Modern Roman History

## The Changing of an Era

In 2019, Hachiman, Emperor of Rome at the time, slowly executed his agenda to depart from the traditional Roman roots of the clan into something entirely different. In early 2019, Hachiman the Benevolent Usurper officially changed the clan name from Romes Legion to Hachiclan. This official destruction of Rome marked the end of a 7 year Second Dynasty of Emperors that started with Arkaten in 2013. With Grand Guru and Vespasion departing Runescape , the duty fell on the father of Rome and founding Emperor of the most powerful clan in Runescape history:

## Part I: Ground Zero

### 1. Reforging of the Eagle

In early, 2019 there were no legions. There was no Rome. Ten years of Roman presence in Runescape, from SPQR\_Caesar to Hachiman, were now abandoned to wikia archives. No eagle and numerals were existent. When Arkaten, half retired from the game itself heard news of Rome's fall, he initially tried to put it off...but he could not. After meeting an aspiring battle mage named Rex Magi, Arkaten and Rex together founded Rise of Rome which would serve as a new Roman Empire to be ruled more effectively than the last. This was looking promising, but Rex Magi soon vanished without a word for over a month. It was in this time however, that Arkaten pushed onward alone.

### 2. Return of the Legion

Arkaten, in collaboration with Lollie who by now had proven herself to be a skilled clan leader, joined together with the help of several old legionaries and new motivated acquaintances to form the clan Gladiatorial, after months of success and growth, both in the battlefield and in the clan's internal affairs, Arkaten, Lollie, Vuclan and Spirit Koi, and the current council decided to turn Gladiatorial into the historic Rome's Legion.

### 3. Rome the Prosperous

At the beginning of the year 2020 Lollie, who had served as Legate to Rome for many months, experienced not only in clan affairs and leadership but also an excellent player, was chosen by Arkaten to become Empress of Rome. Arkaten had to temporarily leave and decided it was time for Lollie to take full leadership of Rome, with her background, there was no doubt in his mind that she would turn the clan into a more prosperous and flourishing clan.

Lollie appointed Vulcan and Andrewdh to the council to help with the managing of this mammoth of a task. With months of hard work and patience, Lollie and her team reached new heights never accomplished in the years prior by the Roman Empire, though clan wars and pvp events became less common, Rome succeeded in other avenues which made it a beyond prominent clan, aside from making the clan mostly p2p and teaching the majority of its members how to be successful at pvm Rome managed to take the Roman Citadel to its peak at T6.

In the early months of 2020 Lollie accepted Arkaten into Rome and allowed him and Andrewdh to lead the 2nd Legion, a bold statement by the Empress that Rome was here to stay. After several months of inactivity, Andrewdh and Arkaten talked to Lollie and decided that Rome would become stronger if the two Legions unified under one Rome, once again. Andrewdh and Arkaten, upon returning to the 1st Legion, were placed in leadership roles. With the return of several old Romans, including people like Maggie, IceFire and Lt Wild and once emperor Vespasion, Lollie decided with the aid of Arkaten, to instill the concept of pvp and warring back into Roman culture, adding to the already great empire she and her council created. The future of Rome looked both promising and exciting, with old leaders and new working side by side for the betterment of the empire.

### 4. Fidelity of Brotherhood

What appeared to be Rome at its peak instead resulted in the near complete destruction of the Legion. Weeks after the 2nd legion came back and joined the 1st legion, tensions arose; tensions between Arkaten and the Romans who shared his beliefs of an actively warring Rome and a deputy known as dk, whose words controlled the Empress. Rome began to turn into a purely pvm clan, to the extent that the only way to gain promotion was to either attend or host pvm events. Arkaten and a group of loyal Romans decided that they would not stand for this, and thus executed their plan. Arkaten respectfully approached the Empress of Rome, and asked for the name "Rome's Legion", which he had created back in 2013 to be returned to him, so he may once more attempt to restore it. Yet no one expected what occurred next. The Empress respected the previous Emperor and agreed to give up the name, something Arkaten was extremely grateful for. However, his gratitude was short-lived when the deputy dk easily convinced the Empress not to give up the name, due to a personal issue he had with Arkaten. The Empress chose to ignore her high council, which was in agreeance to the name change, and instead followed dk's advice and denied Arkaten the name " Rome's Legion", a move they would later regret.

