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|56 BC|| ||The Social War ends as the newly elected Pontifex Maximus [[Gaius Stephanus Pictor]] leads the central Legions to victory. Pictor began reforms of the state, beginning the so-called Potentate Period of Great Levantia. Pictor's position as Pontifex Maximus began to supersede the consuls in most state authority, and the title of {{wp|Princeps}} was soon held by the Pontifex Maximus as well. Following successful implementations of his reforms, Pictor marched north and conquered most of modern day [[Fiannria]]. | |56 BC|| ||The Social War ends as the newly elected Pontifex Maximus [[Gaius Stephanus Pictor]] leads the central Legions to victory. Pictor began reforms of the state, beginning the so-called Potentate Period of Great Levantia. Pictor's position as Pontifex Maximus began to supersede the consuls in most state authority, and the title of {{wp|Princeps}} was soon held by the Pontifex Maximus as well. Following successful implementations of his reforms, Pictor marched north and conquered most of modern day [[Fiannria]]. | ||
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|[[Imperium Vandar Orientalis]] founded. | |||
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|35 AD|| ||The first Christian missionaries arrive in [[Levantia]]. | |35 AD|| ||The first Christian missionaries arrive in [[Levantia]]. | ||
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|502 AD|| ||With most of the peripheral areas of [[Great Levantia]] under "barbarian control", and the remaining Latino-Gaelic areas quasi-independent provinces, the nobility and people of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] depose the last Emperor, signalling the traditionally understood end of [[Great Levantia]]. | |502 AD|| ||With most of the peripheral areas of [[Great Levantia]] under "barbarian control", and the remaining Latino-Gaelic areas quasi-independent provinces, the nobility and people of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] depose the last Emperor, signalling the traditionally understood end of [[Great Levantia]]. | ||
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|Julianstown, capital of the [[Imperium Vandar Orientalis]], is sacked by Gothic invaders. The Imperium Vandar Orientalis collapses, though remnant forces continue fighting for another twenty years. | |||
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|c. [[570]]|| ||{{wpl|Muhammad}}, founder of {{wpl|Islam}}, is born in [[Muqadas]], [[Audonia]] | |c. [[570]]|| ||{{wpl|Muhammad}}, founder of {{wpl|Islam}}, is born in [[Muqadas]], [[Audonia]] | ||
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|Mid 8th century|| ||The {{wpl|Great Stirrup Controversy|stirrup}}, brought by the Nestorians from [[Audonia]] and introduced by the warriors of [[Hištanšahr]] catches on in [[Levantia]], initiating an age of heavy cavalry and possibly contributing to the rise of {{wpl|feudalism}} on that continent. Cavalry, though it had been in use in antiquity, becomes a critical factor of warfare in [[Levantia]] for the next millennia. | |Mid 8th century|| ||The {{wpl|Great Stirrup Controversy|stirrup}}, brought by the Nestorians from [[Audonia]] and introduced by the warriors of [[Hištanšahr]] catches on in [[Levantia]], initiating an age of heavy cavalry and possibly contributing to the rise of {{wpl|feudalism}} on that continent. Cavalry, though it had been in use in antiquity, becomes a critical factor of warfare in [[Levantia]] for the next millennia. | ||
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|[[Gothic War]] in eastern Vandarch. Goth tribes conquered and driven east or sold abroad into slavery. | |||
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