?"
"There was an....unfortunate incident, sire."
"Meaning?"the king raised an eyebrow.
"I spilled something on it, sire."
The king frowned at Sven ominously,"Go on."
"We have taken Oporto and Algarve and vassalized the Portuguese."
"Excellent. You may leave the documents with me and retire."
"Really?"Sven nearly jumped for joy,"I think I will go to my estates."
"What are you babbling about?"
"You said I could retire, sire."
"From my presence, not from my service you dolt. Take the next ship out to Oporto. I will send word to you when to declare war on Castille."
Sven gulped and sighed,"At once, your majesty."
He bowed and staggered out. The Grimm brothers, Peter and Ben, passed Sven on their way to see the king.
"Sire, we've got a problem."
"How so?"
"The war took a heavy toll on our navy. We lost quite a few ships."
"So build more."
"We don't have the money to build very many ships. It will take time."
"How much time?"
"We estimate 10 years."
"Do it in five,"the king sighed and rubbed his temples,"Now leave me."
The Grimm brothers bowed and left the royal presence.

 

[Alexandru H.]

The Roman Empire returns to its wicked ways...and with an Emperor to match...

 

[Judge]

Interesting idea, Sweden the fourth Rome or maybe the third as Russia has not been able to make the claim yet

 

[Amric]

Thank you Alexanderu H and Judge.....



I'm hoping to get to play more on the weekend and hopefully get another installment up then as well...

 

[Amric]

problem

Well I've played all the way to 1500....but I can't get the history log to work properly....It worked the first time I tried it...but I don't know what I did wrong this time. I'd deleted the log to start over from where I had left off...but now it doesn't seem to work...<sigh>

Plus, I can't seem to find what my BB number is....I've managed not to fire off the BB wars yet...but I am VERY close. I've vassalized Portugal of course, annexed Aragon, and whittle Castile down. I had though to one province, but they have sent out quite a few settlers, as well as taking all but the capital of Denmark. I sped through about 40 years trying to reduce my BB from hated throughout the world to dishonorable scum, but still sitting on hated throughout the world. I have no intention of changing my BB number, but I haven't a clue what it is for those of you who have an interest in that sort of thing.


I'd prefer to NOT touch off a BB war if I can avoid it. I've gone through it before, and survived, but one of my unannounced hopes is to not get involved in one if I can help it. Unless I start thinking I will run out of time...which I think I probably will.

Any thoughts?

BTW, hopefully I will get something written and post some of the AAR later on Saturday.

 

[Alexandru H.]

You have a history log inside your game (just chech the menu book icon) and one in your save game, at the bottom...copy paste it and voila...instant log

BB can be checked inside your save game (what a surprise ) ... at the paragraph concerning your country you should see

BB=xx

Don't open it, though, with Excel or some other programs that change and format everything...try Notepad instead...

Use a certain program named EUReader, it can tell you many informations concerning the game... I'll tell you the address right away...

 

[Alexandru H.]

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81307&highlight=eureader

Eu Reader...version 1.00 or 1.01 (for EU2 1.07)