History of Urcea (1575-1798): Difference between revisions

During this period, Urcea's attention turned back to the west and south in an effort to capitalize on the very profitable [[Odoneru Ocean]] trade. It established a string of colonies in southeastern [[Crona]] during the 1620s known as [[New Archduchy]] and the [[Julian Belt]]. Urcea successfully fought the War of Urlazio and gained a foothold on [[Urlazio]]. The war, which took place from 1625 through 1634 and started largely by King Aedanicus V, was aimed at curbing the influence of [[Caphiria]] and prevent possible expansion into [[Levantia]]. Though successful, the Urcean march on Urlazio lead to hundreds of years of animosity with Caphiria that weren't truly resolved until the return of its Urlazio territory at the [[Assumption Accords]]. In order to link its dominions together, Urcea completed the envelopment of [[Crotona]] in 1660 during the reign of King Riordan VI, creating the [[Kingdom of Crotona]]. In 1670, Riordan began the conquest of [[Tromarine]], but it would not be completed until the reign of his successor, King Patrick I, who put the finishing touches on conquering the island in 1676. Patrick completed the envelopment of the southern Odoneru by formally annexing the [[Philaridon Republic]] in 1680, though the Republic had largely been reduced to the position of a vassal a century earlier. A small portion of the Republic was ceded to the [[Grand Duchy of Carolina]], Urcea's ally; this border would largely remain unchanged through the present day, establishing the southern border between the provinces of [[Roscampus]] and [[Lower Carolina]] roughly along the [[Pralia Mountains]].