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Evidence suggests that the first Adonerii forays into [[Levantia]] - traditionally viewed as the "second wave of colonization" - came just after 1000 BC, with it being widely believed that centuries of interaction with the ancient Istroyans had improved the seafaring abilities of the Adonerii, making regular traversals of the [[Sea of Canete]] possible. Early settlement was largely isolated to small colonies being established opposite Crotona on what is today [[Urcea]]'s western shore. Unlike the establishment of their cities in Sarpedon and adjoining the Istroyan world, however, the colonization of Levantia was a very violent process actively opposed by indigenous [[Gaelic people]]s, which slowed the pace of inward expansion. The mostly navigable [[Urce River]] became the primary corridor of the Adonerii into the Levantine interior and also became the center of Latinic peoples in Levantia, with Gaels having significant presence in the interior away from the river even throughout Antiquity. The city of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] was established relatively far inland at a favorable location and quickly grew as it was one of the few safe and reliable trading hubs in the Levantine interior. The equilibrium of power in Levantia seems to have shifted to the Latinic settlers around 700 BC, as new colonies were established in rapid succession between 700 BC and 500 BC in Levantia while several new ones were also built during that time in Sarpedon. Many of the legends of the [[Latin Heroic Age]] came to be during this period.

The Adonerii League fell into rapid decline in the 7th century BC due to a series of changing climates and natural disasters that destroyed key trading cities and gave rise to other cities that would quickly outgrow the confederacy (particularly Urceopolis and Venceia). The first notable event occurred in 631 when Andromaleos, a submarine volcano in the Urlazian Sea erupted, and a catastrophic volcanic eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6 wiped out several key cities. Ashfall from Andromaleos choked off nearby plant life, causing starvation of the local population. Some sites were abandoned or settlement systems significantly interrupted in the immediate aftermath of the eruption. As the Adonerii were a sea power and depended on ships for their livelihood, the Andromaleos eruption likely caused significant economic hardship to the League. Several other natural disasters occurred over the next century, continuing to negatively impact Adonerum and its ability to recover. By the 600s BC, a series of natural disasters had ruined Vetera and crippled Adonerum which led to a power vacuum, and dozens of smaller tribes like the Agaro, Visustrati, and Camplectați broke out for control over the territory. The changes in climate destabilized the economic and political situation in the Adonerii world abroad, as colonies began to resent obligations for grain levied upon them from their nominal allies Urlazio. It is estimated that more Adonerii Latins lived outside Urlazio than on it by 650, straining relations. Many overseas cities left the league in the 590s BC, and in 570 BC the remaining members of league itself were conquered by the emergent [[Latin Kingdom]], which unified the island into a single Kingdom for the first time in its history. After the dissolution of the league the cities of Levantia gradually fell under the sway of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], which would come to establish [[Great Levantia]] in time. Two major city-states emerged as successors to Adonerum: Urceopolis in the north would settle in Levantia and [[Venceia]] in the south would settle in Sarpedon, under whose sway [[Caphiria]] would be established.