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Rome Era Chapter IX: In occasu saeculi summus- Rhine Crossing and Constantinus III's and Alaric's revolts.

This mod is the ninth part of a Mod series called "Rome Era". The main objective of these mods is to reproduce the most important events of Roman history.


LOADING ORDER:
1-Realistic Campaign
2-Chapter
3-All the other required mods
4- Extremely recommended ( but optional) for economy, food and technologies: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=396015150&searchtext=radious



Historical Context:

1-Alaric'S Revolt

Stilicho had news of the coup at Bononia (where he was probably waiting for Alaric).[124] His army of barbarian troops, including a guard of Huns and many Goths, discussed attacking the forces of the coup, but Stilicho prevented them when he heard that the Emperor had not been harmed. Sarus's Gothic troops then massacred the Hun contingent in their sleep, and Stilicho withdrew from the quarreling remains of his army to Ravenna. He ordered that his former soldiers should not be admitted into the cities in which their families were billeted. Stilicho was forced to flee to a church for sanctuary, promised his life, and killed.[125]

Alaric was again declared an enemy of the Emperor. The conspiracy then massacred the families of the federate troops (as presumed supporters of Stilicho, although they had probably rebelled against him), and the troops defected en masse to Alaric.[126] The conspirators seem to have let their main army disintegrate,[127] and had no policy except hunting down supporters of Stilicho.[128] Italy was left without effective indigenous defence forces thereafter.[90] Heraclianus, a co-conspirator of Olympius, became governor of the Diocese of Africa, where he controlled the source of most of Italy's grain, and he supplied food only in the interests of Honorius's regime.[129]

As a declared 'enemy of the Emperor', Alaric was denied the legitimacy that he needed to collect taxes and hold cities without large garrisons, which he could not afford to detach. He again offered to move his men, this time to Pannonia, in exchange for a modest sum of money and the modest title of Comes, but he was refused as a supporter of Stilicho.[130] He moved into Italy, probably using the route and supplies arranged for him by Stilicho,[124] bypassing the imperial court in Ravenna which was protected by widespread marshland and had a port, and he menaced the city of Rome itself. In 407, there was no equivalent of the determined response to the catastrophic Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, when the entire Roman population, even slaves, had been mobilized to resist the enemy.[131]

Alaric's military operations centred on the port of Rome, through which Rome's grain supply had to pass. Alaric's first siege of Rome in 408 caused dreadful famine within the walls. It was ended by a payment that, though large, was less than one of the richest senators could have produced.[132] The super-rich aristocrats made little contribution; pagan temples were stripped of ornaments to make up the total. With promises of freedom, Alaric also recruited many of the slaves in Rome.[133]

Alaric withdrew to Tuscany and recruited more slaves.[133] Ataulf, a Goth nominally in Roman service and brother-in-law to Alaric, marched through Italy to join Alaric despite taking casualties from a small force of Hunnic mercenaries led by Olympius. Sarus was an enemy of Ataulf, and on Ataulf's arrival went back into imperial service.[134]

2-Crossing of the Rhine and Constantinius revolt

The Crossing of the Rhine in 405/6 brought unmanageable numbers of Germanic and Alan barbarians (perhaps some 30,000 warriors, 100,000 people[149]) into Gaul. They may have been trying to get away from the Huns, who about this time advanced to occupy the Great Hungarian Plain.[150] For the next few years these barbarian tribes wandered in search of food and employment, while Roman forces fought each other in the name of Honorius and a number of competing claimants to the imperial throne.[151]

The remaining troops in Britannia elevated a succession of imperial usurpers. The last, Constantine III, raised an army from the remaining troops in Britannia, invaded Gaul and defeated forces loyal to Honorius led by Sarus. Constantine's power reached its peak in 409 when he controlled Gaul and beyond, he was joint consul with Honorius[152] and his magister militum Gerontius defeated the last Roman force to try to hold the borders of Hispania. It was led by relatives of Honorius; Constantine executed them. Gerontius went to Hispania where he may have settled the Sueves and the Asding Vandals. Gerontius then fell out with his master and elevated one Maximus as his own puppet emperor. He defeated Constantine and was besieging him in Arelate when Honorius's general Constantius arrived from Italy with an army (possibly, mainly of Hun mercenaries).[153] Gerontius's troops deserted him and he committed suicide. Constantius continued the siege, defeating a relieving army. Constantine surrendered in 411 with a promise that his life would be spared, and was executed.[154]

In 410, the Roman civitates of Britannia rebelled against Constantine and evicted his officials. They asked for help from Honorius, who replied that they should look to their own defence. While the British may have regarded themselves as Roman for several generations, and British armies may at times have fought in Gaul, no central Roman government is known to have appointed officials in Britannia thereafter.[155] The supply of coinage to the Diocese of Britannia ceases with Honorius.[156]


Changelog:

1- Roman units, emperors and generals total reskin

2- Size increased( Startpos and campaign,Infantry 400 cavalry 200)

3- The starting position of some barbaric kingdoms has been changed to represent a more historically accurate scenario. The Visigoths are actually in Italy to represent Alaric's revolt and his posterior sack of Rome. Vandals, Suebians and Alans are in Gaul and thery are all enemis of WRE. A new visigothic faction has been added to represent the roman gothic soldiers that joined alaric's revolt. A vandal migration to africa has been scripted in the turn 88( year 429)

4- Diplomatic effects have been changed so now small factions will respect bigger ones, getting into deals easily. This wants to reproduce the real situation of the epoch where the small barbarian kingdoms tended to respect the more powerful Rome even if they had periodic wars.

5- Ai improvement, more changeling campaign where the Ai will be more aggressive. Nevertheless, this in hand with point 4 will reproduce in global, harder wars with the Ai but less common. So to win a war against will be harder than in vanilla but you will have wars with fewer factions( if you use diplomatics wisely)

6- 4 turns per year

7- New battle system with more realistic morale system as well as slower combat. The spacing of the German factions has been increased and the one of the Romans decreased, trying to reproduce a more historically accurate situation. I have just transpose one of my battle mods to this one, you can see the entire battle changelog here:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2204246229&searchtext=realistic

8- The technology tress of the roman factions upgraded.

9- Constantinus III's revolt has been also represented as an independent Roman faction in Britain, he is at war with WRE as well with the barbarians that are plundering Gaul. WRE has a military alliance with the Franks to represent their Foderati treaty, as well as their border defending duty. Nevertheless, is a weak alliance to represent how the franks also took advantage of Rome's weak situation on Gaul.

10- All cities walled. Minor cities have 8m walls and major cities have 15m walls.





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