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Following the reign of Emperor Adrian, the Collegial Electorate selected Leo, Duke of San Gomaina, who established the Luciusian dynasty. The Luciusians managed to become the first family in the electoral era to maintain a father-to-son succession on the Imperial throne, creating an environment of dominance that lasted for 98 years. | Following the reign of Emperor Adrian, the [[Collegial Electorate]] selected Leo, Duke of San Gomaina, who established the Luciusian dynasty. The Luciusians managed to become the first family in the electoral era to maintain a father-to-son succession on the Imperial throne, creating an environment of dominance that lasted for 98 years. | ||
Golden Bull of 1043 established two administriative kingdoms: the Kingdom of Dericania was which encompassed the southern half of the Empire and the Kingdom of Culfra which encompassed the north and set the number of electors at 9. They were: | Golden Bull of 1043 established two administriative kingdoms: the Kingdom of Dericania was which encompassed the southern half of the Empire and the Kingdom of Culfra which encompassed the north and set the number of electors at 9. They were: | ||
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Hištanšahr, long a free kingdom in the heart of Empire, fell to the forces of Seoirge Ashrafioun in the War of the Three Princes, in 1071. Seoirge was crowned as the first King of Gassavelia by the Pope, incorporating the realm into the Empire. Removing the need to watch the southern border of the Empire, successive emperors looked northward and set about an age of expansionism across Levantia. | [[Hištanšahr]], long a free kingdom in the heart of Empire, fell to the forces of Seoirge Ashrafioun in the [[War of the Three Princes]], in 1071. Seoirge was crowned as the first King of [[Gassavelia]] by the [[Pope]], incorporating the realm into the Empire. Removing the need to watch the southern border of the Empire, successive emperors looked northward and set about an age of expansionism across Levantia. | ||
The Luciusian reign was notable for the initiation of the Crusades in Sarpedon, in 1095. The Crusades consolidated the identity of the Empire and rested much more power in the Emperor. The various princelings who campaigned together began to see beyond their narrow fiefdoms and understand the vastness and diversity of the Empire but also of their commonality with eachother. They all spoke Latin as well as their local tongue, they all worshiped in the same Church with the same rites. Some scholars have posited that the 12th century was the cultural birth of the Imperial identity. | The Luciusian reign was notable for the initiation of the [[Crusades]] in Sarpedon, in 1095. The Crusades consolidated the identity of the Empire and rested much more power in the Emperor. The various princelings who campaigned together began to see beyond their narrow fiefdoms and understand the vastness and diversity of the Empire but also of their commonality with eachother. They all spoke Latin as well as their local tongue, they all worshiped in the same Church with the same rites. Some scholars have posited that the 12th century was the cultural birth of the Imperial identity. | ||
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By the 12th century the Luciusian Dynasty had conquered portions of the Western Kingdom of the Levantines, bringing the empire in possession of a great portion of the lands of Great Levantia. At this point the Empire was truly a continental power and began to define Levantia in terms of its dominance of it. The Luciusian Dynasty built a series of walls to protect the Empire’s new northern borders and everything beyond them were ‘’Ultramurus’’ later ‘’Ultmar’’ (Eng: beyond the wall). This dichotomy persists even unto this day to refer to those lands that were at one point in time part of the Gallo-Latinic, Catholic, Empire. These expansions occurred primarily against the Gothic tribes of the modern nation of Fiannria and against the Istroyan Kingdom of Eagaria in modern day Burgundie. | By the 12th century the Luciusian Dynasty had conquered portions of the Western Kingdom of the Levantines, bringing the empire in possession of a great portion of the lands of Great Levantia. At this point the Empire was truly a continental power and began to define Levantia in terms of its dominance of it. The Luciusian Dynasty built a series of walls to protect the Empire’s new northern borders and everything beyond them were ‘’Ultramurus’’ later ‘’Ultmar’’ (Eng: beyond the wall). This dichotomy persists even unto this day to refer to those lands that were at one point in time part of the Gallo-Latinic, Catholic, Empire. These expansions occurred primarily against the Gothic tribes of the modern nation of Fiannria and against the Istroyan Kingdom of Eagaria in modern day Burgundie. | ||
=== XXX dynasty === | === XXX dynasty === | ||
=== Jazonids and the long peace === | === Jazonids and the long peace === | ||