Timeline (Roman America)

Note: The POD of this timeline has little to no effect on the history of the eastern hemisphere for nearly 1000 years, so if an event is not mentioned assume it remains the same as OTL.

Early to Medieval History (386 AD – 1500 AD)

 * 386 AD: A Roman merchant ship that is lost at sea lands in OTL Florida, where what remains of the crew, a total of about 60 people, is able to create a settlement and begin to survive in its new world.
 * 387 AD: The first Roman is born in the new land. A Roman exploration group makes contact with the Tequesta people of the area, discovering they number around 3,000, forming a fragile alliance with them and beginning to trade with and assist them.
 * 390 - 400 AD: The Tequesta and Romans nearly destroy the Ais tribe to the north of their civilization after repeated raids and invasions by the latter.
 * 400 - 500 AD: The Roman population of the region reaches 10,000, due in part to the fact that some had begun to marry the native people and attempt to convert them to Christianity. Tens of thousands of native people die from diseases, in the start of an event now known as the Great Plague, or Magna Pestis.
 * 429 - 450 AD: During the Magna Pestis, the leaders of the Tequesta lame their misfortune on the "evil spirits" of the whites in the area, leading to a war between the Romans and Tequesta, in which the Tequesta are all but wiped out.
 * 442 AD: At the height of the Roman-Tequesta War, a warrior by the name of Vergilius founds the nation of Salus, or Salvation, named for the relief his father had told him he felt upon finding new land. The new nation has its seat of power in the city of Littus in the southeastern coast of the peninsula.
 * 450 - 700 AD: Salus quickly advances and expands, soon occupying the entire peninsula and rapidly moving north along the east coast of the continent, as well as creating thriving cities and advanced irrigation systems using the wetlands of the region.