Filii Caesar

*"When I saw the FC fighters I already knew what was going to happen, the nightmare. The FC are fanatical and incorruptible: if they kill for an idea they can just as well get themselves killed for one; in either case, terrorist or martyr, they are monsters" - Anatolian Refugee*

## Filii Caesar

### Motto:

În Dumnezeu, Loialitate Sau Moarte
(In God, Loyalty or Death)

### Key People:

Corneliu Zelea (Romanian Cell)
Mihai Antonescu Sulla (Anatolian Cell)

Horia Bogdanovic (Balkan Cell)

***Filii Caesar* (FC)** formally known as **Roma Invictus** during the 1990s, is a large insurgent force created during the Roman Separatist Movement in the 1990s to support Thracian fighters in Northern Turkey, however a modern rebirth had happened due to ideological subversion by the ***Eastern Roman Republic*, (ERR)**. The ERR has been conducting ideological subversion in the near by Balkan/Eastern European states in hopes to grow their support abroad as well to muster foreign fighters willing to do dirty work that the ERR can not conduct themselves. Although, the FC is not singular group, they are different factions and cells that communicate with each other to organize attacks and insurgent campaigns against their enemies. The Balkan, specifically the cell in Romania acts a head and does have most of the ERR contacts, and contacts of all FC cells - this helps when different cells need to be activated for conflict.

The group has a main stronghold in Romania and gives orders to other pockets of FC forces in the different influenced zones. These zones include; the Balkans, Anatolia, and Russia - the activity of each zones varies due to different operational activities.

## **History & Origins**

The FC was formed in the wake of the Roman Separatist Movement, consisting of the mostly volunteers from neighbouring nations, such as; Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia. They would come and fight with the Thracians of Northern Turkey against a historical adversary. However, nearly instantly radical and extreme elements began to form mostly from the Thracian factions that wanted to distance themselves from such fighters. They take the ideology of the Liber to the utmost extreme following in the footsteps of the times of the Roman Empire and their ethnocentric ideals. However, religion of late has greatly influenced the movement with introduction to the Order's Nicaenism - even though Eastern Orthodoxy was a central column of ideology among the Liber, the influence from the Order's beliefs began to morph the group into religious fanaticism along with ERR's ideological fanaticism.

This fanaticism was shown in the Roman Separatist Movement where many of the FC would commit acts of war crimes; mass graves, crucifying POW's, and using illegal weapons of war - such as gas, etc. Because of the extreme element of the group, the main NRP tried to distance itself from the group - trying to stay a legitimate political movement, however many rumors suggest the group and NRP collaborate and keep a beneficial alliance.

## **Conflicts & Activity**

### **Roman Separatist Movement (1992 - 1996)**

During the Roman Separatist Movement, the FC and the NRP fell under one banner at the time, fighting the oppressive Turkish state that had kept an iron fist on the Thracian people of Northern Turkey. However, during 1994, a group of fighters seemed to be more than the movement bargained for, they were Roma Invictus extremists - trying to revive the extreme ideology of Romancentroism. The idea of Rome and it's beliefs come first, and other cultures and religions were deemed inferior and a threat and if the people did not summit they would be eliminated, this grew the divided between the two groups and eventually led to the split of the NRP and FC.

The FC kept fighting a brutal war against the Turks while the NRP fought still with brutality but did not commit as many or severe war crimes. Near the end of the war, the fighting by the NRP and Turks died down for peace negotiations, however the FC still fought on - committing the same atrocities. The FC in the region settled down after the NRP gained a independent ERR, although some cells kept fighting - which led to infighting in the FC.

This led to years of silence from the group as the command structure split into different cells and the group was paralyzed till the late 2000's when the FC reemerged as a decentralized insurgent force, with new aims and shifting ideological beliefs. Further, with the FC cells reemerging many would spread into different regions, such as solidifying positions in the Balkans and a part of Turkey now known as Anatolia - this made many regional nations unsettled when the news was released about the emerged FC and evidence of spread.

### **Red Movement Uprising (2016)**

During the **Red Movement** Uprising in the ERR capital in the spring of 2016, it was clear the ERR was facing a huge threat to their state and beliefs. As liberal groups in the country tried to gain more support, merging with Socialist and Communist groups. They hoped to bring a government change and thus a "Progressive" government. Eventually, mass protests broke out in the capital, with militant leftist groups attempting to overthrow the NRP and the Senate at the same time - this resulted in the NRP in response sent out their **Finis Specialis Seminarii Unit** (Special Purpose Unit) forces to crush the uprising.

The protests turned extremely violent and the Red Movement began to target civilians and other non-combat personnel over their beliefs, after the first hours the reserve Legions were called in to deal with the uprising and exterminate the insurrection. This caused the FC to send forces to the capital - dressed as civilians with only arm bands to identify themselves, they were responsible for killings of families that had ties to the Red Movement insurgents, the killings would drive the Red Movement to stand down. But the FC and the ERR State Security would hunt the last of the insurgents down, and even gave the last three to the **Frumentarii** to be taken to **State Security Black Sites**.

The FC fighters since disappeared as quickly as they emerged in the city and have not been active till the **War in Anatolia -** the fighters who were in the city during the crisis were not identified and non were taken into custody by ERR internal affairs.

## **Objectives:**

The objective of the FC is to create a "*Romanized*" state, one that follows their extreme Romanization and religious ideology. This is the main priority for the group, which is seen as a threat to many - however the group will use any means to achieve this goal; insurrection, assassinations, fear mongering, political sabotage, etc.

An unofficial objective would also try and reunite with the ERR state or become a puppet state to the ERR regime but this is unlikely, due to the distance the ERR must put towards the FC.