The Roman Empire (YDA's Roman Empire)

The Roman Empire is an Ancient Era roleplay group owned by . It is the direct successor to AJC's Roman Empire, and has several sectors to roleplay in, with the most popular being the Military and Political sectors, and to a lesser extent the Social Sector. The Roman Empire is currently the largest Roman group as well as the largest group in the ancient genre. 
== History ==
=== Early History ===
In late 2019, AJC's Roman Empire, owned by user AugustusJuliusCaesar (hence the acronym AJC), was shut down due to the controversial termination of its owner. The result of this was the splintering of the Roman community, of which AJC's Rome had made up the majority. However, by early 2020, the majority of the Roman community had joined Cas' First Roman Empire, then owned by Casanovuh. In March 2020, Casanovuh sold his Rome to YourCommodusAurelius (YCA) for an unknown price.
=== Return of AJC ===
By April 2020, AJC had rebranded himself as YourDivineAugustus (YDA), and began to recruit many of his former group members to join his The Roman Empire. The issue with this was that most of the Roman Community was already aligned with YCA's Roman Empire. Nobody knew if investing in YDA would be a good idea, especially after YCA made it clear that anyone who defected would be blacklisted. Nonetheless, many notable figures in the Roman community joined up with YDA, sometimes bringing entire legions with them, such as Legio I Praetoria. The result was a split in the community, with a significant portion opting to remain with YCA for the time being.
YDA had enough funds from various other groups on Roblox to begin to set up The Roman Empire. While his developers worked on a permanent map, an older Alexandria map was used for the main province. Later, YDA leased the temporary map of Germania from a shut down group. Released on May 1, 2020, the Province of Germania used DR Tech. The province would only be in use for a couple weeks while the developers worked on a new map.
=== Roman Aegyptus (2020) ===
On May 16, 2020, Roman Aegyptus would be released. The Province used a modified version of Lake Tech, and was one of the longest lasting and most fondly remembered provinces in YDA's Rome. The Province had no gate, so there was a heavier emphasis on Legions guarding the walls of the province. The province itself had was characterized by bright, yellow brick which was the default material for the roads, walls, and buildings. Beyond the gate, you could find various monuments, until you reached one of two rivers. Upon crossing the first river, you would arrive on an island. On this island was the Emperors Palace. While being large and mostly empty, it was off limit to anyone but immune legions, the Praetorian Guard, and the Gens Julia. After crossing the second river, you would find yourself at the outsider camp, a series of small huts and mines that outsiders would spawn at.
With the group at around 1,000 members, there would be multiple security breaches. On May 25, a major admin abuse (AA) incident would occur, with many players having their ranks removed, and the Trello Index of Legislation being deleted.
Despite this, the group would continue to grow. On June 3rd, The Roman Empire would reach 2,000 members. On June 7th, Roman Aegyptus would reach a concurrent player count of 85, which at the time was extremely rare. By June 12th, the group would reach 3,000 members, then 4,000 on June 19th, and 5,000 on June 26th. 
July would mark an explosion in the group's growth, as from when the point when The Roman Empire reached 10,000 members on July 9th, they would consistently gain 10,000 members per week until reaching 100,000 members on September 12th. Three days later, on September 15th, Aegyptus would reach 180 concurrent players, a record for the Ancient Genre. By this point, the members of YCA's stagnant Rome would almost all join up with YDA, leaving YCA's Rome to die by the end of the year. To cement the dominance of YDA's Rome, the Senate would pass Lex Romani Fidem on September 22nd, 2020, making it illegal to be in any other Ancient Era group not affiliated with YDA.
Overall, many large scale events would occur at Aegyptus in 2020, including large outsider raids and public games. By October, however, work had begun on a new province.
=== Roman Germania ===