Gepid Principalities (The Ashes of Rome Map Game)

The Gepid Principalities are clients states and vassals created by the Gepid Republic in foreign region. The system, created by the Justicar Vidimir Hunigild in 760, was made in order to keep control of foreign region without making the local population feel like their are annexed.

Power and Restrictions of the Principalities

 * The Senate own the power to crown the Prince of a Principality.
 * The Principality must pay taxes to the Republic.
 * The Principality doesn't have it's own army, the troops recruted there are concidered part of the Gepid Republic's armies.
 * In peace times, the army stationned in the Principality is under the commandment of the Prince. However, order that goes against the Republic's policies can be ignored by the officiers.
 * In war times, the troops in the Principalities must obey the generals sent by the Gepid Republic, and the Prince does not have any autority on them.
 * The Principality can only make trade with the Gepid Republic, other Gepid Principalities and allies of the Gepid Republic.
 * The Prince has the right to apply justice in his Principality in the name of the Republic.
 * The Prince is considered to be representing the Senate in the region, and must be respected as so.
 * The Prince can make his own policies, as long as they don't go against the policies of the Senate.
 * The Principality is free to keep its own religion, but the Prince must always protect the members of the Gepid church.

Principality of Benevento
The first Gepid Principality, it was founded in 760 after they were forced to keep the region following the failure of the Christian Meeting of Buteridava.
 * Founding: 760
 * Ethnic Groups: Italians, Goths
 * Religions: Nicene Christians, Arian Christians

The first Prince was Leonardo di Fillipis, an ardent supporter of the Gepid Republic and an influencial nobleman in the region. The creation of the Principality was a first move of expansion from the Gepid Republic since it's creation. The Principality of Benevento was always charged of another task specific to it, which was to keep the Gepid influence over the Papal States.