Historia De Magna Terra

**The Historia de Magna Terra** is a series/collection of historical records in the capital of Vindelicorum that officially serves as the official timeline of history for the nation, its history of its predecessors and more.

**Period I: The Letton Civilization Golden Age**

1600-1500 B.C: The Letton peoples migrate from (Insert Location Here) and settle along the northern coast on the Dukaritsu Sea. The exact reason for their migration is unknown to modern historians, nor their history prior to their arrival in modern Lettonia. The region’s name is derived from these people who speak a language likely from the Runasimi family, and write in a very crude tongue.

1500-900 B.C: The Lettons spread throughout the northern regions, specifically in modern day Tingitania, Cappadocia, Galatia and into modern Orientalis Lettonia. They create a vast, interconnected civilization, with one major figurehead, the King of Kings, who reigned from the city of Ollantaytambo, which is known as the ‘City Made of Gold’. The Letton Empire, as it is often called, is officially believed to have been established around 1020 A.D.

900 B.C-200 B.C: The Letton Empire’s Golden Age and decline, as it vassalises the modern regions of Novo Lusankya, the western kingdoms of Linkers and Sha and takes over all of modern Lettonia except for the Medatri Peninsula. However, by the end of this period, cracks begin to show and the seams begin to split.

195 B.C-145 B.C: Collapse of the Letton Empire. Civil wars and linguistic divisions lead to the collapse of the once great empire into dozens of fragmented little kingdoms and nations, mostly along river lines such as the Rubicon, who’s Runasimi name is unknown. Many of these nations are lost to history, though it is known that Vilcabamba, Vitcos, Choquequirao and Ollantaytambo were some of the most important.

145 B.C-136 A.D: City State Era. Apart from some conflicts, the Letton states remain peaceful and separate. Conflicts are minor in scale, and very rarely do larger alliances build up to contain other threats.

139 A.D: Prince Ixkun is born in the city of Vitcos, and prophecies decree he shall be a great unifier and conqueror, immediately earning the ire of other Letton kings.

141 A.D: The first contact between the Lettons and the Medatri nations occur. The OogaBooga Medatri were only known for oral storytelling, and did not keep complex records, so their rich and unique history before encountering the Lettons is vastly unknown. However, apart from the occasional interaction, the two sides are relatively hostile to one another.

156: Ixkun becomes king of Vitcos, and swears by prophecy it is his destiny to conquer and unite the lands under his dynasty. He raises vast armies with his allies to pave the way towards reunification of the land.

157-172: Ixkun’s Conquests. King Ixkun leads his armies across the lands, conquering, pillaging and uniting for close to fifteen years, before he finally conquers the ancient, sacred city of Ollantaytambo, overthrowing its king. Ixkun is crowned King of Kings, thus beginning the Vitcosian Empire.

172-191: Ixkun’s reign. However, apart from his great conquests, Ixkun is not that good of a leader, however his sons train in the art of diplomacy and negotiation rather than war. When Ixkun dies in 191, his son, also bearing his name, takes the Vitcosian throne.

194/196: The territories of modern Poggersania and Orientalis Lettonia are added into the empire, though modern Novo Lusankya remains a valuable ally.

199-206: First Medatri War. The first of several major, bloody conflicts between the Lettons and Medatris are fought, though nothing is gained by either side.

191-214: Reign of Ixkun II.

214-237: Reign of Ixkun III.

237-249: Reign of Ixkun IV.

249-268: Reign of Ixkun V.

261-267: Second Medatri War. This is a Letton victory, securing control over parts of the northern peninsula.

268-269: Reign of Ixkun VI. He is sickly, and died heirless and the Vitcosian Empire falls into disorder and disarray with various factions claiming power.

269-283: Vitcosian Civil War/Crisis of the Third Century. Despite the hardships, another one of Ixkun’s descendants manages to win out, though the Vitcosian Empire is extremely weakened.

283-290: Reign of Ixkun VII as King of Kings.

290-303: Reign of Ixkun VIII.

303-323: Reign of Ixkun IX.

311-320: Third Medatri War, the Medatris briefly unite to push the Lettons out of their land, further weakening the position of the King of Kings.

320-331: Reign of Ixkun X. The position further decreases, and he raises a massive army to conquer Linkers and Sha, hoping to raise morale, achieve glory and solve monetary problems. However, he dies before he can proceed on his conquests.

