Orbis Terrarum: Fall of Rome (Map Game)

the game takes place in the 476 right after the fall of the Western Roman Empire,and with the arisal of the germanic kingdoms in the remains of the roman empire

Rules

 * You can freely choose your country, and choose how its going to be, ofcourse without leading this to far from the plausible
 * you can't get ahead the time (Feudalism, the discovery of america, Industrial Revolution, Liberalism, etc)
 * you must be realist with the resources on your nations( no gold in anatolia for the byzantines)
 * Give some importance to the history inside each nation
 * when you are conquering land outside the known world for that era you are colonizing and each colonie means slower expansion rate

Mods
10 mods please
 * 1) Sine dei gloriem (talk) 16:53, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) --"Truth fears no questions..." 18:48, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) LurkerLordB (Talk)
 * 4) CourageousLife (talk)
 * 5) Bfoxius (talk)
 * 6) CrimsonAssassin (talk)
 * 7) Galaguerra1 (talk)
 * 8) --RandomWriterGuy (talk) 22:25, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Bauglir Zero (talk)
 * 10) AP (talk) 03:43, August 23, 2012 (UTC)

Northern Europe

 * Aileach --
 * Connaught --
 * Thumond --
 * Munster --Whitesight (talk) 16:23, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Laigin --
 * Oriel --
 * Ulaid --
 * Dyfed --
 * Ceredigion --
 * Gwynedd --
 * Kent -- Kdavis005 (talk) 00:33, August 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Middlesex (Regia) --
 * Essex (London) -- --"Truth fears no questions..." 18:46, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Dál Riata -- Galaguerra

Southern Europe

 * Suevos -- Stewdio333 (talk) 01:44, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Visigoths -- Bauglir Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All (talk) 22:53, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Italy -- -- Bobalugee1940 (talk)

Western Europe

 * Armorican--
 * Soissons --
 * Burgundians --
 * Salian Franks --
 * Ripuarian Franks --
 * Frisians --
 * Alamannia --
 * Turingia --
 * Saxons --

Eastern Europe

 * Gepids --
 * Byzantine Empire -- Sine dei gloriem (talk) 16:53, August 21, 2012 (UTC)

Maghreb Africa

 * Roman Remnants -- Bfoxius (talk) 22:56, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Vandals --

Subsaharan Africa

 * Ghana --

Eastern Africa

 * Axum --

Middle East

 * Iberia --
 * Sassanid Empire -- CrimsonAssassin (talk) 23:56, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Himyarite Kingdom -- Sawdog88

Southern Asia

 * Gupta -- Fed (talk) 01:37, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Abhira --
 * Rastrakutas --
 * Kadambas --
 * Kalabhras --
 * Gangas --
 * Moriyas --
 * Pallavas --
 * Andhra --
 * Avumkta --
 * Pistapura --
 * Devarasta --
 * Erandapala --
 * Kottura --
 * Nalas --
 * Vakatakas --

East Asia

 * Liu Song Dynasty -- RandomWriterGuy (talk) 04:51, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Northern Wei Dynasty --
 * Goguryeo -- -Kogasa
 * Rouran Khanate -- LurkerLordB (Talk)
 * Baekje --
 * Gaya --
 * Silla -- Draycos (talk)
 * Usan --
 * Tamna --
 * Japan -- Nkbeeching

Southeast Asia

 * Chenla --
 * Champa --
 * Funan --

North America
Teotihuacan -- CourageousLife (talk)

South America

 * Huari --
 * Tiahuanaco --

476
The western roman empire formally disbands into smaller kingdoms from germanic descent and culture in the territories of the Roman Western empire, the byzantines watch horrified how their brothers fall at the hands of the barbarians 
 * The Lius Sung is now under a rule of a new emperor, who vows to restore te power of the fallen Han back to China. He is aware of the causes of its downfall in the first place and hopes to prevent the inevitable collapse again. The government begins to become more constitutional, establishing a code that enforces equal taxation, the end of religious and racial discrimination, and that only people capable at governing allowed into government positions. The country begins an expansion of the military to reunite with its northern neighbor.
 * Essex: The King of Essex orders the preservation of all Roman knowledge, doing so by having all Roman archives; books, map, records, and others writings, brought to the capital city for storage and use by the royal court. Also, with plans to unify Brytenwalda under one king, the call goes out for 20,000 men (about 3.5% of the estimated 570,000 people in Essex at the time), to gather their arms, and prepare for war. This mobilzation is expected to finish the next year or so or less.
 * Kent: After the fall, the Kingdon of Kent is formed and the main goal is control OTL southern UK and protect itself from the Saxons. First thing is expand the military which should take a year to prepare. Navy is also being built up.


