Misronian Empire

The **Misronian Empire** was the classical period of the ancient civilization of Misronia. It ruled over a vast territory which included the majority of the Euphaglic continent. After the accession of the great Imperator Augustian, he transformed the Misronian state into a powerhouse of the whole continent with the city of Brisma and the province Misronia as its center and capital. Over the years, Misronia expanded, and soon it reached its peak, stretching from the coasts of the Theonian Isles to the far east of Euphaglas.

As it expanded, it soon reached a point where governance of territories could not be effectively exercised. Furthermore, given the vastness of the Empire, it took long before news could reach the capital Brisma and for the Imperator to act upon it and issue orders. As a result, local leaders grew in power as they were given autonomy to act in the name of the Imperator.

Later, due to the weakening of Misronian leadership and political instability under the Imperator Flavinius Florus, he was forced to split the Empire into two to stabilize it. Multiple Imperators shared control over the split Western and Eastern Misronian Empires.

After the fall of its Western side to the Erdgehens, it marked the end of the Classical Era and thus began the New Age.

## History

### The Early Empire

Little is known during the Empire's early years except during the rise of Augustian to the Misronian throne. Augustian's reign marked a significant rise in Misronian

### The Middle Empire, Rebellions and the Crisis of the Emperors

The Middle Empire was dotted with wars, rebellions and instability. Securing the Western and Eastern frontiers during wartime was difficult for a large Empire. If the imperator was close to the border in the East, there was a great likelihood that an ambitious general or governor would rebel in the West and vice versa. This opportunism during the wartime troubled numerous governing imperators and in fact it gave the way for a large number of subsequent imperators to ascend to power.

The Empire then sank into years of civil wars, collectively known as the Crisis of the Emperors, where the rapid succession of multiple Imperators destabilized and weakened the Empire. The wars not only drained the economy, but it also took away the military's ability to quickly act upon major invasions on its frontiers. In the Theonian Isles, Alboricius the Usurper proclaimed himself the first Emperor of Theonia. In the East, various governors proclaimed independence and shattered any sense of governance. Other provinces followed soon.

By 257, one man would eventually step in and managed to rein back the revolting provinces and defeat Alboricius. Domiticus Lucius won a series of victories which managed to reunite and stabilize the Empire.

### The Split of the Empires

By the time of Flavinius Florus in 384, the Empire, plagued by dissent, corruption and invasions from tribes and nomads. The tumultuous era has also shown a large gap economically and politically between the Empire's Western and Eastern provinces. The East, which was home to almost 65% of the Empire's population, generated wealth that allowed it to prop up the whole Empire's finances. Back in the Western provinces, only 35% lived.

The primary cause of the west's economic woes was the decline in agricultural productivity, which raised food costs. The east sold luxury items to the west, but the west had nothing to trade. The government started creating additional coins with less silver content in order to make up for the shortage of money. The result was inflation. Finally, the flow of trade was impeded, particularly in the west, by piracy and invasions from nomadic and barbaric tribes.

As a result he was forced to split the Empire into two to allow it to be governed and managed better

This marked the creation of the Western and Eastern Misronian Empires.