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Ballomar

*Ballomar*: "genommen von den dunklen mächten. gefoltert verstümmelt. deutsche, wem dienst du?

(Translates as: taken by the dark forces. tortured mutilated. Germans, who do you serve?)

*G\*rms*: "CHAOS."

- Ballomar gathering the Germanic tribes for the Marcomannic Wars.

**Ballomar** was the chieftain of the Marcomanni tribe and with his allies, revolted against the Roman Empire, seeking to destroy civilization forever.

## "Trivia"

* Ballomar's rise and the Marcomannic war marked the beginning of Germanic tribes as an organized fighting force that would become one of the major causes in decline of Western Roman Empire the Late Antiquity.
* Despite being defeated in Marcomannic War, his war was able to put a stop to Roman's plan to annex "Sarmatia" (Hungarian Plain) and "Marcomannia" (Moravia, Slovakia and Bavaria north of Danube) due to display of its weak frontier defenses along with increasing organization of Germanic tribes.
Primus

**Marcus Antonius Primus** was a senator and general of the Roman Empire born on Cybertron who came to Earth to help the Romes eventually taking Rome and beheaded Vitellius himself.

## "Trivia"

* Primus is based off of Optimus Prime with the helmet and Bayverse sword, which maybe a pun based on his cognomen "Primus".
Gallienus

Saloninus (Son)

**Gallienus** was the Roman emperor in the mid-third century crisis and one of the most powerful of the period. the son of the humiliated Emperor Valerian, Gallienus was able to hold the empire together despite having to fight so many threats at the same time and modify his army to suit his needs (basis of Dioclesian's future military reforms).

## "Trivia"

* Gallienus was known to end the Christian persecution of his father, Valerian, but was ommited from Unbiased History due to its bias towards Roman paganism until the Constantine's episode.
* One of Gallienus' consequential actions was promotion based on merits leading to "Illyrian Emperors" due to many officers coming from Illyrian region.
* Gallienus was murdered by his officers--plausible conspirators including Claudius Gothicus and Aurelian--rather than the Praetorian Guards.
* While it is true that he had trouble dealing with traitors and usurpers on his side of the empire, there is also no evidence that he did anything to help his captive father.
* The unreliable Historia Augusta (probably written by a member of the Senate or sympathizer of the latter) portrayed him and other emperors who were of the army as tyrants or complete useless rulers, which is obviously not true.
* He was the longest ruling emperor during the crisis of the 3rd century.
* During his rule he faced about 30 userpers
* He was considered as another Majorian as both of them almost restore the empire, but fruitlessly failed as a result.
Helena

Saintly figure (by Dovah)

Helena Augusta

Helena of Constantinople

Constantine II (grandson)

Constantius II (grandson)

Constans (grandson)

 Minervina (former daughter-in-law)

Fausta (former daughter-in-law)

**Helena** was a benevolent woman who became the wife of Constantius I and the mother of Constantine the Great.

## "Trivia"

* There are explanation that Helena's secret Christian worship influenced Constantine along with possibility of Constantius I's amnesty for Christians fleeing from The Great Persecution.
* Much of Helena's origin is left unknown, mostly resulting from post-Constantine records omitting her early life.
	+ One explanation is her status as Greek, who originated from Bithynia and worked as a stable-maid by the time she had a child with Constantius I.
	+ Another (less likely) theory popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth is that she was a daughter of a Welsh King named Coel Hen.
Michael III

**Michael III**, or "Michael the Drunkard", reigned from 842 to 867 after Theophilos with his mother serving as his regent until 856. He earned the moniker "The Drunkard" for his supposed debauchery. Much of the administration was done by his mother (Theodora the Blessed) and later his uncle (Bardas).

His reign would be ended by his friend, Basil I the Macedonian.

## Trivia

* Michael III would be shown as these two drawings depending on interpretation.
	+ Chad: Like Nero and Caligula, his negative characteristics would be shown in more positive light.
	+ Virgin: He would be shown as inept emperor whose "competency" was done by his subordinates.
	+ Both as shown in Commodus, where the main episode would show him as Virgin but shown as Chad (with Basil I as Virgin) in next episode's flashback.
* Allegedly, he is the father of Leo VI as his mother Eudokia may have been pregnant with his child before being married off to Basil I.
* He was noted by Arab chroniclers to be a capable commander, which he took an active part in military campaign in Anatolia.
Diadumenian

Diadumenian was a co-emperor who reigned with his father Macrinus from 217-218 until they both lost in battle against Elagabalus. Diadumenian outlived his father for a few weeks before he was executed in 218 at the age of 9.

## Trivia

* If Diadumenian would have appeared he would probably had been drawn as a virgin like his father due to their failure to keep power against the Severans.
Marcus Aurelius

* Young
* Co and Sole Augustus
* Elderly

Lucius Verus (Adoptive brother)

Lucilla (Daughter)

Commodus (Son)

**Marcus Aurelius** was The last of the 5 Good Emperors, and the second-to-last of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty. His reign is noted for the smallpox pandemic that wiped out a tenth of the population of the Empire, and for the Marcomannic Wars which had posed the biggest threat to the continent since the Illyrian Revolt over a century prior.

