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''Further Information: [[Early history of Urcea]]'' | ''Further Information: [[Early history of Urcea]]'' | ||
The Urcean nation's origins lay in the establishment of the [[Adonerum|Adonerii]] colonies in [[Levantia]], but its direct antecedent is [[Great Levantia]], an empire that stretched from the southern coast of modern day Urcea to the northern coast of modern day [[ | The Urcean nation's origins lay in the establishment of the [[Adonerum|Adonerii]] colonies in [[Levantia]], but its direct antecedent is [[Great Levantia]], an empire that stretched from the southern coast of modern day Urcea to the northern coast of modern day [[Fiannria]]. It was during this time that [[Latinic people|Latinic]] people began to rule over, and eventually intermix with, the native Celtic population of Levantia. Following the collapse of Great Levantia, several Latin-speaking polities formed, the Duchy of Urceopolis being chief among them. Following a period of feuding with other Latin states states, [[Hištanšahr]], and [[Gallawa]], Urceopolis was subsumed into the emerging [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] and elevated into an [[Archduchy of Urceopolis|Archduchy]] under the rule of [[St. Julius I]], and his brother Aedanicus was granted the [[Grand Duchy of Yustona]]. St. Julius and his descendants laid the groundwork for continued Latino-Gaelic integration and official recognition of their shared vulgar languages. | ||
===Archducal Period=== | ===Archducal Period=== | ||
''Further Information: [[History of Urcea (800-1098)]]'' | ''Further Information: [[History of Urcea (800-1098)]]'' |