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As the [[History_of_Caphiria#The_Second_Imperium_(900-1172)|Second Imperium]] experienced significant chaos during the 12th century, local Isurian nobility began to involve themselves in the Caphiric [[History_of_Caphiria#The_Great_Civil_War_(1127-1172)|Great Civil War]] and other inter-Caphiric conquests in order to achieve greater autonomy and extract additional promises from Venceia. The predominantly Christian Isurians backed Marius Oratonius and Isurians fought in the Oratonian faction at the Battle of Silanus, after which time the local nobles were given extensive political and economic autonomy from officials in Venceia. These nobles continued to govern the region in Venceia's name, with several of their number receiving designations as {{wp|proconsul}} or other legitimating titles. As the Imperium began to collapse in [[1170]], the leading nobles gathered in Ozcalo - modern Oscalcum - to elect a King to lead them. Bermudo I was elected as King, traditionally on 1 June, signalling the beginning of an independent Isurian Kingdom. Notably, correspondence from King Bermudo I between [[1170]] and [[1172]] did not portray the new Kingdom as being in opposition to Venceia, but a necessity to protect the property and territory of the Isurian nobility. After the Second Imperium's final collapse in [[1172]], Bermudo refused to recognize the republican regime based in Venceia, and from that time onward the Isurians emphasized their place as an independent peer Kingdom in Sarpedon.