## Biography

Born in Rome in the year 121, he was initially given the name of Marcus Annius Verus. As he grew up, the Emperor Hadrian quickly took note of this young man, who was already a budding philosopher and writer. As he was too young to properly succeed Hadrian, the Emperor named Antonius Pius as his heir on the condition that he made Marcus and Lucius Verus his own heirs to the throne.

When Marcus ascended to the throne, he proved himself to be the more serious and studious of the two emperors, as the younger Lucius preferred to party and go on campaigns against the enemies of the Empire, including Parthia.

Early on in Marcus' reign, he was tested by one of the greatest crises to yet face the Empire- the Antonine Plague, a smallpox pandemic that wiped out a tenth of the population and as many as one in three legionaries who contracted it. This, in turn, lead to the weakening of the Northern border defenses along the Danube, allowing the Marcomanni Germs under Ballomar and their allies such as the Quadi, the Vandals, and the Sarmatians to invade the Empire en mass and begin the incredibly destructive conflict known as the Marcomannic Wars, making it the first time when an enemy army invaded Italy since the Cimbrian War over three centuries prior. Marcus would spend the rest of his life fighting the barbarian hordes, composing his life work \**Meditations*\* along the way- a book of philosophy still widely studied and referenced today,

Sadly, he was murdered by Commodus, who seized the throne and attempted to execute Maximus along with his family. Years later, Maximus was able to avange his emperor and family by killing Commodus in a gladiatorial combat.

## Trivia

* Many scholars assumed that his book, Meditations, was only published post-humously from his letters written during his personal time-off.
* What was left out of Marcus Aurelius were his devotion to stoicism through sleeping on a stone floor with only his scholarly robe, and his mourning of his late teacher being defended by Antonius Pius.
* Marcomannic Wars was ended by him through resettlement of tribes in border region rather than sudden end by his son Commodus.
* His demise in Unbiased History was based on the plot of Ridley Scott's Gladiator, where he was killed by his son Commodus rather than an illness that was shown in the "joke" clip from Severan Dynasty episode.
Justina

Julius Constantius (Grandfather)

Gratin (Stepson)

Valentinian II (Son)

Constantius I (Great Grandfather)

Diocletian (Adoptive Great Great Great Grandfather)

Galla (Daugter)

Theodosius I (Son in law)

Galla Placidia (Granddaughter)

Constantius III (Grandson in law)

Honoria (Great Granddaughter)

Valentinian III  (Great Grandson)

Western Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire

**Justina** is a woman known for her beauty (also her impressive breast) and a mother to Valentinian II.

## "Trivia"

* Her marriage to Magnentius as a child was tongue-in-cheek nod to Zosimus' disagreement with her first marriage to him due to being too young for such union.
* While Socrates Scholasticus's account recorded Valentinian I's legal code for bigamy, it is possible that this was to ignore divorce--a concept disdained by Christians at the time but legal in Roman society--and villify Justina due to her Arian Christian beliefs,
	+ This is also emphasized when Valentinian I banished his first wife Severa.
* Along with Valentinian II, she also had Galla, Grata, and Justa with Valentinian I.
Pliny the Elder

**Gaius Plinius Secundus** called **Pliny the Elder**, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic *Naturalis Historia* (*Natural History*), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field. He died while trying to save his friends after Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Decius

Decius (*Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) (201-251)* Was roman emperor from Late 249 until 251

## In "Unbiased History"

### "The Crisis of the third century"

Decius was first seen as one of the few non corrupt and still chad senators who convinced Philip the Arab to simply ignore the rebellion as they would calm down, impressed as it actually worked Philip thought of him as a genius and put him in command of the Danube Legions, however they revolted and threatened Decius into guiding them against Philip or else he would die, forcing Decius to betray him while the legions proclaimed him as the emperor, as Philip marched against them thinking of Decius as a traitor, Philip attacked him getting his ass whopped and also getting killed, the senate recognized him and his son Herennius Etruscus as co-emperors even naming him **TRAIANVS**, as emperor Decius cracked down on degeneracy. restoring the censor, and making the citizens provide sacrifices, which the christians inmediantly ignored that, which of course led into another persecution campaign, but that also coincided with the Antonine Plague being a fickle bitch due to eastern magic and coming back, ravaging the empire's population, Decius then decided to give the powers of great censor to his most respected man in the empire, Valerian but he rejected it, meanwhile Cniva marched through Dacia sacking everything on his path, and besieging Philippopolis, Decius marched towards them alongside his **LEGATES** but the gothic hordes were too much, with Philippopolis destroyed Cniva marched against Decius, during the fight Herennius got killed by an arrow, and then Trebonianus Gallus, like the total piece of shit he was, betrayed Decius by giving Cniva his battle plans and movements, as his troops got surrounded and killed, that made Decius the first emperor to die in a battlefield

## Trivia

* Decius decided to overthrow Philip by himself and not due to the coercion from the army.
* It is unlikely that Gallus betrayed him due to heavy losses incurred upon Decius' Army and joint rule with his surviving son, Hostillian.
* In modern day iran, some persians say that something belongs *to the age of decius* meaning it's oudated.
* He may compared to Anthemius, because both of them were rather competent rulers but suffered from unfortunate situations.
* In Byzantine mini series, he along with Nero and Diocletian would be vilified due to the series’ context of heavily Christian period and his role in persecution of Christians.
Numa

**Numa** was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious beliefs as his religious lunatic behavior demonstrated and several political institutions are attributed to him, such as the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cult of Mars, the cult of Jupiter, the cult of Romulus, and the office of *pontifex maximus*.
Anthemius

**Anthemius** is the regent to both Aelia Pulcheria and Theodosius II after the death of both Aelia Eudoxia and Arcadius until their eldest daughter Aelia Pulcheria came of age. He is also the grandfather of Procopius Anthemius.

