Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-6912688-20130416211138/@comment-6912688-20130621134851

(If you didn't realize it, I posted above as well ^)





 Meanwhile in the rest of the world…

 Things in other parts of the world continue mostly as they were in OTL, as the rest of the world won’t be affected by the destruction of the Roman Republic until much later.

 Back in Italy…

 480 BC – After some recovery time, Veii and Gabii lay siege to Tibur. They manage to storm the walls, and the city falls after only 7 weeks of resistance.

 479 BC – Antium, supported by Veii, captures Ardea. Many of the neutral Latins (Praeneste, Aricia, and Ferentium being prominent among them) strengthen the Latin league’s powers in an effort to repel any Etruscan/Umbrian attack.

 476 BC – Deciding that their only hope is in an offensive, the Latin league goes to war against the south-eastern Umbrians. After defeating many of them and weakening the Etruscan/Umbrian/Rogue-Latin/Volscian support base in Umbria, they decide it safe to move against Antium. They immediately lay siege to the city, and recapture Antium-held Ardea.

 475 BC – Antium falls, and the League, after some mop-up in North-western volscia (as there were many Antium sympathizers in the area), they move to attack Veii. However, Veii is warned of the attack and prepares its defenses. Clusium, despite its war exhaustion, agrees to help Veii. After 2 months of siege, in August, Clusium forces attack the unprepared Latin forces in the narrow pass. The Latins are trapped between the hammer of the Clusium forces and the Anvil of Veii’s walls, from which arrows are being showered down. Though the Latin force eventually manages to overcome the Clusium army, a full third of the Latin fighting men are killed, and much of the supplies is lost. The Latins decide that the best course of action would be to retreat with their dignity (and army) at least mildly intact. However, they soon find that, because of winter, they cannot make any real time through the snow with their remaining baggage train, and are forced to hole up into the pass, until the snows melt and they can actually make progress.

 474 BC – The Latin forces withdraw from Veii’s canyon in March, arriving back in Latin territory in late April (their progress was slow due to ambushes from the Hernici, who were eager to prey on a weakened Latin army still laden with valuable equipment.

 473 BC – The Latin league agrees to a peace treaty that is made up of these main points:

·          The Latin league will immediately cease hostilities with the people of Etruria and Umbria, now and forever

·          The Latin league will open up the trade route to Magna Graecia to Etruscan traders

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          The Latin league will be given the area around Rome to settle

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          The Etruscans will never make war with the Latins for any reason other than self-defense.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> And history shall continue as I think up what will happen next…