331-340: Reign of Ixkun XI/The Great. Briefly restoring glory to Vitcosia, Ixkun XI conquers Linkers and Sha, vassalizing them into the empire and adding more Medatri vassals to his gauntlet, however, he spends the entirety of his reign at war, and eventually is assassinated by his tired, weary soldiers. Heirless, the Empire again falls into civil war.

340-344: Second Vitcosian Civil War/Collapse of the Vitcosian Empire. Once again the region splinters into a series of independent city states, though in 345 Vitcos is destroyed and sacked by Medatris.

345-1200: Second City State Period. Not many records have survived from this period (Also because I’m friggin lazy), though there appears to have been heavy off and on fighting between the Medatris, Lettons, and internal fighting, as far fewer prominent states are mentioned.

1204-1210: The First Arab Invasion. The Arabs devastate northern lands, especially around the Carigdosa Sea, though the Lettons unite together to repel the invaders. 1211: At the Battle of Pumptu Field, the Lettons amass an army of 120,000 against the Arabs 80,000, and use 110 Dunian War Elephants, which the Arabs have yet to face. The Arabs are crushed in battle and sent fleeing back to Arabia, however, Letton unity does not survive.

1234-1238: Second Arab Invasion. The Arabs, believing they are equipped to face the Letton war elephants, are initially successful, conquering large vast swaths of the land before they are again defeated.

1239: Formation of the Letton Confederacy. Realizing uniting together will survive and prevent further devastation at the hands of the Arabs and Medatris, most of the Letton tribes and nations unite into a confederacy centered around the ancient city of Ollantaytambo. It isn’t a democracy, or any form of it, rather, kings and princes of various nations represent their peoples.

1257: The Arabs invade for the third and final time, mustering a vast army of 210,000 men. The devastation is unseen as before, and the Arab invasion plunges deep into the land.

1258: The Arabs sack Ollantaytambo, reducing the old city of gold to ash, and nearly breaking the back of the Confederacy, though it manages to prevail. Remains of the old city are still visible to this day.

1259: The Arabs launch raids and skirmishes with the Medatris, and they decide to unite similarly and form the Medatri Federation, with a similar structure as their northern counterpart and organization. They quickly begin raising an army to assist the Lettons.

1260: Battle of Aconquija. The Arabs reinforced army of 189,000 faces off against the combined Letton-Medatri Coalition army of 230,000. With 200 war elephants, siege weaponry etc, the coalition annihilates the Arab armies. The Coalition embarks on a multi-day campaign of no quarter, killing around 99% of the Arab force, barely managing to flee. The Coalition sends a message with diplomats, imploring the Arabs to ‘not send another invasion army, they always fail, if they don’t stop, we’ll send an army, and we won’t have to send another.’

1260-1270: The Lettons build a grand new capital city, and slowly but surely, recover after the century of devastating off and on war. The invasions however build up the belief of unity over division, being Letton over being individual tribes, nations and kingdoms. Such is a belief that is still cemented today.

1280-1480: Two Hundred Year Peace. Peace and prosperity blankets the land, however, near the end of the period, tensions flare between Lettons and Medatris.

1485-1515: Thirty-Years War. War between the two peoples breaks out again, but with highly centralized governance and increasingly brutal tactics of war leads to absolute, utter devastation. Hundreds of thousands of people die, and both sides are dramatically weakened before they agree to peace.

1517: Orvosian traders arrive on the northern coast, and establish multiple trade outlets and outposts on the coast. They bring news back to Garalie of vast temperate lands, filled with massive coursing rivers, excellent suitable farmland and territory as far as the eye can see.

1518-1522: Over 300,000 settlers flock to the Medatri Peninsula and form towns, villages and even over time cities. The Medatris at first welcome the newcomers, however, quickly grow tired of them. A majority of the new settlers are Latin speaking from nations such as Eluthania and Orvos who do not seek to be ruled by their old leaders and nations.

1520: Celtic traders arrive and begin establishing colonies on the southern coast, much to the chagrin of the locals, however, they bring new tools, and goods… such as muskets and cannons.

1521: Eluthanian traders arrive and begin establishing colonies and trade outposts. They are initially approved by the local Medatris, who they interact with. They are kind and well respected, like the other Garaliens, play with the children in the fields and introduce technology and food unlike any other.