## "Trivia"

* Anthemius was one of the major reasons on the longevity of Eastern Roman Empire as his focus on strengthening the region, reforms of the administration, and construction of Theodosian Walls in Constantinople allowed it to survive unlike the Western part of the empire.
* As stated in the video, much of his later life was unknown due to his early death (either execution or natural causes) or retirement into obscurity.
Scipio Africanus

**Scipio Africanus**

Scipio Asiaticus (brother)

Aemilia Tertia (wife)

Scipio Aemilianus (adoptive grandson)

Tiberius Gracchi (grandson)

Gaius Gracchi (grandson)

## In "Unbiased History"

### The Punic Wars

Publius Cornelius Scipio was the son of Publius Scipio, who was killed in Iberia by Hasdrubal. Scipio first appeared after his father and uncle’s death scene, and he was one of the lucky ones who actually survived the slaughter at Cannae .

Scipio then returned to Rome, and got himself elected consul promising to conquer Iberia for Rome. After that he headed straight for Cartagena, and he took it with only 500 men in a very brilliant night attack, and after that obliterated Hasdrubal in battle and crushed the remaining punics by pulling the same trick Hannibal did at Cannae.

After hearing about the defeat of Hasdrubal in Italy Scipio decided to attack the punics in Africa, but instead of asking the senate for legions he gathered 30 warships and 7,000 men, and then game asked the senate and they approved and landed in the Numidians in a civil war, and took the pretenders side and one making Numidia a Roman ally.

Carthage now scared shitless of Scipio recalled Hannibal from Italy to defend Africa. Finally freeing Italy from his tyranny. The outcome of the second Punic war would be decided at Zama where Scipio and Hannibal finally met. The punics started off with a failed elephant charge allowing the numidians to take out the punic calvary. Both armies then clashed with the hastati going up against the mercenaries easily winning, then the punic recruits came in and the principes came to the rescue, but the punic veterans were still intact. To finish the battle Scipio had the hastati and principes in the center and hastati at the wings and both sides clashed with it being indecisive for both sides until the numidian calvary returned and Hannibal fled.

Scipio was gracious in victory Iberia was annexes by Rome, Numidia became independent, and Carthage was to pay even more reperations and to never conduct foreign policy without the Roman wise counsel. Scipio then returned to Rome had a triumph and gained the epitheth Africanus.

Republican Deathrows and after

In the begging Scipio can be seen in the background mocking Hannibal for loosing at Zama after Hannibal started working for the Selicuids then Scipio defeated Hannibal again at sea with his brother Scipio Asiaticus.

After this Scipio died off screen as the next time we saw him he was a ghost visiting his grandson Tiberius. After this Scipio made several cameos mostly as a head, his final appearance at the end of Rome XIX - The Fall of Rome.
Romulus

* In his prime
* After Being King for Years

***Romulus*** is Remus’ brother and the founder of Rome. He and his brother were raised by a she-wolf before they were old enough to live with shepherds. Remus was later captured by the barbarians during an orgy, To save him Romulus raised an army and layed siege to Alba Longa. They broke through and killed the usurper while freeing the hostages. Their grandfather, Numitor, proclaimed both of them kings of Alba Longa but they refused, instead they took some Trojans and founded Rome. While building the city walls, Remus was pushed of the walls by a barbarian and put out of his misery by Romulus. Romulus then become the sole ruler of Rome, while realizing that the barbarians were truly evil.

## In Ubiased History

### Rome I: The Roman ""Mythology""

In a desperate attempt to save civilization, Mars impregnated the daughter of Numitor, former king of Alba Longa, and from that union Romulus and Remus were born.

After Numitor's brother, a half-barbarian who has recently usurped the kingdom; hearing this news, he ordered a servant to kill the babies in the river, but the servant's Trojan blood overrode his orders and put them both in a basket instead. The brothers were guided by Tiberinus and end up with a she-wolf, who lovingly raised them (teaching them that even animals hated degenerates) until a shepherd found them.

Years later and with multiple abilities (such as being descendants of Aeneas, sons of Mars, being raised by a she-wolf and educated by a shepherd) Romulus and Remus became great leaders. They were loved by women, respected by men, and (unfortunately but not unexpectedly) hated by barbarians.

