13,466
edits
Tromarine: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "lead to" to "led to"
m (→History) |
m (Text replacement - "lead to" to "led to") |
||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
Tromarine remained a largely sparsely populated island during early antiquity until the discovery of large deposits of tin in the inland mountains areas. The island transitioned from a fishing-and-mercantile centric economy to a primarily mining-and-extraction based economy from the 4th century to the 2nd century BC. Becoming the primary source of tin for early [[Levantia]], the island became an increasingly popular destination for captured [[Slavery in Great Levantia|slaves]] beginning around 200 BC. Life as a mine slave in the Tromarine tin mines became increasingly brutal and short, and the island was subject to a massive influx of [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] slaves following the [[Gallian Wars]]. By approximately 1 AD, only a thin plurality of people on the island were non-slaves, and throughout most of [[Great Levantia]]'s history the island had the most amount of slaves per capita of any part of Great Levantia. With the influx of slaves continuing throughout the first century, mining operations continued to grow, leading to a cycle of need for more slaves and harder conditions for slaves on the island. For most slaves, Tromarine was akin to a death sentence, and most slaves sent to Tromarine did not live long enough to reproduce or establish their own unique culture. | Tromarine remained a largely sparsely populated island during early antiquity until the discovery of large deposits of tin in the inland mountains areas. The island transitioned from a fishing-and-mercantile centric economy to a primarily mining-and-extraction based economy from the 4th century to the 2nd century BC. Becoming the primary source of tin for early [[Levantia]], the island became an increasingly popular destination for captured [[Slavery in Great Levantia|slaves]] beginning around 200 BC. Life as a mine slave in the Tromarine tin mines became increasingly brutal and short, and the island was subject to a massive influx of [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] slaves following the [[Gallian Wars]]. By approximately 1 AD, only a thin plurality of people on the island were non-slaves, and throughout most of [[Great Levantia]]'s history the island had the most amount of slaves per capita of any part of Great Levantia. With the influx of slaves continuing throughout the first century, mining operations continued to grow, leading to a cycle of need for more slaves and harder conditions for slaves on the island. For most slaves, Tromarine was akin to a death sentence, and most slaves sent to Tromarine did not live long enough to reproduce or establish their own unique culture. | ||
[[File:Roman Bronze Statuette of a Captive Gaul, 2nd Century AD.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] statuette believed to be of the captured Bituitus, 2nd century.]] | [[File:Roman Bronze Statuette of a Captive Gaul, 2nd Century AD.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] statuette believed to be of the captured Bituitus, 2nd century.]] | ||
Following centuries of poor conditions on the island, a major slave revolt broke out in 149 AD. The slave revolt took on a [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] character and was lead by a recently enslaved son of a prominent tribal leader from northern [[Levantia]], known to history by the Levantine name Bituitus. After making league with Gaelic-origin free persons on the island and [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroyans]] who had become increasingly disillusioned with Latinic rule, the rebellion succeeded in late 150 AD as the garrison forces of the island were defeated by Bituitus in open battle. For the next four years, Bituitus ruled as King of Tromarine (''Rex Tromarinus''). Exports of tin ceased immediately as most slaves were released, precipitating four years of major bloodshed as citizens and other Latins on the island were targeted and slaughtered. The bloodshed and collapse of the island's economic system not only | Following centuries of poor conditions on the island, a major slave revolt broke out in 149 AD. The slave revolt took on a [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] character and was lead by a recently enslaved son of a prominent tribal leader from northern [[Levantia]], known to history by the Levantine name Bituitus. After making league with Gaelic-origin free persons on the island and [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroyans]] who had become increasingly disillusioned with Latinic rule, the rebellion succeeded in late 150 AD as the garrison forces of the island were defeated by Bituitus in open battle. For the next four years, Bituitus ruled as King of Tromarine (''Rex Tromarinus''). Exports of tin ceased immediately as most slaves were released, precipitating four years of major bloodshed as citizens and other Latins on the island were targeted and slaughtered. The bloodshed and collapse of the island's economic system not only led to major economic problems abroad due to lack of tin but also famine on the island as most imports, fishing, and agriculture came to a halt. Following a failed attempt to retake the island in 152 AD, a major force - some historians project more than 150,000 soldiers - from [[Great Levantia]] managed to recapture the island in 154 AD following a brutal two month campaign. During and after the recapture, the majority of residents of the island were slaughtered or sold into slavery, including previously prominent urban Istroyans. Many of the slaves were deported to [[Carolina]], and most historians believe these Gaelic and Istroyan people would form much of the basis of what would become the [[Garán people]] of Carolina. Tromarine was repopulated with new waves of [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] slaves from the north and east of Great Levantia as well as urban Latin freemen. While tin mining would resume, the island's economy would never reach the place of prominence it held earlier. New laws relating to [[Slavery in Great Levantia|treatment of slaves]] in Great Levantia would gradually improve the working conditions on the island, and as state authority collapsed Latinic and Gaelic peoples on the island would begin to intermarry as happened elsewhere in Levantia. | ||
In 354, Tromarine and [[Crotona]] were invaded by the [[Urlazian Kingdom]], bringing Levantine rule on the island to an end. | In 354, Tromarine and [[Crotona]] were invaded by the [[Urlazian Kingdom]], bringing Levantine rule on the island to an end. | ||