 * Goguryeo: Emperor Jangsu of Goguryeo orders for his military to be built up and he plans to reunite the lower Korean kingdoms into Goguryeo, starting with Baekje. Meanwhile he asks Rouran Khanate for an alliance, as he doesn't want to be attacked by them.
 * Japan: The Yamato clan continues centralizing power to its own clan while uniting the rest of the polities and a centralized state has began to form. the shogun of the yamato clan as well as the shoguns of the 6 allied clans begin preparign for a campaign north to finish putting the entire archpaelago under japanese control. weapons and armore are produced in as many amounts as poassible to supply the campaign and the establishment of ports in major cities begin.
 * Sas sanid Empire: The Sassanid Empire, seeing that Rome has collapsed, quickly moves to pick up the broken pieces of the Empire. Roman refugees are welcomed into the empire. Meanwhile, the military is expanded.
 * Himyar: consalidates control of their homeland in OTL Yemen and the king centralizes power. Trade routes are formed with the Arab Nomads to the North. Many in the Upper and merchant classes convert to Judaism which is the religon of the royal family. The army begins to be expanded and improved with more recent weaponry and armor.
 * Silla: Emissaries are sent to Goguryeo to established better relations. The emperor request that roads be improved and that four Garrison of militia unit and two Garrison of mixed infanty be built.
 * Roman Remnants: After the Fall of the Empire, many generals and high ranking officials within the Empire emagrate to the few surviving provinces of the Western Empire. A capital is established in the town of Ceutia, south of the Iberian Penninsula. It is renamed Nova Roma, or New Rome. A Roman general by the name of Janus Quintius quickly rises to power. He believes that the Empire fell because they let the Army and the rest of Roman society become mingled with the Barbarians. He passes a law saying that all non-Roman citizens besides the people of the Kingdom of Italy, and the various Gothic and Moorish factions must pay a "visitor's tax" or leave. The Empire becomes a kingdom, even though the early Romans disliked kingdoms immensly, the survivors are willing to put aside their prejudices and work for the greater good. The Visigoths and The Kingdom of Italy are offered an alliance.
 * Teotihuacan: The ruler of Teotihuacan begins to expand his influence to the west, absorbing several smaller city-states. The unification is peaceful when able, forceful when necessary.
 * Eastern Roman Empire: the Emperor Zenon sees as well as the rest of the Empire the fall of the Western empire, he ask's and alliance to the Roman Remnants and the Visigoths and a truce with the Sassanid Empire, they prepare armies for conflicts, but before they sent Diplomatic parties to The Visigoth and the Vandals
 * Kingdom of New Rome: We accept. All Eastern Romans do not have to pay the visitors tax.

477
The Roman Remnants becoming the Regnum Romanae the Emperor Zeno see's dissapointed the downfall of rome into a "inferior" kingdom, he and his army prepares for any conflict agaisnt the Remaining roman domains

Genseric of the vandals dies, His son huneric lifts up the Persecution of Roman catholics in northern africa

Shun di becomes emperor of the Liu song dynasty

the shaolin themple is Founded


 * I honestly have no idea what the first event is saying, it makes no grammatical sense.


