Gallic Empire (Novayan Domination)

The Gallic Empire or Empire of Gaul (Latin: Imperium Galliarum; Greek: Γαλλική Αυτοκρατορία, Gallikí Aftokratoría; French: Empire des Gaules; German: Gallisches Reich/Kaiserreich; Spanish: Imperio Gálico) was the continuation of the Roman military colonies in Western Europe and France, and the modern incarnation of the Third Century-era Gallic Empire. Consisting of France, England, Spain, Portugal and Belgium, the Gallic Empire was initially a colony the Roman Empire back on Earth-GRECOROMA and later became an ally of the New Novayan Stellar Commonwealth.
==History==
:See here: History of France
===Operation Earthfall===
Before the Eastward Offensive Campaign started, the New NSC launched a series of espionage operations intended to reconnoiter different worlds and realms and orchestrate a series of sabotages,including assassinations, defamation, instigating political instability, and others secret alliances, arming of sympathetic groups and political destabilization all designed to cause international instability. The Roman Empire, hailing from and ruling over Earth-GRECOROMA as well as an autonomous part of the New NSC, learned of what happened to the other Roman Empire there. Syagria, the daughter of Syagrius, joined the planned offensive campaign alongside a number of legions.
During Operation Earthfall, the Roman legionsthe majority of these legions involved in the invasion of Western Europe were Gallic, Hispanic, Britannic, Germanic, Hibernian and Caledonian legionaries were involved in the blitzkrieg campaign which overtook the Federal Republic of Germany and the Benelux, before storming down into France, Iberia and the British Isles, where European Union and Russian forces made their last stand; Syagria, who commanded the Gallic-led invasion forces, personally led the capture of Soissons and Paris as well as the capture of the House of Windsor. After the fighting in Europe was over, she also oversaw the establishment of Roman military colonies in Western Europe, paving the way for the return of the Gallic Empire.
===Reformation of Gaul===
After the invasion concluded on 2024, Syagria was called to Soissons by the Roman emperor and senate, who reconstituted the Gallic Empire and appointed her empress of the Gauls, or Augusta Imperatrix Galliarum, and presented to her the Imperial Gallic regaliaa Gallic variant of the Western Roman imperial regalia, symbolizing her role as the new leader of one of the many Roman colonies-turned-empires.
==Society==
While similar to Roman society at large, the key differences were the equal rights afforded to the locals, women bearing equal rights as men, and a formal, more standardized social hierarchy which did away with the overlaps all the while retaining the greatly-increased social mobility.
===Religions===
Prior to the invasion, France, the British Isles, Iberia and Belgium were home to the Christian faith. After the invasion, however, a surge in Greco-Roman Hellenism brought on by the establishment of Roman military colonies saw the toppling of Christianity as the dominant faith. Also brought on by this surge in paganism, the cults of Eosphoros, Sol Invictus and Mithras as well as Germanic, Brittanic, Vasconic and other pagan faiths had also grown to help displace the Abrahamic religion.
While Christianity remains the largest religion, the Hellenic religion, as well as the Germanic,among such faiths were Frankish, Norse, Gothic and Anglo-Saxon faiths, which were reformed to better stand in the modern day Brittanic, Vasconic and other pagan faiths had challenged the status quo. Whether or not this attempt at displacing Christianity passively is done intentionally is up for debate.
The cult of Chiron, centered around worship of the titular Thessalian goddess Chiron, also exists. Favored by Syagria herself,who was also Chiron's direct descendant by ancestry and bloodline Chiron was made the most high god in the Gallic imperial cult.
==Government and military==
===Central government===
While similar to the Roman Empire, the role of pontifex maximus exists as two offices: one held by the spiritual leader of the Olympist Temple via the Pontificatum Maxima, and one held by the Gallic emperor, who also led the Gallic imperial cult. Women were also given access to a number of political roles and offices, with Syagria herself being the first to become augusta imperatrix Galliarum.
The Gallic imperial cult, formed from elements of the Roman imperial cult sent to shore up control over Iberia, France, Belgium and Great Britain, was led by the Gallic empress herself, who was its pontifex maxima.
===Military===
The Gallic military has adapted the military structure of the Roman Empire, in addition to those of the Imperial-era and Late Antiquity-era Roman empires. As part of the Gallic military reorganization, the legions was divided into five legions:
*the limitanei, which serves the role of law enforcement;
*the pseudocomitatensis, which serves as reserve legions, which were numerous in unit numbers;
*the comitatensis, the active legions which were few in unit numbers yet highly-trained and equipped;
*the palatinae, which serve as elite special operations forces; and
*the scholae, which serve as the Gallic empress's personal bodyguards.
Like in the Imperial Roman military, the Imperial Gallic military follow a number of war gods, with the most followed being Mithras, of whose following was the largest. Other gods were Minerva, Mars, Chiron, Eosphoros, Sol Invictus, Athena, Tyr, Kratos, Artemis, Alexandros-Ammon, Isis and Sekhmet. Because of this, the cult of Mithrasalso known as Mithraism was made a state cult of the Gallic legions.
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