Imperium Romanum

The Roman empire is one of the big galactic powers and first saw space travel in 2152. Its built upon the ancient and eternal city of Rome with other big cities on their main planet being Mediolanum, Carthago and Ravenna. The empire was founded in 46 before christ by imperator Augustus and saw expansion throughout the centuries. After 1500 years of conquest their planet was finally under the rule of one empire with the emperor who united the world being called Augustus Justinianus II. When the romans first started space travel the colonization of their two moons began. During the 23rd century however crisis struck the empire as forces from outside the relatively peacefull planet started invading with tech far beyond the romans own. After decades of war, internal conflict and economic ruin the empire emerged more powerfull than ever. Through guerilla warfare and the adoption of the enemy technology the romans were able to conquer the enemy and expand into an interplanetary empire. After this came the 6 great generations where the empire saw extensive modernization and economic growth. The empire expanded its ever growing reach across the galaxy and quickly grew into one of the great galactic powers. Currently the romans are lead by the council of emperors. The council was established by emperor Aurelian III to balance the power in the empire and make it less prone to employing tyrants. The leader of the council at this time is emperor Thrawn I. The empire's ambitions are large as ever and its navy going through an overhaul to strengthen its grip on its territories. With new technologies coming into the empire every day the future looks bright as the romans form new alliances and strengthen their position in galactic politics.

## Wars

**the imperial conquests**

The imperial conquests is the era of roman expansion from around 2500 to 2900. The biggest of these conquests was the subjugation of the lugdunensis system which was a campaign where the romans conquered an entire solar system which was largely uninhabited and made it into a formidable fortress. Other notable conquests include parts of earth and ares.

**the helheimic wars** The helheimic wars were two wars where the romans and helheimians fought each other. The first one consisted of the battle of harvest where the roman flagship and only capital ship was destroyed. The ship (IRMS Vindicta) was later recovered and became the flagship of admiral Naektas. The second helheimic war (also called the fake war) was a war in which no action was taken and the conflict was resolved peacefully later.

**the wars of the crisis** The wars of the crisis is a common name used for the wars against the invaders during the crisis of the 23rd century in which the main enemy was Vercingetoran empire. These wars ended in a victory for the romans but at a high cost. The planet only recovered 200 years later.

## Factions

Imperialists:

The imperialists are the biggest faction within the empire and stand for expansion and the subjugation of other entities. They have the most seats within the council of emperors and the current head of the council of emperors is the main leader of the imperialist faction. Their politics are authoritarian in nature but can swing from left to right depending on the current leader.

Republicans:

After the dissolving of the SPQR over 200 years ago some people still long for democracy. The republicans are the biggest faction when it comes to this. The republicans have notable army leaders on their side like admiral Naektas and general Agrippa III. Their politics go most ways as they only really focus on democracy. Due to there not being as much popular support for democracy after the imperial conquests and recent economic boom their reach is limited.

Technocrats:

The technocrats are surprisingly a big faction within the empire having key figures such as co-emperor Shockwave on their side. Their biggest powerbase is in coloniam VI where a big portion of their population want technocracy. This group is regularly suppressed by the government as to keep them down. And lately it has worked and their support base is slowly becoming smaller.

Communists:

The communist faction is mostly a remnant of the absorbed and assimilated roman union. For example a big number of the well known roman union soldiers are communist leaning if not directly communist. As big a faction as they are they do not really have any key leaders within the government as of this moment. The group has gained a bit more traction lately as the USSR has formed and other galactic powers have turned to communism.

Militarists:

The militarists are a group with a lot of influence over the decisions of the empire. They caused the sudden expansion of the navy and now want mechs to be built for the empire to strengthen the army. Their support base is mostly on the roman home planet and surrounding area.

## Notable Generals and Admirals

Grand admiral imperator Thrawn: the leader of the empire and best stragetist in newer roman history, Thrawn has led many glorious campaigns and has a bright future of conquest in front of him.

Head of army staff general Agrippa: general agrippa is the man in charge of most army decisions and has influence over the council of emperors. His strategical prowess was shown during the conquest of the lugdunensis system and subsequently got a promotion and a flagship. His flagship is the IRMS glacies and he leads a small escort fleet to protect himself

Admiral Naektas: Admiral Naektas is one of the younger admirals who shows great promise and is hoped to lead the romans into glory in the future. His flagship is the first executor ever made and is called the IRMS Vindicta. He leads one of the bigger roman fleets and is also in charge of protecting planeta byzantium.

Field marshall Belisarius: named after one of the greatest generals in roman history and one of the brightest officers of the modern empire field marshall Belisarius shall do his namesake proud. He is in charge of the artillery in the army and the defence of lugdunensis.

Imperial legate Bonifacius: Bonifacius is an ambitious and eager commander who seeks out battle and crushes his foes. He was taught by Agrippa in the ways of conquest and served during the noxathor campaign. The experience gave him honed skills and let him learn from the tactics of the noxathorians.

Head of the varangian guard Hardrada: Hardrada is a once helheimian recruit in the roman military who now serves as head of the varangian guard. He protects the council of emperors and is in charge of the protection of the capital of Rome. He has left his home on helheim for oppurtunities in the roman empire.