## "Trivia"

* In contrast to mythical Romulus's less benign portrayals with his murder of Remus, and instigator of The Rape of the Sabine Women, Unbiased History portrayed him as heroes and fictionalized the former as being done by a barbarian with the latter being done by Sabine Women.
* The Unbiased combined the two accounts, one involving a storm taking him during troop inspection with the other had Romulus being raised to heaven by Mars.
* An ancient source speculates that Romulus was actually murdered in secret, with his body being dismembered and his remains dumped in multiple places. Those responsible for the assassination are believed to have been either senators out of jealousy, the patricians or the Sabines, as revenge for the death of their king and for because Romulus had taken all power for himself after that.
Pupienus and Balbinus

### Aliases

Poopyanus (Pupienus), Babbleanus (Balbinus), trash that are worth less than a mill, c\*nts, total failures of an emperor, dogsh\*t brothers, motherfu\*kers, fatfu\*k (Balbinus only), Basiliscus 2.0

### Relatives

All garbages of every corner in the world

### Affiliation

Colleges(Formerly), Enemies (Until their deserved deaths)

## Biographical information

### Date of death

238 ADAged 75 (Puppianus)
Aged 60 (Balbinus)

### Religon

Greco-Roman paganism (Nominally)Typical garbage religion (Actually)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Garbage

Poopyanus *(Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus)* and Babbleanus *(Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus)* were two rubbish that worth less than a mill and had a combined IQ of -1 who ruled together and literally the moment they were made Augusti the plebs revolted out of sheer disgust which led them to go and make Gordian III as a Caesar. They were also known for playing lame jokes as Bibulus did to each other and met their end as they fought against each other so the Praetorian Guard (for once in their existance) did the rightful thing: Kill these two bollocks.

## "Trivia"

* Pupienus had a bit more competence as he was able to stall Maximinus Thrax at Aquileia, which they engaged in scorched earth policy and forced Thrax into a siege that ended with him being killed by mutinous soldiers.
	+ Furthermore, his old age and lack of interest in power meant that Balbinus tends to show more of his incapability.
* Much of their weakness also stemmed from their inability to rule together along with Balbinus's poor administration of Rome.
* The series omitted their bodies being paraded around the city after their assassination.
* They deserved the title " Failure Of An Empire" as their reign had almost no successes, rather than Valens because he was a decent emperor.
* "They were both shit, didn't trust with each other and ended up being killed." A famous online historian called Spectrum commented on these two emperors. Perhaps it justified them for being virgins.
Charles V

Charles V was a member of Hapsburg, whose face was horribly deformed due to inbreeding.

## Trivia

* In reality, Charles V wouldn't have been present during Rudolf II's time as he died 18 years before his reign.
* While Charles V had notable chin that would mark the dynasty's "Hapsburg jaw" due to intermarrying between their family, at least in his youth, Charles V had a prominent facial hair by adult age.
Magnentius

Magnentius (*Flavius Magnus Magnentius)* (303-353) was the general who usurped against Constans and married Justina despite being a child, his march was stopped by Vetronio cucking him by false usurping he was defeated by Constantius II at Mon Seleucus and then in the alps and ashamed, killed himself.

## Trivia

* Magnentius' marriage to Justina as a child as a reference to Zosimus' disagreement with his marriage to Justina due to being too young for such partnership.
China

Han China is a empire mentioned in the 5 good emperors episode as well as dovah's now Deleted Q&A video. Both the Roman Empire and Han China seemed to be aware of each other. it is also Mentioned in the Dovahtty Vidio. China Still exists today as a communist Dictatorship

## "Trivia"

* Roman Empire was referred as Daqin, or "great China" due to being an equivalent imperial power in the west and seen as main sources of glassware.
	+ In contrast, China is generally seen in less positive light by the more ascetic leaning Roman Patricians due to silk being seen as excessive luxury and drain on treasury with an unsuccessful attempt to restrict its usage.

* While Unbiased History asserted that diplomatic mission was sent to China, the reliability of such source were up to debate but there were Roman enterprises who made it to China.
	+ In fact, there was one such attempt by Imperial China but was abandoned due to long distances along with possible sabotage by Parthian ambassadors.

* Historically, there were no official diplomatic contact between Roman and Han China with one attempt being abandoned due to long distance and misinformation on travel routes by Persian officials.
	+ Interestingly enough, Byzantines would obtain silk worms during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in 6th century CE while the Tang Dynasty in 7th Century CE would harbor the last Sassanid Emperor Peroz III, who was crowned as Sassanid Shah as an exile and his son serving as a General.
	+ Constans II's reign also had embassies in Chang'an, the capital of China in 7th century, whose records also included some part of records on Byzantine-Arab conflicts.
Josephus

**Flavius Josephus**, or Josephus, as a Jewish Historian during the reign of Vespasian. One of his famous deeds was his chronicles of First Jewish-Roman War, where his patron Titus participated in the final battle at the Temple Mount. Due to his loyalty to Roman Empire and a good friend to Flavian Dynasty, especially Titus, he was drawn as a Chad albeit with a large nose and bushy beard( he is jewish if you don't know!). Furthermore, he would receive his offscreen death by 100 AD/CE.

## "Trivia"

* In contrast to unbiased history Josephus remained a controversial source on Roman Judea due to his seemingly turn-coat nature as he started as a rebel before working for the Romans later on, also having heavy bias towards Romans (especially towards Vespasian and Titus).
* His character design is based on the engraved printing from William Whiston's translated works.
* Josephus was well known for having a magnum dong, one factor that led to his assertion that the Romans knew his capture would lead to the end of the war (First Judean Revolt). He was proven right with the war switly ending within four years.
* He remained as a slave untill Vespasian freed him when he became an emperor and he later adopted the Flavian on his name.
Andronikos IV

**Andronikos IV Palaiologos** was a byzantine usurper that started the Byzantine civil war of 1373-1379, after Murad I made the empire an Ottoman Vassal, while failing initially he would gain the throne in 1376 only to rule for 3 years before being deposed by his father John V Palaiologos in 1379, later dying in 1385.