 * Goguryeo: Military continues to be built up. Emperor Jangsu decides to ask for an alliance with Silla instead, and hopes to improve relations with them.
 * Suevos: The Suevic warriors, in constant conflict, an enraged with the Romans, begin killing any Romans around the Kingdom, even without knowing whether or not more Roman soldiers will be sent to avenge their lost brethen.
 * Dál Riata: Loarn mac Eirc, king of the gaelics of Dál Riata starts creating a centralized army and government based in the "three-tributes-system". All tribe, fiefdom, clan and other autonomous enoguh conglomeration of people recognisisng the central authority of the Rì nan Dál Riata (King of Dalriada) must pay the three taxation impositions: The "tribute of gold", every month, basicly a tax, a part of the profits of the domain, variating depending on the size, location, prestige and stability of the particular group. The "tribute of flesh", every period variating between two and six months depending on the already specified conditions, an obligatory military service in the armies of the king of an also variating number of soldier of each group commanded by a noble of such group, normally the heir of its governmenn or the chief himself. And the "tribute of blood", basicly all nobles must swear loyalty to the king in all matters concerning policy, military and religion, and must present their respect by visiting him and knee before him at least once a year. With these three new taxes, the king sudenly creates a powerful army and starts to send ambassadors to the kingdoms sorrounding his own to get commercial oportunity.
 * The Lius Song Dunasty continues on with its reforms. In order to establish more settlements, they sent expeditions east to discover new lands. There, they meet a variety of ethnicities to disordered to ever combat superior armies. In order to repair the shattered economy, they send an diplomatic team to the Gupta Empire, requesting to reestablish the Silk Road. They send explorers to Hainan and Taiwan, hopng for new settlements on the islands.
 * Essex: The army of Essex is formed, and the King of Essex begins his war of unification. The army is split into two groups; the Center Army, which has invaded Sussex, consists of 11,000 men and 600 cavalry. The Northern Army, marching into the tribal lands north of Essex, consists of 8,000 men and 400 cavalry. The Northern Army has been sent into Mercia (OTL Norfolk and Suffolk, to bring the region under Essex rule. The Central Army has marched into Sussex (southwest of OTL London), to secure the capital of Essex, and to cut Kent off from the rest of Brytenwalda. The establishment of a new road system to connect the kingdom to the new lands is underway, though the armies are still clearing the region of tribals. A third army of 5,000 men is planned for the year 480, and the blacksmiths have already been commissioned to be producing more armor, weapons, and equipment for the force.
 * Kent: When the army of Kent was formed, the King of Kent decided to attacked Sussex as well. The goal is aquire much land as possible so it the Kindom of Kent will not be cut off. Also the Kingdom of Kent is thinking of making a alliance with Essex.
 * Essex D: The King of Essex flatly refuses. He states that only one nation can unite Brytenwalda, and that nation is Essex.
 * Japan: the yamato forces begin the campaign north to bring the rest of japan under the power of the Yamato Court and infrustructure is being built throughout japan to help increase transport and internal trade.
 * Himyar: Construction begins on port cities to make them more accommodating to a larger navy and increased trade. Conversion to Judaism continues slowly but shearly. More copies of the Torah are made
 * Silla: Accept the alliance offer from Goguryeo. Roads continue to be improved as the six garrison continue to train.
 * Italy: King Odoacer officially makes Arian Christianity (Arianism) the official religion of Italy, as he is a memebr of this religion. King Odoacer launches a massive public works campaign to convert the people of Italy to Arianism. King Odoacer launches an assault on the Roman remenants in southern Naples and Sicily. The new Italian government launches its first census across Italy and the results will be knwon by early next year. King Odoacer also officially bans Paganism from Italy and expells all Jews from Italy. he sends a letter to the Visigoths and Vandals for a trade agreement. Roads are maintained by the new government.
 * Visigoths: Accepts.
 * Kingdom of New Rome: Seeing Italy and the Eastern Empire's reaction to the Western Empire becoming a kingdom, Rex Quintius states that the kingdom is only temporary, it will become an empire when it retakes some provinces. The military is built up, consisting of only "Pure Romans", Greeks, and Moors. A project begins to make Nova Roma more like its father city, an aqueduct and improved walls are being constructed. Diplomats are sent to the Eastern Empire, and the Visigoths.
 * Visigoths: Accept alliance.
 * The Visigoths ask an alliance to the Bizantine. The King declares start building up the army in the south and a fleet. The Visigoths ask an alliance to the gauls, and road are build all over the country, and the mountains. The King Euric congratulates Odoacer because of the italian conevrsion to Arianism. A war is declared to the burgundians, we hope Odoacer help to fight.
 * Roman Empire: we accept your alliance
 * Teotihuacan: The expansion effort becomes much easier as the people reach unoccupied lands to the west. Teotihuacan sends messengers to the Mayan cities that they do not wish to expand into Mayan territory, and to avoid conflict, a border will be set in the near future.
 * The Rouran Khaganate rules over the Mongolian steppe. The people their are Mongolic in language, and are Tengriist in religion. Shouluobuzhen Khan looks to expand his already vast empire beyond its current borders.
 * Sassanid Empire: A truce with the Byzantine Empire is accepted. The military is expanded as roads from the eastern side of the empire to the west are constructed.
 * Roman Empire: seeing that rome has fall they title of roman empire is now held by the eastern empire,the emperor Decides to initiate conquering campaigns to extend into crimean territory, it aswell sends some army men to the kingdom of soisson, and diplomats into Kent and Essex
 * hey i'm thinking on implementing the same score system than in orbis terrarum and same algorythm but the score system is up to you what do you think?

