Early history of Urcea: Difference between revisions

== Great Levantia ==

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[[Latinic people|Latin]] cities spread throughout [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]] and other parts of modern [[Urcea]]. They gradually began to come under the aegis of [[Great Levantia]], a Latin stated based in the city of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. Growing from a small city-state in the 570s BC, Great Levantia would come to conquer more than half of [[Levantia]] as a whole and would spread Latin culture throughout the continent. During this period, the Valley became the heartland of a continental empire. New cities were constructed throughout the country based on the military successes and failures of the Levantine legions, and new systems of roads began to radiate outward from Urceopolis. This level of development was relatively uneven throughout what would become Urcea, however; the [[Ionian Plateau]] remained relatively free of Latins throughout Great Levantia's existence, and the [[Urcean frontier]] remained lightly populated the harsh conditions there. In the height of [[Great Levantia]], approximately around 200 AD, the propagation of the Latinic identity and destruction of local Gaelic identity was largely complete in the area of the modern day [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduchy of Urceopolis]] and to a lesser degree in the other parts of the Empire, especially not in Gaul. It was during this time that most historians pinpoint the foundations of a distinct [[Urcean people]] emerging as a regional subculture of the [[Levantine identity]] in the "suburban" cities and villages surrounding Urceopolis, which retained a "High Levantine" culture and identity well into the 6th century.