## Trivia

* Because of his attempts of revolting, depending of how John V would be portrayed he could either be:

-Wojak: if John V was portrayed as a incompetent doomer wojak.

-Chad: if John V was portrayed as a virgin.

-Virgin: If John V was portrayed as a tragic chad.

* He joined forces with Murad I's son who was also revolting against his father.
Fausta

**Fausta** is a minor character and possibly a reincarnation of Dido. She is (possibly) responsible for the death of Crispus and was Constantine’s wife from 307 until 326, reigning as empress for 19 years. She is the daughter of Maximian and the sister of Maxentius.

## In "Unbiased History"

### "Constantine The Great"

Fausta was the daughter of Maximian, who was engaged to Constantine in exchange for him staying neutral in the conflict between Maxentius and Galerius. She would later give birth to 3 sons: Constantine ll, Constantius ll, and Constans. With 3 more daughters, being: Constantina, Helena, and Fausta. She also helped Constantine in dealing with her father, Maximian, who repeatedly tried to conspire against Constantine. According to Dovahhatty, Fausta was overtaken with lust towards Crispus, Constantine's Firstborn son and her step son. So she tried seducing him, but she failed. So instead she Claimed that Crispus had raped her, and Constantine devastated that his best and favourite son had done so, had him executed. Later, when he visited his mother, Helena, aware of her evilness, she told him that Fausta had lied to him. In his fury, Constantine executed Fausta by throwing her into a hot bath, suffocating her to death.

## "Trivia"

* Due to the contrived nature of her death, namely hot bath, it is inferred that Crispus and Fausta did have adulterous relationship with the hot bath being Constantine's botched attempt at erasing her pregnancy.
Caligula

**Caligula**, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, DEVS, God, Neos Helios, or The most Chad Emperor, was a Roman Emperor that was one of the best emperors of all time.

## "Trivia"

* While sources on Caligula has been questionable, all of them do shared the account of him as a somewhat decent Emperor until his illness six months later.
* While it was true that he put Claudius as a Consul, Caligula was also known to bully him.
* Caligula’s effective administration places him as one of the best emperors on par with Aurelian or Augustus.
Constantia (Daughter of Constantine)

**Constantina** was the eldest daughter of Constantine I, she played a major role in stopping Magnentius writing to an Illyrian general Vetranio to take power. once her brother was available he married Constantina to their cousin Gallus and after he proved to be a shitty caeser Constantina went west but died of illness. After Gallus said it was Constantia’s fault for him getting captured caused Constantius II to get mad for him blaming his late sister and executed Gallus.

## Constantina

### Aliases

Flavia Valeria ConstantinaSaint Constantina

### Relatives

Constantine I (Father)Fausta (Mother)

Hannibalianus (First husband)

Gallus (Second Husband)

Constantine II (Brother)

Constantius II (Brother)

Constans (Brother)

Helena the Younger (Sister)

Fausta the Younger (Sister)

## Trivia

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Galba

## Servius Galba Caesar Augustus

**Galba** (/ˈɡælbə/; Servius Galba Caesar Augustus; Latin: [ˈsɛr.wijʊs ˈgaɫba]; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was Roman emperor from 68 to 69, the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors. He was known as **Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba** prior to taking the throne as a result of his adoption by his stepmother, Livia Ocellina. The governor of Hispania at the time of the rebellion of Gaius Julius Vindex in Gaul, he seized the throne following Nero's suicide.

Born into a wealthy family, Galba held at various times the offices of praetor, consul, and governor of the provinces Aquitania, Upper Germany, and Africa during the first half of the first century AD. He retired during the latter part of Claudius' reign with the advent of Agrippina the Younger, but Nero later granted him the governorship of Hispania. Taking advantage of the defeat of Vindex's rebellion and Nero's suicide, he became emperor with the support of the Praetorian Guard. His physical weakness and general apathy led to him being dominated by favorites. Unable to gain popularity with the people or maintain the support of the Praetorian Guard, Galba was murdered by Otho, who then became emperor.

## "Trivia"

* In reality, Galba is a physically weak person that wasn't helped by his advanced age.
* Galba's strict disciplinarian mindset made him unpopular among the Romans.
Rome XIV - The Crisis of the Third Century

*"the World ...Is Doomed".*

- Dovahhatty's definition for the crisis of the third century (and the closing words of the episode following A V R E L I A N's assassination by the pr\*etorians).

The **Crisis of the Third Century is the 14th episode of the Unbiased History of Rome.**

In this particular episode it is explored the aftermath of the end of the Severan dynasty, and shown the worst era of the Roman empire: The **Crisis of the Third Century**, also known as **Military Anarchy** or the **Imperial Crisis** (235–284 AD). It was a period when the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of barbarian invasions, migrations into the Roman territory, civil wars, pleb rebellions, political instability (with multiple usurpers competing for power and the rise of many soldier emperors), plagues, debasement of currency and economic depression.