1524: The settlers form an army from their colonies, join together and attack the Medatris, with their tactics and supremacy, war shall devastate the region.

1524-1546: Eluvi-Medatri War. Over the course of the horrible, brutal conflict, in which tens of thousands of Medatris die, from both combat and disease and starvation, a large Eluthanian and Garalien settler class begins to take root in pacified regions, and they seriously dislike the natives. By the end of the war, most Medatri nations in the Federation were subjugated and forced to accept Eluthanian hegemony as part of the new nation of Eluvia, though an official system of government was not established. Despite their control over the south, the Lettons remain relatively untouched except for refugees fleeing north.

1547-1570: The Eluvis assume general control over the south, and the Lettons and colonizers generally ignore each other, though the rapidly increasing Elu-Garalic settler elite begins gathering control over affairs, and especially their hatred for the natives.

1550-1556: First Orvosian-Letton War. An Orvosian victory sees the establishment of the colony of Sheningaria, and Sokratic settlers flood in. 1571: The city of Mediolanum was established by the Eluvi.

1574: An estimated 74% of the native Medatri population by this point is wiped out by disease and rebellions. The rest manage to adapt and become immune to these illnesses, and develop a great resentment towards the Eluvians

1576: An official Celtic colony is established in Letton lands, after a war between Britain and the Lettons. This colony is called ‘New Bristol’. The city of New Bristol still exists to this day.

1577-1579: Second Orvosian-Letton War. The war is an Orvosian victory and sees the Orvosians take control over modern Kadaffihi and Osrhoena.

1582-1584: King Huascar’s War. Letton King Huascar of the Cuscoans launches a series of attacks against South Eluvia. Though the settlers resist the invasion, and even obtain some land from his capitulated allies, it only convinces the Eluvians of the danger of the natives.

1585: Finally, a proper system is organized, rule and governance is centralized in the city of Mediolanum, and the Kingdom of Lettonia is declared. Thespian Gallus Medio becomes its first king, Thespasian the First.

1585-1612: Under Thespasian’s reign, he uses Garalien assets captured to build up a strong fleet to begin trading and exploring the outside world and separating the native Medatris into accepting less and less rights. Territorial acquisitions are also given from fearful Letton tribes.

1604: Thespasian christens himself as emperor.

1612: Thespasian I dies, his son bearing his name becomes emperor.

1614-1619: Lettonia further expands north in a war against multiple Letton tribes, who’s military tactics far are useless, and who’s population is severely depleted. They seize the coastlines of the Sinus Latinum and the Korudo Gulf.

1620: Lettonian sea voyages begin exploring the western and eastern seas, looking for places to expand commercial wealth to and expand possible colonies, just like their Garalien cousins.

1628: The city of Novae Lauri is ceded by the Kingdom of Masoland in exchange for protection and trade, it shall serve as a major trading hub for Lettonian interests in Fernost for the next 300+ years.

1631: Thespasian II dies and Julius Patricus is crowned emperor, as Thespasian’s adopted son.

1633: Lettonian colonies spring up on the eastern coast of the modern Roman Empire, currently inhabited by Etruscans. The Lettonians, feeling immensely superior to them, aim for further conquest and consolidation in the region.

1636: Lettonian troops arrive in Belcis Boundi, in modern day Cilicia and begin establishing trade hubs, aiming for further conquest in the near future.

1644: Lettonian troops arrive in southern Storveld, after being harassed by pirates. They name the land ‘Corisar’, the Latin name for ‘corsair’ or pirate. They aim for the total destruction of the pirates, and consolidation and conquest. 1646-1658: Conquest of Corisar. 1648: Death of Julius, his son, Hericus becomes emperor.

1654-1660: Conquest of Belcis Boundi.

1669: Conquest of Buuni.

1671: Sacking of Rome by the Lettonians.

1674: Death of Hericus, Hericus II becomes emperor.

1674-1695: The reign of Hericus II is relatively peaceful and unimportant, with no major conflicts or events occuring, except for the stabilization of the realm and its overseas colonies.

1696: Hericus II dies and his nephew, Marius Vespasius becomes emperor.

1698: The Roman Empire is declared a sister monarchy by Marius, and a puppet emperor is put on its throne.

