1718(965)-1744(991) (Ætas ab Brian)

In 1722(969) Silverus Aquila at 53 from Sicilia was appointed emperor. Mauretania Tingitana was given a Senate seat in 1725(972), Raetia and Noricum were both given seats in 1729(976). After a lengthy reconstruction period the armies in Parthia were sent into Bactria. Along the way, permanent contact with the Tang has been re-established. Both nations were of the frame of mind of two friends by association separated by cataclysmic events.

The Tang now had problems with Nihhon, a once fractious island nation paying tribute to the Sinicans but now united by a Daimyo who put the Roman technologies of vapscurr and alesalitis and the Sinican invention of niter powder and rockets into use. The Nihonians somehow against even the plagues that decimated the known world had created an empire continuing to grow at a slow but unstoppable pace, already much territory not directly owned or allied to the Tang in the Yellow Sea had fallen to the new empire. The commanding dynasty called the Heian also encouraged great cultural growth in the nation during the time of world-wide illness. As of yet Nihhonia seemed to have no immediate intension of direct war with the Sinican Empire but they sure weren’t friendly.

Most scholars agreed that India’s unruly Hindu states were the origin of the Miasmata. After conquering Bactria in 1734(981) and with great difficulty, for even Rome’s Vapscurr took time to travel so far, India was conquered with Sinican support over the next 40 years (though the whole of the officially recognized region was declared conquered in just 10). The civilizing of India had much potential for bettering both trade(indigo dye, jute, silk, and tea) and the lives of the locals. In return for the Tang’s help, Rome assisted the Tang in their conquest of the Tibetan Kingdom (once the Sinicans’ allies but a treaty dispute justified the invasion).

The Indian cultural aspects of friendship between strangers and closeness of family ties became a popular minority of cultural adoption throughout the Empire, some people were reminded of Alexander the Great’s attemptrs to mix eastern and western culture.

In 1739(986) Mazun was retaken.

From 1740-42(987-989) Bosporus and the Caucus provinces were brought back.

From 1743-44(990-991) Hibernia was conquered.

The Kievian Rus was the most civilized barbarian nation but its decline had begun as trade with the deteriorating nearby barbarian nations began petering out as they swayed to Rome’s trade offers or they no longer needed much of what the Rus had to offer.

It was now 4 years into Indus Horatius’ rule (he had been a prominent Republican general in taking India) and explorations to rediscover Terranova began.