## Synopsis

*"the Severan dynasty is over. The effects of the mismanagement of the last emperor begin to materialize in discontent and crisis, but the Romans will not only have to deal with the usupers in these times, they will also have to fight against the new tribes of g\*rms and the resurgence of an ancient evil in the east. the days where the empire became one of iron and rust have begun ... and only one can restore the known world from doom."*

## "Trivia"

* The opening used in this episode is based on Naruto Shippuden op 16 "silhouette" by Kanaboon.
	+ This was the first time when the video was struck down by Youtube's copyright due to usage of Naruto Shippuden's Kanaboon opening, which was under Sony's copyright, which led Dovahatty to use a fan version with the original being on Bitchute.
* The Credit song is Komm Susser Tod from The End of Evangelion.
* While inflation and coin debasement from corrupt minters were main issues of Third Century crisis, Maximinus Thrax may have exacerbated the issue--if not caused it--as a means to increase payments to his Legions.
* Cannobaudes was the Gothic king that Aurelian defeated, whose name coincided with Cniva two decades earlier.
* Much of portrayals of Aurelian is based on his campaign in Rome II: Total War, especially his mask.
	+ Furthermore, the epilogue narration on Aurelian's death severing the thread of prophecy and resulting world being doomed is paraphrased from Morrowind's "game over" if any essential NPC's were killed.
Barbarians

Barbarians are savages that spend their existence destorying and ravaging anything they can see. Due to these horrendous traits, the Gods would create Trojans, whose first civilizations would be destroyed and found their new home in Italy peninsula that would laid the foundation of Rome. Eventually, most of the barbarians would either be contained and pacified by the Romans until the Germans poured into the western half of the Roman Empire and sparked a dark age.

## "Trivia"

* Barbarians itself came from the greek word *barbaros*, which meant anyone who don't speak Greeks.
* As Unbiased History is a comedic retelling of Roman History with heavily skewered views towards Romans, much of the non-Romans were villified or portrayed as savages.
	+ The Greeks were generally considered as pinnacle of culture that would soon be adopted by Romans.
	+ Carthaginians and Persians were on-par with Romans as they also had writings, high culture, and cities.
	+ While Celts were generally less urbanized, their chain-mail would formed the basis of early Roman's Lorica Hemata armor.
		- Furthermore, Celts are generally diverse in terms of tech and culture with those in Iberia being more urbanized from Mediterranean culture influence in contrast to more sparsely populated villages of Gaul.
	+ Germanic tribes would generally more egalitarian--especially on women--compared to Romans.

* While Romans were known to have disdain towards "barbarians", the empire is generally pragmatic enough to hire their services in exchange of citizenship--or even hiring the whole tribe or kingdom in exchange for client state status--due to need of tactical flexibility (namely cavalry or archers), or manpower shortages (namely foederati of Late Roman Empire).
* In order to differentiate with Romans, many of the barbarians have specific styles.
	+ Nomadic tribes--such as Scythians--were drawn as Spurdo Spärde.
	+ Germs are drawn as Wojaks with red eyes and sneering face with Goths having demonic features along with being adorned in demonic armor.
	+ Gauls are Grugs adorned in blonde beards with few of them having only one eyes.
	+ Britons are drawn as Norf FC memes with their Scottish kin adored in kilts.
	+ Persians are drawn based on Osprey books, reenactment photos, and visual representation of Persian figures but with red eyes and demonic features.
	+ In Byzantine series, Slavs were drawn as longneck brainlet meme while the Bulgars are three-eyed Grugs dressed in turkish outfits.
Joannes

***Joannes*** was an important political figure and later emperor in the late Western Roman Empire.

While he was a pretty good guy, his reign was practically doomed from the start, with Valentinian III claiming the title of Emperor of the West and being deposed by forces loyal to the latter.

## In "Unbiased History"

### "Rome XIX - The Fall of Rome"

Some time after the death of Honorius and without someone as a replacement, the dispute between the generals of Constantius III caused one of them, Castinus, to proclaim a prominent local known as Joannes to the position of emperor.

But this provoked the ire of the family of the previous emperor, declaring that Valentinian III was the true heir (with Bonifacius supporting that declaration to attack Castinus and cut grain supplies to Italy) with 2 barbarians sent to kill Joannes.

Knowing that he could not win without an army, he ended up receiving the help of the most capable man of the moment: Aetius, who accepted because of his deep dislike of the current state of the empire.

Surprisingly he managed to capture Ordabur (one of the barbarians sent to kill him) but left him live, allowing him to convince the guard to help him escape; this was the end of Joannes, who was later tortured to death in front of Galla Placidia (the mother of Valentinian III) before Aetius could do anything to save him.
Satan

Angra Mainyu

The other scourge of God

**Satan** is the enemy of Deus in the world of Unbiased History, seeking to destroy all that is civilized and usher in hell on earth. Amongst his schemes are the creation of Monophysitism, the Plague of Justinian, resurrecting the Ostrogoths, bringing about the birth of Koshrow II, and the rise of Phocas. He is the main antagonist of the Byzantium Eposode with the Zoroastrian Sassanids and the Monophysites as his main pawns.

## Appearances

### In Unbiased History of Byzantium

1. Unbiased History: Byzantium I - The Eastern Empire
2. Byzantium II - Justinian The Great
3. Unbiased History: Byzantium III - Madness and Devils

## "Trivia"

* As Unbiased History was based on satirical bias towards Romans and (Orthodox) Christianity; Satan was portrayed as instigator of Christian schism (despite sharing enmity towards Satan) or non-Christians (even if Zoroastrians have a dualistic good vs evil morality)
* There is a lot of theological debate about Satan, he is only mentioned once in the Old Testament as an entity, and that could be a traduction error, Satan being the hebraic for "betrayer" or "enemy", his role in the New Testament is also confusing, as he is identified with Jesus' direct adversary
* His portrait seems to be based upon the *Deeds of the Antichrist*
Elephants

SPROOT :D:D:D- A quote from an Elephant

### Areas Inhabetid

Southern Africa, Southeast asia and India (Previously north Africa and the middle east as well)

Elephants are a Type of Sprudo in unbiased history. They are first seen with Hannibal and later during the Crises of the Third Century.

