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 ==History==
-As reflected in the myths, the Latin Heroic Age was a historical period in which the [[Adonerum|Adonerii League]] based in [[Urlazio]] established [[Latinic people|Latinic]] colonies across [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]. The motivations for expansion are varied, but most historians believe that Latinic peoples sought less equatorial climates which would allow increased agricultural output which, in turn, would allow for increased population in the core regions of Urlazio. Many scholars also believe the related theory that Urlazio's agricultural output could not keep up with the growing population of Latins, who were overpopulating the island.
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+As reflected in the myths, the Latin Heroic Age was a historical period in which the [[Adonerum|Adonerii League]] based in [[Urlazio]] established [[Latinic people|Latinic]] colonies across [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]. The settlement of these areas by the Adonerii was heavily mythicized by the societies which sprung from their colonies in the succeeding centuries, giving rise to the name "Heroic Age". The colonists were either remembered as driven by the gods and overcoming many natural and supernatural obstacles, or themselves were transformed into demigods and gods in later tellings.
-The first Adonerii colonies outside of Urlazio were erected in around 1500 BC in northern [[Sarpedon]] (modern [[Caphiria]]) across the [[Urlazian Sea]], whose relatively gentle waters allowed easy seafaring to the continent. The earliest Adonerii settlers lived among other {{wp|Italic peoples}} on the extreme coastal littoral of northern Sarpedon, and most scholars believe these people were eventually integrated into the Adonerii colonial society. Archaeology suggests that colonization increased in pace around 1200 BC, with new cities being established all along the shores opposite Urlazio as far west as what is today northeastern [[Cartadania]] and as far east as northeastern [[Thessia]]. During this time, the Adonerii came into more heavy contact with the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]], adopting many of its cultural and social mores. Many of these Latinic colonies coexisted with Istroyan ones in [[Thessia]] and [[Halfway]]. As the Adonerii were organized as a league of city-states rather than a centralized political entity, the furthest flung city-states often acted with complete autonomy of the league and formed agreements and treaties with other non-Latinic local cities. During this later portion of this period, [[Crotona]] and [[Tromarine]] were also site of Adonerii colonization.
-Evidence suggests that the first Adonerii forays into [[Levantia]] 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 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.
-The age of settlement largely came to an end around 570 BC. Historians believe that climatological shifts in [[Urlazio]] (including overfarming) had drastically reduced its ability to support population, and most historians suspect the majority of Latins lived outside of Urlazio by this time and little population base on the island to support further colonization. The changes in climate destabilized the economic and political situation on the island and abroad, as colonies began to resent obligations for grain levied upon them from Urlazio. Many cities overseas left the league in the 500s BC, and the league itself was eventually conquered as Marius Tempestas Natus subjugated the entire island and formed a single Kingdom.
-The settlement of these areas by the Adonerii was heavily mythicized by the societies which sprung from their colonies in the succeeding centuries, giving rise to the name "Heroic Age". The colonists were either remembered as driven by the gods and overcoming many natural and supernatural obstacles, or themselves were transformed into demigods and gods in later tellings.
 ==Founding myths==