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**The Roman civil war was a civil conflict between the various provinces of Rome which eventually led to the total collapse of Rome**

## Background

### **Background**

Following it's relatively quick rise to power, Rome experienced heavy instability because of it's extremely decentralized government. It was then uncovered that the ruling Democratic Socialist party had ties with the Mafia, which caused mistrust between the various provinces. The first conflict began when Serbia and Greece disputed Macedonia and Thrace.

## Pre-War Events

### Balkan Unrest

Following the formation of Rome, Yugoslavia and the Balkans were partitioned internally in favor of Bulgaria and Croatia at the expense of Serbia and Greece. This led to general dissatisfaction from Serbians and Greeks in the country and they sought revenge against Bulgaria and Illyria (Croatia). Greece also sought to take Northern Epirus, which was an Albanian province. This split in the Balkans was only worsened by Macedonian rebels attempting to seize Nis and Skopje and forming a Serbian proto-state in Macedonia.

### The Mafia Scandal

Although the Democratic Socialist party was relatively popular with the people of Rome, it's rise was attributed to help and funding from the Sicilian Mafia, although reporters were silenced by the Roman Secret Service, it eventually got out which caused outrage.

### Free French Partisans

Free France, or the French Government in Exile was a small state that existed in the last French colonies in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, the existence of this state caused unrest in Southern France as they wished to secede and join this state, but Italian troops were able to keep them from revolting

### Maghreb Unrest

The Maghreb and Morocco's integration into Rome was entirely decided by higher ups. French leaders gave Algeria without the permission of local governors, and Morocco's secret deal to join was entirely discussed between the leaders of Rome and Morocco. This lack of information between the people and Rome heavily contributed to the Maghreb's secession

## The Colapse

### **The Third Balkan War**

After the Mafia Scandal, Serbia and Greece immediately seceded from Rome and declared war on Albania, Croatia, and Bulgaria, leading to the Third Balkan War, a conflict somewhat seperate to the rest of the Roman war. In the south, the Bulgarians and Albanians led a campaign against the Greeks that swiftly knocked them out the war. But a military coup led to Greece's reentry. Another successful campaign against Greece was fought, which made them give up Corfu to Albania and Thessaloniki to Bulgaria. In the north, Albania quickly occupied Kosovo with the help of Albanian rebels, however, Croatia struggled heavily. Slovenia seceded and fought their own civil war, leading them to join CETO. While Serbian rebels formed the Serbian Republic of Srpska and the Krajina. The Croatians struggled to fight back the Serbians, although they were able to successfully defend Sarajevo. Zagreb fell, and the situation seemed hopeless after Serbia annexed parts of Bosnia. But after a Bulgarian offensive in the West, Croatia was able to push the Serbians back, forcing them to surrender and ending conflict in the Balkans. Bulgaria, Croatia, and Albania then declared independence from Rome and joined the Warsaw Pact

### Central European Negotiations

Slovakia was able to secede with no opposition and immediately went to CETO for protection, while Hungary went to the Warsaw Pact. Banat was given Vojvodina after the Third Balkan War but were swiftly invaded and annexed by Hungary in a joint invasion with the Soviets.

### Italian Civil War

Sicily and Naples both declared independence from Italy after news of the scandal reached them. Italy, unable to deal with the unrest in France gave the region to the European Confederation while holding Savoy. They then fought a costly campaign in the South which utterly failed, leading to a communist coup that took over the North. Naples and Sicily negotiated for sovereignty and the region was fractured.

### Middle Eastern Secessions

Turkey declared independence from Rome, however Kurdistan declared independence and an all out war began in the region. In the Levant, Kurds declared independence in Syria and the region fell into complete anarchy with every nation entering a multi-sided civil war

### Maghreb and Spain

Libya and Egypt both seceded and secured independence from Rome, however, the Maghreb was able to mantain some stability over the East. Spain declared independence, however they had to fight Catalonia and Basque rebels. The Maghreb took this opportunity to occupy South Spain, which forced Spain to peace with the Catalonians and Basque. Francisco Franco was installed as the leader of South Spain and their presence in the Gibraltar Straits was secured/

## Aftermath and Impact]

The sudden collapse of Rome left a massive vacuum of power in Europe, Rome kept both the Soviets and CETO in check but with their absence, both sought to influence the countries created from the ashes of Rome

### **Consequence**

Evidence of war crimes in Croatia and Serbia committed by both sides were found, leading to a deep hatred between the Balkan nations that participated on each side of the war. In Italy, the southern states were devastated economically from the costly fighting in the region. In Spain, the Francoist regime suffered from a failing economy, and in North Spain they fell into economic depression, similiar to the South. Maghreb's mistrust and instability between the government and people grew. While in the Levant the civil war continues to take innocent lives