## Trivia

* Elephants are actually extremely intelligent and be able to feel emotion; in fact, they even visit their dead and preform burial rituals.
	+ Due to these traits, they also tend to flee from extreme danger--such as spikes, fire, and sounds--which resulted in nearby soldiers being trampled and disorganizing lines.
* The majority of Elephants used between Roman's times--used by Romans, Greeks, and Carthaginians--came from the now-extinct North African branch, which is smaller than both Saharan and Indian elephants but easier to capture as a result.
* Elephants are in danger of becoming extinct, however many groups are working to help them and are making progress.
Avitus

**Avitus** was one of Flavius Aetius' officials and briefly a Western Roman Emperor, which was bestowed upon him by the Visigoths but became unpopular as a result. He was overthrown by Majorian. (who made him a bishop) but Ricimer later killed him.

## In "Unbiased History"

### "Rome XIX - The Fall of Rome"

Avitus was one of the staff among Flavius Aetius staff who was responsible for interpretation between the Romans and Germanic tribe. After the sack of Rome by Vandals and the death of Petronius Maximus, he was crowned as a Roman Emperor by Theodoric II but later overthrown by Majorian. Not wanting to slay a fellow Roman, he was made a bishop in far away area until being killed by Ricimer before he went there.

## "Trivia"

* Avitus was purportedly starved to death in a dungeon after he was overthrown by Majorian and Ricimer, former of whom being most likely responsible for his fate.
* While the Goths under Theodoric II supported Avitus as the Western Roman Emperor, he was also supported by the long-neglected Gallo-Roman nobility--which was also Avitus's origin--and the Legions.
* In early part of his career, Avitus was also a tutor to the sons of the Gothic king Theodoric, two of whom being Thorismund and Theodoric II.
Nikephoros II Phokas

**Nikephoros II Phokas** was the Emperor who assumed the throne after the death of Romanos II and a decorated General who retook Crete after 140 years since Muslims from Spain conquered it. While he was married to Theophano, the arrangement was for political ties and slept in separate quarters. His reign saw military successes against the Arabs in Anatolia and construction of monastic buildings with Mount Athos being his memorable achievement. His reign came to a brutal end in 969 when John I Tzimiskes and his conspirators killed him in the bed chambers.

## Trivia

* Due to his successful military campaign before and during his reign, he would most likely be drawn as Chad.
* Nikephoros became pious after the death of his first wife, Stephano, to the point that he swore off meat and possibly took up chastity.
	+ He also took up sleeping on the floor even during his reign as an Emperor.
Mundus

Mundus is a Germanic general who was subdued by Justinian's divine Aura and served loyally until his end at Italian campaign.

## "Trivia"

* Mundus was actually a mercenary of Gepid origin, a mixed Germano-Hun tribes, who claimed to trace his lineage to Attila the Hun along with his acceptance of invitation to Theodoric The Great's court in Italy after the death of his father Giesmus in a battle.
* In contrary to the video, Mundus willingly pledge his allegiance to Justinian and even known for his immense loyalty after becoming a Magister Militum of Illyria.
* Mundus had a son, Mauricius, whose death caused him to be enraged enough to launch a massive attack that crushed the Goths but mortally wounded as a result.
Alboin

Alboin is the first king of the Lombards.

## "Trivia"

* Alboin was considered first king of Lombardy along with being last of the Germanic migrators from Elbe.
* Alboin was deeply feared by the Romans for his martial prowess, which he not only defeated the Gepids but also conquered the northern areas of Italian peninsula after the devastation of Gothic War.
* In reality, Alboin was usurped by Helmichis (his step-brother and bodyguard) and Rosamund (his wife and daughter of Gepid king he killed), but were forced to flee to Byzantines due to opposition led by his sucessor Cleph.
	+ Furthermore, Lombards' 10-year interregnum occurred after death of Cleph two years into his reign.
Kavad I

**Kavad I** is the ruler of Sassanid Empire during the reign of Anastasius. Other than his war against Romans during Anastasius, he is also known for being the father

of Khosrow.

## "Trivia"

* One notable omission on Kavad is his role with Hephthalites--or White Huns--who took him as a hostage after defeating his father before releasing him in exchange for ransom and later aided him in retaking his throne from a usurper named Sukhra, which the debt was imposed on him that led Kavad to invade Byzantine Empire in order to procure wealth.
* While Khosrow was known for his excellent rule, Kavad was also responsible for laying the foundation of his successes (creating a census for a reliable tax system, founding education institute called House of Wisdom, and forming an army after its devastation in wars against Hephthalites).
* Initially, Kavad endorsed Mazdakites--an egalitarian religious movement formed by a former Zoroastrian priest named Mazdak--only as a mean to clamp down on nobility along with their properties until his measures lead to discontent from Zoroastrian priesthood.
* Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, king of the Lakhmid and one of the commanders in Kavad's invasion into Levant, was the main perpetrator of 400 Nuns being burned rather than Kavad.
Aemilianus

**Aemilianus** also known as Aemilian, was Roman emperor for three months in 253.
Commander of the Moesian troops, he obtained an important victory against the invading Goths and was, for this reason, acclaimed emperor by his army. He then moved quickly to Roman Italy, where he defeated Emperor Trebonianus Gallus at the Battle of Interamna Nahars in August 253, only to be killed by his own men a month later when another general, Valerian, proclaimed himself emperor and moved against Aemilian with a larger army.