1701: The Lettonians conquer New Bristol.

1706-1708: The Lettonians expel the Eluthanians from Lettonian territories.

1709: Marius Vespasius dies and his son, a young, sickly boy, takes the throne.

1714: Marc Vespasius is assassinated and his throne is usurped by Junius Gallius Morticus, thus ending the Thes-Herican Dynasty, the first dynasty of Lettonia. Junius Gallius Morticus, simply known as Emperor Morticus founded the Mortican Dynasty. Not accepting this, Rome stages a revolt. The First Empire of Lettonia comes to an end, and the Second Empire comes to power.

1715-1716: The Roman Revolution sees the Roman Empire become totally independent from Lettonia, to shape its own destiny.

1714-1745: Morticus’s reign is long, peaceful and tranquil, and the only conflicts are those of pushing the natives back further and further. When he dies in autumn of 1745, he stabilized the Empire and set up a good, solid succession system. His son Servius Tullus succeeds him.

1752: The Rubicon War begins. The war is fought to secure control over the most important river. It will be a bloody, brutal affair between the Lettonians and the local Letton tribes.

1767: The Rubicon War ends with Lettonia managing to capture the entire eastern side of the modern country, expelling Letton tribes and nations westward and westward. It also brings them to directly border Orvosian Sheningaria.

1770: Emperor Servius dies, and his son Tullus becomes emperor.

1775-1780: Lettonian-Orvosian War. Lettonia expels Orvos from Sheningaria, though it doesn’t capture Kadaffihi.

1770-1801: Reign of Tullus. Apart from the Lettonian-Orvosian War, his reign is peaceful and prosperous, however, he is the first to begin instigating calls for further persecution against the Lettons and remaining Medatris. His descendants will bring these plans to fruition… with devastation to come. After Servius’ death in 1801, his son Thespasian becomes Emperor Thespasian III.

1804: The Cappadochian Treaties. With threat of military destruction, Lettonia convinces most of the Letton and Medatris tribes and nations to retreat to far away reservations. Those who refuse are guaranteed ruthless extermination and annihilation by Thespasian.

1805-1813: The Treaty Wars. In claims of enforcing the Cappadochian Treaties, the tribes who refused to comply were wiped out without mercy. Some manage to earn the emperor’s mercy and leave west. In total, the native population decreased by 30%. This is considered by Lettonian historians as the beginning of Isaran Genocide. Thespasians successor will halt any sort of active persecution.

1811: Lettonian conquers Qashqai and partitions the main island with Eluthania.

1836: Thespasian dies without any male heirs, and without any other options, beforehand, names his niece Livia Valentina as heir. Valentina becomes Empress of the Lettonians, the first female leader of the country. She stops any plans to continue the extermination of the Lettons and Medatris, finding it disgusting.

1841-1842: Lettonian-Serikaian War. Lettonian forces fail to prevent Serikai from conquering a portion of Occidentalis Fernost, severing the colony in two. The empress successfully manages to avoid a scandal regarding the war.

1844: Treaty of Kio. Serikai abandons all claims to the rest of Occidentalis Fernost.

1836-1888: Reign of Livia Valentina. After her death, her eldest son Hirtius becomes emperor.

1888-1906: Reign of Hirtius. It is uneventful and peaceful, however, to the nations surprise, he doesn’t choose one of his sons, but rather his 24 year old daughter Aurelia to succeed him, citing his son's immaturity and lack of seriousness over ruling.

1906-1923: During Aurelia’s peaceful and rather mediocre reign, radicalism begins to grow in the minds of the population, especially ideologies such as Illuminism. Radicalism very rarely includes left wing ideologies.

1923: Illuminist Leader Doctor Kalius Patriarcus stages a revolution in Mediolanum and deposes Aurelia, who flees in exile to Arabia. Doctor Patriarcus declares the monarchy over and the Grand Iron Legion of Lettonia is installed.

1924-1927: Patriarcus asserts his rule and begins asserting his rule and begins outlawing basic rights for religious people and native Lettons and Medatris. Now they are not allowed to leave their reservations. Concentration camps begin to be built in Cappadochia, Venedae and other rural distant provinces.

1929: The military is reorganized and prepared for action, including new tanks, infantry equipment. The Lettonian general staff begins gearing up for war and Patriarcus begins subtly supporting Illuminist groups around the world.