Upon being informed of this, Arkaten contacted his old friend King Empire (previous leader of Overload Zealots, which had been Rome's Legion years ago) and worked out a deal; he would lead the old roman clan again. King Empire and the rest of Overload Zealots (many of them old legionaries) in true Roman style, gave Arkaten the crown and allowed him to lead once more what he had created in 2013. Upon returning to leadership Arkaten, his team of ambitious legionaries, and a couple of Lollie's officers decided to counter by renaming the clan Rome's Legion, adding another space between the words and officially declaring Lollie and dk's legion dead. With a swing of the sword, pvm Rome was no more and true Rome had officially made a comeback. Even after these accomplishments, the Emperor and his men were not finished yet. Aside from reviving the legendary clan, they also proceeded to bring with them a large number of true Romans who were loyal to Rome, who swiftly abandoned Lollie and dk.

When the conflict erupted, it was not just citizens of Rome who answered the call of Arkaten. When Grand Guru, a Roman of old, heard that a civil war had arisen, he brought his band of men named House of Sagittaire to Arkaten and swore their service unto Rome. The House of Sagittaire was skilled in the art of the bow and vowed to serve as archers in Rome's armies. On that day, Rome was greatly empowered with rangers to fight against the mages of her enemies.

As Lollie and dk had lost most of their officers and a large portion of their clanmates, they asked Arkaten to stop taking their people. Arkaten and his men assented, as all who might have stayed true to Rome had already followed them to the reborn legion.

The fidelity and brotherhood shown in those days by great Romans such as Che, Vespasion, Andrew, Vulcan, Icefire, King Empire, the House of Sagittaire, and many more, is the only reason why Rome stands beside us today. Their actions on those crucial days lead to the successful return of Rome. With the return of Rome, came the unity of brothers long lost, men such as Darth Wredd, Lt Wild, Damocles, SPQRMax, Grand Guru, Amandarella, Phoniex, Maxx, Monger, and many others such that that if all names were here, they would fill the pages of history.

With this historic combination of heroes and legends serving Rome, she was on her way along a glorious path. The enemies of Rome were struck down in two short days in what is remembered as **The 48 Hours (22MAY2020).**

## Part II: The Golden Dawn Edit

### I. Battle of Rising Eagle Edit

Two days after The 48 Hours, Rome through Darth Wredd was invited to a battle and entered into a 200 person clan war on the side of Furious Swag. It was of unfortunate circumstance that Emperor Arkaten could not lead his men, so he appointed Grand Guru and Darth Wredd to command the armies of Rome that day. Rome numbered 30 soldiers and four great battles were fought in purple portal. When the enemy came out against Rome on the field of turrets, the brother and sisters of the Empire joined together and smote them with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them 71 to 0. The enemy wished to battle Rome and Furious Swag five times, so Rome obliged and although scarcely fell in the second battle, Grand Guru rallied the troops and led them unto a spot to trap the enemy and destroy them. It was the final battle however that uplifted Rome in the most glory. Fighting on the map of their home field, Rome started south and assumed Tatum Silva for the first part of the battle. Once the enemy had been drawn towards the center of the map, Guru and the armies of Rome charged towards the jail and attempted to establish the Northern Infigens. Although Guru died upon reaching the destination, Rome did hold the jail and killed many of the enemies assaulting it before ultimately being overwhelmed by the entire hostile army. By the time the Roman defenses had fallen however, the allied forces had done enough damage to secure at 37-0 victory.

It was on this day that Rome returned to the world in power and glory, winning three out of four battles and turning hundreds of people into first-hand witnesses of the greatness of Rome.