852(99)-891(138) (Ætas ab Brian)

History of Rome-After Ætas ab Brian

Starting in Britannia in 854(101), all of the island would be conquered by 886(133). The lands of the Picts were still in retreat by the time Traian went to face Dacia in 106 until 109. The Dacian king escaped however and caused unrest in Germania. Traian veered north, crushing all germanic tribes (adding Tribus Saxones province in the process) in his persuit of the king. Finally he was killed and Traian moved his operations to the east where he fought the Parthians and Arminiansin a 9 year campaign against all 3. The Armenans were conquered, the Parthians routed and the already weak, although Traian stopped before Ctesiphon.

The Bosporvs kingdom on the Pontvs Exuntvs also became a Roman Protectorate state. It was now 870(117) and exhausted by his entire rule of conquering, died at 64.

Hadrian. Originally considering the Mesopotamian holdings too vulnerable, the still reeling Parthians as well as Rome’s continuing unchallengable might over the air and the incredible speed of rail troop deployment made the middle-east perminantly under Roman control (at least for a while). Hadrian had little worry left in the East but Germanic and Pict tribes were always causing trouble and were continuously put down, each time the rebels came back slightly weaker. In 873(120) it was found that Rich iron deposits existed in Scandia, this would not have been found had the most southern portion of the Scandian regions not stayed in Roman hands. Hadrian had no personal intension of invading Scandia what with Britannia still being conquered but he considered such a campaign must come to pass. Until his death in 891(138) he had laid out a perfect plan of invasion. Spies had located and continued to follow all important Scandian kings, important towns and ports were mapped, and the Roman Scandia provinces military installations were augmented, more ships, planes, rails. Scandia would fall in 6 months from the campaign’s start. Hadrian had spent much of his reign travelling amongst the provinces but died before visiting them all unfortunately, otherwise his death was uneventful.