1930: Concentration Camps are opened in Corisar and other Lettonian colony. Programs are organized to begin the ‘crusade’ against purging the impure from Lettonian territories.

1931: Orvos is overthrown by Illuminists, and Patricus immediately begins cozying up to them.

1934: Mad Doc and his general staff begin drawing up plans for war with Linkers Sha and Azimuth.

1936: The country of Novo Lettonia is 'voluntarily' incorporated into the Iron Legion.

1937: Lettonia and Gnosis form the Illuminist Pact, and the world begins fearing for war.

1938: The two other Novo Lusankyan Republics are invaded and annexed into the Iron Legion as tensions reach new heights in Dunia.

1940: Global War 2 begins, however Lettonia informs Gnosis it will not be ready for war until May of 1942, and chooses to stay out until that time to make sure that their military and nation is fully prepared for war. Mad Doc also knows he needs to ramp up his Final Solution (optional name) to complete his sick objectives.

1942: Lettonia invades Linkers Sha and Azimuth in a surprise invasion, making staggering progress against the Allies before being ground down to a halt in November.

1943: Apart from Lettonia’s occupation of Kadaffihi and Kabung, the frontlines remain stagnant, increasing the brutality of the western front. Realizing that defeat will one day be inevitable, Mad Doc orders concentration camps become death camps and begin mass extermination.

1944: The D-Day Invasion by the United States rapidly closes off the timetable and the seams begin to break in the Lettonian military’s ability to defend and redeploy. Also, Lettonian colonies secede, all of them, except for Buuni, which is kept under strict lock and key.

1945: American forces march into Mediolanum, but days before Mad Doc flees to Tennemagma. Empress Aurelia returns from exile to roaring crowds. Days later she oversees the humiliating Treaty of Komodo Dragon City, which divides Lettonia into occupation zones until 1950, and a boatload of reparations are slammed down on the reformed Third Empire.

1949: Buuni finally manages to wrangle free and reobtain independence.

1950: The Allies withdraw from the nation, though Lettonia struggles to pay back its war debts to its former enemies.

1953: Empress Aurelia dies and her son Barbus becomes emperor. He is a lazy, drunk who doesn’t care much about the people and or ruling.

1953-1984: Barbus’s reign sees rapid unemployment, the economy’s crash inability to pay back war debts and increasing despisal of him. However, the hatred is not towards monarchy, just towards Barbus.

1982: Poggersania secedes.

1983: Orientalis Lettonia secedes.

1984: Barbus is overthrown by the Lettonian military led by Colonel Varus Caesar, who assumes control over the state.

1985: Varus is crowned emperor of the Fourth Empire of Lettonia.

1986: Aid begins flooding into Lettonia and soon projects to restore the country are up and running. People are able to flock to jobs and are once again eager for the future.

1988: The country is rapidly growing again, unemployment drops rapidly and the country is getting back up off its feet.

1989: The Lettonian Armed Forces are re-established, creating more and more jobs as the economy rapidly grows once more.

1990: Lettonia begins rapidly recovering from its downward slump and depression with immense speed.

1996: Lettonia announces that finally, after 51 years, Lettonia has paid off its Great War 2 debts.

1998: Varus marries his girlfriend of 19 years and prepares to outline his dynasty.

1999: Vesuvia S. Caesar is born.

2000-2008: Varus continued trying to convince the people to let him step down, but with the average paycheck approaching $48,000 Pecunti and crime eradicated, this wasn't easy.

2001-2010: Conservative Revolution. Cynicism and Agnosticism begin rapidly taking root as more and more people begin adopting conservative beliefs into their daily lives.

2012: The Articuli Civitatius is signed, it is the closest thing Lettonia has to the constitution, though it is more of a set of morality laws.

2017: In 2017, to the shock of Lettonia and the near nations, Varus died of unknown causes at age 59, and some suspect he was assassinated, though there is no proof of this. Set as his heir, seventeen-year-old Vesuvia took the role of empress.

2022: Lettonia retakes control over Cilicia and aims for military neutrality, forming strong economic bonds with other countries, maintaining its sphere of influence and establishing personal unions with its Arabian, Moabite, Luxian and Central Indonesian allies. The future is strong and bright for this great Dunian nation, and it appears the scars of its past are finally healing