## In "Unbiased History"

### "The Crisis of the third century"

Aemilianus first appeared after being sent by Trebonianus Gallus to go deal with Cniva and his Goths which he did with the help of Decius's veterans. After this Aemilianus was proclaimed emperor as it was either him or Gallus and he then landed and Italy marched on Rome with his army of Decius's veterans destroyed the praetorian legion sent to stop them which caused Gallus to flea north only to be murdered by the praetorian guard. But it wasn't long before Valerian was seen entering Italy causing Aemilianus to march north where he was met with the largest army in the empire led by it's best legate and Decius's veterans not loyal him to begin with defected him leaving only enough men to make him share the fate of Gallus.
Gaius and Tiberius Gracchi

**Gaius and Tiberius Gracchi**, or Gracchi Brothers, were two Plebeians who started Populares in response to Patricians' immense wealth.

## "Trivia"

* Due to their connected history, both Gaius and Tiberius were posted into single page in contrast to individuals-based page.
* Gaius and Tiberius were Patricians from their mother, Cornelia.
* Tiberius Gracchi only surrendered due to his Mancinus withdrawing at night and leaving him and the rearguard to be overwhelmed by the Numantines--the tribes in Hispania--as a result.
	+ Furthermore, the deeds of his father in attacking Hispania and securing peace with them was the reason why the Numantines spared him and the survivors.
* In reality, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchi were seen as heroes for their goal to alleviate poverty through grain-dole (distributing subsidized food rations to lower class romans) and land-reforms as Patricians' Latifundium had bankrupted small private farms that led to large unemployment and overcrowding in the city of Rome along with large wealth inequality.
	+ Furthermore, the Roman Army's pre-Marian property requirements meant that Rome would face problems in recruiting new soldiers as it locked out majority of manpower during the time of conflict.
* Ironically enough, Gracchi brothers' grain-dole would later be adopted by Imperial Rome, which was founded by Octavian--the nephew of a Populares named Julius Caesar--until its discontinuation by Heraclius due to financial strain from Roman-Sassanid Wars along with loss of Egypt and its vast agriculture by Arab Conquest.
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey, or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic, he was part of the 1st triumvirate untill the senate and the world's biggest Caesar hater Cato the Younger started whining and bitching about Caesar being evil, which lead to Pompey betraying him, even then he was still viewed as a friend by Julius Caesar, after suffering defeats at Caesar's hand he fled to Egypt, where Caesar prepared to pardon him, it was then than pharaoh Ptolemy XIII had the fucking "genious" idea of assassinating ***A CONSUL OF ROME, AND SHOW HIS HEAD TO CAESAR.***

## "Trivia"

* He along with Brutus were rare depiction of heroic Chads who turned evil.
Ricimer

**Flavius Ricimer**, AKA Arminius 2.0 is a Germanic Barbarian of Visigoth-Suebi descent who sparked the collapse of the Western Roman Empire through the murder of Majorian as well as his backing of ineffective successors in order for the Germans to destroy the Empire. He had merged from all the treacherous Praetorian guards from previous times, and nobody liked him. I hope he burns in hell, and you should hope so too.

## In "Unbiased History"

### **"The Fall of Rome"**

Ricimer is introduced in the army at a young age. He personally witnessed Alaric sacking Rome, and was thus inspired by him. He would then lurk about in the background until Geiseric had sacked Rome again, leading to him and Majorian overthrew the unpopular Avitus. Despite Majorian making Avitus a bishop, Ricimer still killed him, and elevated Majorian as emperor for the purposes of puppetry. It backfired massively, causing him to initiate a massacre of Majorian and his fellow Aetian veterans, including the pope.

He then elevated a weak senator named Libius Severus as emperor, but was challenged by Geiseric, ordering that Olybrius be emperor instead. Unable to get help from the east, he betrayed Libius and had to accept Procopius Anthemius as emperor. However, Procopius was another puppet who refused to be one, so he had him removed as well, finally accepting Olybrius as emperor, but not for long, as he would die soon after.

He is seen in the ending montage with the shadows of Odoacer, Attila, Alaric, and Geiseric in the background, overseeing Stilicho, Aetius, and Majorian.

## "Trivia"

* It is known that while Ricimer's massacre and Pope Leo's death both took place in 461, both are unrelated events, as Leo actually died peacefully.
* It was actually Ricimer who spared Avitus and Majorian who ordered his death later, presumably starving him in a dungeon.
* Although Ricimer himself shown to be ruthless and ambitious who ruled through series of puppet Emperors, he fought against the Germanic tribes encroaching the remains of Roman Empire.
* He is also the uncle of Gundobad, the future king of Burgundians and inheritor of Magister Militum, who also executed Anthemius. Gundobad's brother, Chilperic II of Burgundy, was the father of Clotilde, who married the Frankish king Clovis I.