Roman Empire (Roman Habsburgs)

The Habsburg Roman Empire ( unofficially know as Roman Empire ) is an elective monarchy. That was first establish in 14 BC, By Augustus Cesar. By 285 AD, the Empire split in two on the orders of Diocletian. Then later United by Constantine in 312. Then again split into two in 398. During its nineteen thousand it was the most powerful empire in Europe. despite setbacks and land losses. it down fall was it became very loosely held together and after it lost in the great war. Their was nothing holding it together.

5th-century-legionary-01.jpgan rule(POD)
In 445, the new emperor Mojran. Decides lead a campian againist vandals in order to restore food supplies. After gathering Roman Navy. They had landed 10 miles away carthage, The vandal kingdoms capitol. The battle plan was to send half of the army to blocade the wall and half to blocade the sea. They used catapult sea and land to wreck the docks and houses. After one mouth of the seige, carthage surenders. After that most of the battles were easy victories, due to the fact that most leaders were during the seige. So most of the army fell apart. After the conquest of north africa, they began plans for the campain of spain.

Other achevements are restoring the economy, by minting more gold and laws againist forgeries. Restore the romans trust in money and reorganized food suppilies. He also helped and bult many aquducts, baths, churchs and forums. The suebi the inhabitants spain have become weakned, by the fact that their allie the vandals have been distroyed by the romans, And become esay pray for the roman army. None of the battles are big or had big looses.

In 450, the Huns invaded northern gual, Destroying many roman towns and tribal villages. which gather many tribes and allie with rome. Due to restoring of romes breasket(north africa), gives the romans advanage and they win. This turning point for the romans. Mojoran spent his final years rebulting rome.

By 464, Mojoran had now died. His son Mojoran II. Who fortified spain and finished his fathers uncompleted projects.

Battle of Ravenna(second POD)
In 475, Orestie the half-bararian commander was 15 miles away form Ravanna. Insted of fleeing he decide to fight. This is proven to be the right choice. After the battle, he planed his revenge by invadeing Ostrogoth Kingdom. Many of the battles where successful, when they began seige it very easy becaese the walls they were bult in the 2nd centrey and have fell into decay. Nepos plans a campian of Southern Gual.

Age of reconquest(475-611)
In 475, the western europe was divied like this. Italy, spain, north africa was under the romans most of the empire was stable. Gaul and southern germany was burgundians, allemage, visigoth, franks and roman soissons. Germany was under the saxons, thuringia and rugians and frisians. Nepos first started his campian on southeast gual. The battle had medium losses and had conqored their ill fortified capial. The weathy land owners of these kingdoms begged to still by in power, so disided that they will make a governers court that would help him govern the povince. This will happen all over the reconqored territorty. They were able the conqor allmage who were well matched. Other achievements are bulting 12 unniversties to ravanna and rome and paid techers from constantinople to come to these new unniversties, making skill workers for rome. Nepos began to plan fruther campians but died in 502 before he could start. His plans were left to his son Jullian Nepos the 2nd, who was born in 480. He started a campian of the visigoth kingdom in 504. The visigoth were cornered by the romans, the southern front was lead by Genral Antony and the northern front was lead by Jullian the 2nd. The visigoth put up a good fight, but at end were defeted. As the roman empire grew in terriory in became more repected in reliam. When Jullian died his son, Romulus the 1st became emperor. During his rule he had conqored salian franks, making a treaty with ripuarian franks. He also expaned trade, uncompeted projects by his father and expanded the miliatry. After his death in 580, their were a series of emperors that expended the empire bit by bit. By 600 most germany was under roman control. In 601 a new emperor, Charlemagne the 1st has been crowned. He had big plans for rome. First he started campian on north east germany. The was only inhabited by small tribes,this was biggest conquest since Jullan the 2nd. Then in 602 had sent message eastern emperor. That the empire is too weak control itself, he want him to be emperor and he will be his ceasar. It really a plan to murder him. He went to the imperial court room where he was greeted and killed. With the eastern half under his thumb, was able to reunite the empire. This is to strengthen the army ten fold. But he had a problem, Avar in the north where attacking forts and garrisons on the danube. With the united roman army it was very esay to take it down. They had many battles took place lower dacia were they defeted the avars and there leader. He made them sign a treatie that would give the romans dacia, most of their gold and army.

The 2nd Pax romana(611-717)
After his victory over avars. He returned to ravanna where he declared as great as trajan and also restored much of the old roman world. He started to fortified the borders lerning form past mistakes, he also started spereding roman culture in other parts of the empire by paying people form italy to move to outer regions of the empire. The rest of his rule was defending the borders. Charlmagne died in 625 feeling very compelted. After his death rome remained mainly peaceful for the next 92 years. This peace can be compered to the first pax romana. Most romans had returned to having confidnce in there government and the most violence were againist invading arabs and halted their expansion. Most people in the empire where consider roman ethnicly or culturly in the west and the population of cities grew raipedly too. Rome grew form 500,000 in 611 to 800,000 in 641.

The spilt
By 715, the east and west were to different be together. For exmple the west spoke latin while the east spoke greek. So in 717 the emperor Constintine the 7th disided to spilt the empire a 3rd time and gave it to his bother Romulus II to make the empire more manageable.

The lombard war(717-762)
The romans have been dealing with lombards since the late 6th centrey, but became ferce in 721. The lombards began to become more powerful and started annaxing small tribes all over poland. By 726 had taken over most of poland. And became more of a menice to the empire. They planed an attack on the lombards due to attacks on villages, forts and barracks. This started the frist lombard war. They gathered the bavarian mercenarys to attack the lombards. The romans destroy many villages but are driven out by lombard army. In 729, They countered with an attack on northern germany, thoa were driven out by an army of saxons. Lead by the emperor Magnus, who became emperor this year. He came form a middle class mercant famlily, Magnus enroll in the army were he rose throse the ranks all away to the imperial court. The previous emperor died with no sugsessor an the senate elected magus as emperor. He lead several roman campians againist the lombards. Some campians were sugsessful some were not. The lombards began their own series of campian. Every time a lombard campian started it got farther into the empire. Many were unsugsessful but some were. In 742, Magnus died leaving the thone to his son Fulvianus under his rule farist lombard invation was atempted wich reach gaul. The lombards destoryed many towns,villages and cities. Many tribes got angery wich united tribes along with the romans. They conforted the lombards in a vally in northern france. The romans won the battle wich was a turning point in the war. After that most of the battles were lombard defets. Fulvianus lead a campian againist the lombards. This attack cripled the lombard econemy, sending the government into termoil. And by 762 the lombard kingdom collapes form lack of military contol.

Mediaval Period(762-1109)
During this period was a time of medium level of war. The empire recovers form the lombard war. But a another invasion is coming form the east. The arab had broken thougth the byzantine army and were hadding towards rome. The roman army halt their expansion.