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=Background= | =Background= | ||
==First Great War== | ==Caphirian Expansionism== | ||
====Veltorinan Struggle==== | |||
====First Great War==== | |||
{{Main|First Great War}} | {{Main|First Great War}} | ||
The First Great War was fought between [[Caphiria|The Imperium of Caphiria]] and its overseas allies against an alliance of Sarpedonian states from [[1896]] to [[1902]], cementing its position as a predominant power on continental [[Sarpedon]]. | The First Great War was fought between [[Caphiria|The Imperium of Caphiria]] and its overseas allies against an alliance of Sarpedonian states from [[1896]] to [[1902]], cementing its position as a predominant power on continental [[Sarpedon]]. | ||
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====Red Interregnum==== | ====Red Interregnum==== | ||
{{Main|Red Interregnum}} | {{Main|Red Interregnum}} | ||
In Urcea, developments in the government lead to the regency of and consolidation of power by [[Gréagóir FitzRex]], who sought to elevate the military above the traditional nobility and spearhead a number of reforms culminating in an attempt at outright seccession from the Holy Levantine Empire. The resulting [[Red Interregnum|civil war]] involved members of the Empire, and eventually the Empire as a whole, intervening in the war on behalf of [[House de Weluta]] against the Crown Regent. It also resulted in the Depression of 1900, which destabilized the Empire and lead to mass uprisings in the Dericania, as well as reigniting the longstanding feud between [[Urcea]] and [[Caphiria]], politically charging the role of the [[Catholic Church]] in Levantia. FitzRex was replaced with the short-lived Urcean Republic, which created a left-wing, idealistic radical socialist state from which Derian revolutionaries were later inspired; the Republic was shortly overturned and the the primacy of the King of Urcea reinstated in [[1902]]. With the de Welutas restored to the Julian Throne, the Recess of the Julii came to an end, temporarily strengthening the Empire despite the severe economic depression and uprisings. During the conflict, there were isolated shooting incidents between the Levantines and Caphirian expeditionaries who supported the Crown Regency. These skirmishes would prove to be a prelude to the coming conflict. | |||
====The Powder Keg==== | |||
In [[1909]], the Grand Duchy of Anivania was gripped by violence as republican forces took control of the ducal palace and declared a republic. By [[1911]], the conclusion of the civil war and declaration of the Serene Republic of Anivania were completed. The new state's use of “Serene” to emphasize its sovereignty was not recognized by most other Imperial states, but its success in achieving and maintaining autonomy sparked other movements across the Empire. In [[1920]], as it became clear violence and instability was gripping the Empire, the [[Collegial Electorate]] did what would have been unthinkable a century before and elected King James VI of Urcea as Holy Levantine Emperor in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the Empire's internal affairs. It was thought that Urcea's muscle behind the Empire may have given it the resources needed to hold itself together; simultaneously, it eroded the last shreds of serious support for the Empire in Dericania. The next year, in [[1921]], the Electorate of Aescarata faced a socialist revolt. [[Urcea]] intervened, with the intervention evolving into outright occupation. By [[1925]], the region was considered a "powder keg", waiting for the right spark to explode. This was aided along by agents from [[Caphiria]], who since the [[Red Interregnum]] had worked to foment unrest, eliminate charismatic officials and strongmen supporters of the Empire, and undermine Levantine wartime readiness. Caphiria capitalized on the fever-pitch of Derian nationalism, intending to have a Latin-dominated state in the orbit of [[Venceia]] burst from the corpse of the Holy Levantine Empire. This interest was not primarily in Dericania itself per se, but rather eastward, in [[Veltorina]], whose independence was guaranteed by [[Urcea]] and other Imperial states. | |||
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==Republican Revolutions== | ==Republican Revolutions== | ||
====Capetian Revolution==== | ====Capetian Revolution==== | ||
====Fhainnin Revolution and Militarization==== | ====Fhainnin Revolution and Militarization==== | ||
{{Main|Fhainnin Civil War}} | {{Main|Fhainnin Civil War}} | ||
=Levantine Theater= | =Levantine Theater= | ||
==Dericanian Front== | ==Dericanian Front== | ||
====Lutsanan Elections and Outbreak of War==== | |||
====Matavista Campaign==== | ====Matavista Campaign==== | ||
====Second Fratricide==== | ====Second Fratricide==== | ||
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====Rose Revolution==== | ====Rose Revolution==== | ||
{{Main|Rose Revolution}} | {{Main|Rose Revolution}} | ||
=Sarpedonian Theater= | |||
====Invasion of Veltorina==== | |||
====Urlazio Front==== | |||
====Naval War==== | |||
=Cronan Theater= | =Cronan Theater= | ||
====Intervention in the Cape==== | ====Intervention in the Cape==== | ||