Sicilian Rebellion

The Sicillian Rebellion is a conflict that began on March 20th at 7pm EST when the Byzantine Republic occupying the island of Sicily rebelled from the Athenian Empire. It caused a large level of fragmentation in Italy and Greece. The war lasted two and a half hours and resulted in technically the rebellion's failure, and the abandonment of mainland Italy. However, the majority of Byzantine ended up free as the nation of Pakistan after declaring independence from Byzantine. 
== Cause ==
Sbevebob2.0 (leader of the Byzantines) cited the Athenian cast system and lack of democratic governance as justification. A number of people suspect that due to Sbevebob2.0's history of arbitrary behavior, the rebellion may have been completely spontaneous. After the war was over, it was theorized that the purpose was to specifically steal New Athen's beacon, as the Byzantines specifically stole it while their country was getting destroyed.
== Timeline ==
Note: all times are in EST
=== 3/20/21 ===
==== 6pm-7pm ====
6:49pm: Butternalso posts in land claims that he and four others are seceding from Athens and forming the Byzantine Republic. He claims the island of Sicily and the capital of New Athens.
6:50pm: IAmSeamonkey informs Origamicraft of the immanent rebellion.
6:56pm: Butter is officially kicked from Athens.
==== 7pm-8pm ====
7:01pm: MintyMichael declares that the Byzantines cannot secede with the city of New Athens, but are free to secede with Sicily.
7:05pm: MintyMicheal makes the secession official.
7:20pm: Origami states that he will not be declaring war in reponse to the declaration of independence.
7:20pm: Butter officially declares war on New Athens.
7:21pm: Origami gives the order for all Athenians to log off the server (one player does not heed the order, resulting in minor damage to New Athens City).
7:24pm: Staff announce that they are investigating the legitimacy of the war and whether or not Byzantium is a war faction.
7:25pm: Origami retracts his previous statement by saying that war may be possible.
7:40pm: The war is made official by JennyBudew.
7:42pm : Egypt and New Zealand privately suggest that they may join on the Athenian side.
7:51pm: Василий attempts to take New Athens City and secede from the New Athens, forming Athens.
7:54pm: While the secession had not yet been confirmed, Origami endorses the secession saying "he built it, he can have it" confusing many.
==== 8pm-9pm ====
8:07pm: The Athenian Secession is confirmed.
8:30pm: First round of Peace Talks Begin.
8:30pm: New Athens offers peace terms: Byzantium is disbanded, and all rebels will be permanently exiled from Athens. the terms are rejected.
8:32pm: Byzantium offers peace terms: Byzantium becomes Italy, and annexes all Athenian land in Italy. These terms are also rejected.
8:33pm: New Athens offers peace terms: Byzantium is disbandde, Athens abandons Italy, and the former Byzantines form a new Italian nation. These terms are rejected.
8:34pm: Numerous people begin volunteering for Athens.
8:38pm: First round of Peace Talks end in failure.
==== 9pm-10pm ====
9:05pm: Pakgaameing47 requests to secede from Byzantium with Sicily.
9:08pm: The request is denied due to the fact that they tried to claim all of Byzantium.
9:11pm: Butter unexpectedly accepts the secession as he actually still holds the southern tip of mainland Italy. The new nation is dubbed "Pakistan" and confirmed by staff.
9:23pm: Byzantium Capitulates, due mainly to giving away the majority of their land to Pakistan.
== Treaty of Sicily ==
The treaty was put into place in staggered portions from approximately 9:30pm-10pm 3/20/21. whilst technically an Athenian victory, they still suffered major losses of territory, due in part to the lose of members to both Byzantium, Athens, and Pakistan. Ultimately, the nation of Pakistan would not be particularly relevant, and the nation of Athens would combine back with New Athens shortly after the war ended.
Terms:
* Byzantium is disbanded.
* Athens unclaims all Italian lands except the city of Rome.
* All Italian Athenians are exiled.
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