478
Shinto Japanese arrive in China.

The Eastern Roman empire Support the kingdom of New rome

The Visigoths Continue fighting against the Burgundians

Unexpected peace occurs between the Roman and the Parthians

The Ambassadors from The roman empire arrive to Britannia and Soissons


 * Goguryeo: Military continues to be built up. Emperor Jangsu is a bit worried about the Rouran Khaganate and trys to ask them for an alliance again. Meanwhile a few ships begin being built that is for military purposes.
 * Kingdom of New Rome: Military buildups continue, and a navy begins shipping Roman soldiers over to Dalmatia to assert the authority of Rex Quintius. Quintius looks with longing eyes to the Kingdom of Italy, though the Kingdom is still very weak, ruled by the surviving Western Roman generals, and prefects. New Roman diplomats SECRETLY ask the Roman Empire, and the Visigoths for help in deposing Odoacer, and dividing his kingdom.
 * The Visigoths will think about it, but right now we are fighting the burgundians.
 * The Liu Song Dynasty continues military preparations. By 480, the invasion will be launched, They spread propaganda to the people, pursuading them that the reunification of the country will be vital for the strenghtening of Chinese civilization. Meanwhile, they continue to establish more western settlements. They continue the economical and political reforms that will make this country strong.
 * Essex: The King of Essex orders the pre-emptive invasion of Kent to bring the nation to heel. The invasion of Suffex continues, while gains in the north are built up. The development of a navy begins, and the establishment of trade routes of overseas is to begin shortly thereafter.
 * Silla: Main roads are being finished rebuilt as secondary roads are started. The Emperor wonders what secrets the sea holds, request are made for ships to be made for exploration of the sea around Silla. With the 6 Garrison trained, the Emperor ask for more troops that can be more mobile the Garrison's troops.
 * Himyar: the army continues to be improved. A trade deal is sent to the Byzantine Empire and the diplomats also ask if they can transport jews fleeing from persecution in the west through Rome territory to safety.
 * Roman Diplomacy: the trade deal is accepted, if you desire jews will be sent to your territories through the red sea
 * Himyar Diplomacy: agrees to these terms
 * Teotihuacan: Expansion to the west continues. A party of citizens founds a small city state on the east coast, dubbed Teiuc (OTL Veracruz), and it is incorperated as part of Teotihuacan.
 * The Rouran Khaganate expands its military, focusing (as always) on the calvary, their strongest branch.
 * The Visigoths continue fighting burgundians, we ask for an alliance with Soissons, the king Euric ask for an alliance to the suevos, we ask an arranged marriage between both kingdoms.
 * (1-5 they say no 5-10 they say yes, Result, 6) the Soissons ally with the visigoths
 * Eastern Roman Empire: zenon turn his eyes westward when the colony in crimea is set he see's north africa and prepares its army for war(1 denarii). the empire ask an alliance with Essex and kent, the emperor comissions trading missions to italy and Hispania aswell to mauritania

479
the Visigoths continue their campaign agaisnt the burgundians, causing severe damages to the Burgundians

the Roman Empire expands upon crimea

'''I'm sorry what?! RandomWriterGuy (talk) 05:04, August 30, 2012 (UTC)'''

The Kingdom of Italy under odoacer control is seen a threat to the romans, the people in the eastern empire, desire to retake what's theirs

the Vandals continue their removal of christianism in Northern africa
 * The Liu Song Dynasty continues to make final preparations before the next year. They continue building their fortifications, their military, and their navy in order to combat the enemy in the north. The government is removed of most corruption as many officials are too busy about the war of Chinese reunification than anything else. The emperor hopes to reestablish the once-mighty state and move on to destroy any other threats.
 * Suevos: The Leader of the Suevic People show full support with unification between Suevos and the Visigoths.