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== Urceopolis and the Empire == | == Urceopolis and the Empire == | ||
Though the Conine Dynasty established the Imperial court in the city of [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]], [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] remained the largest city in the Empire and the most powerful vassal the Emperor could call on. This would occasionally lead to friction between the Archdukes and the Emperor; the | Though the Conine Dynasty established the Imperial court in the city of [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]], [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] remained the largest city in the Empire and the most powerful vassal the Emperor could call on. This would occasionally lead to friction between the Archdukes and the Emperor; the [[Julian dynasty]] was briefly deposed following a failed rebellion and the death of Archduke Conchobar in [[865]], leading to a local noble of the Scipii estate, Scipio Aedanicus, to be elected by the the city’s leading families upon the request of the Emperor that year. Aedanicus was resisted by the Julians - both those in the city as well as those based in [[Harren]] by force of arms and received no assistance from the Emperor on whose support he relied, and consequently the Julians were reestablished by [[868]]. No other direct conflict between the Archdukes and the Emperor would occur, as a more friendly and symbiotic relationship between Urceopolis and Corcra became established. | ||
The relationship between the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines|Southern King of the Levantines]], also known as Carolina, and Archdukes of Urceopolis, unlike that of Urceopolis and the Empire, was fraught with hostility. While the greatest extent of this would come during the Yustonese Succession, the Kings of Carolina often worked to pit the Archduke against the [[Pope]] to weaken both and politically fragment the most populous region of the Kingdom. In 915, the new [[Duchy of Transurciana]] was split from the Archduchy comprised of most of the Archducal lands southeast of the [[Urce River]], comprised of a number of Gael-descended counties settled by the conquest of [[Conchobar I, Emperor of the Levantines]]. While the Duchy was given back to the Archduke, the King gave special privileges and right of appeal to the Pope to the counts within the Duchy, creating what amounted to a Papal zone of control extending southeast of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] itself. This decision, besides being a shrewd political move, recognized many of the traditional political rights the Pope had accured in the region since the 6th century. Control of this territory would remain a difficult issue for the [[Julian dynasty]] for the next several centuries. | The relationship between the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines|Southern King of the Levantines]], also known as Carolina, and Archdukes of Urceopolis, unlike that of Urceopolis and the Empire, was fraught with hostility. While the greatest extent of this would come during the Yustonese Succession, the Kings of Carolina often worked to pit the Archduke against the [[Pope]] to weaken both and politically fragment the most populous region of the Kingdom. In 915, the new [[Duchy of Transurciana]] was split from the Archduchy comprised of most of the Archducal lands southeast of the [[Urce River]], comprised of a number of Gael-descended counties settled by the conquest of [[Conchobar I, Emperor of the Levantines]]. While the Duchy was given back to the Archduke, the King gave special privileges and right of appeal to the Pope to the counts within the Duchy, creating what amounted to a Papal zone of control extending southeast of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] itself. This decision, besides being a shrewd political move, recognized many of the traditional political rights the Pope had accured in the region since the 6th century. Control of this territory would remain a difficult issue for the [[Julian dynasty]] for the next several centuries. | ||