I’ve focused on Seleucid Persia and Parthia, real world nations that are in the southern region around the Caspian. Cimmeria surrounds the Northern Caspian. What was happening up there was decided by an immortal dictator, but not the Absyrtus featured in the previous posts!
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228BCE: Bradel Fields began taxing some peasants within Dalleer’s sphere of influence. In response, Pagerian organized an army and went to war.
226BCE: Bradel Fields lost the war with Dalleer and was forced to pay a tribute to the victorious city.
225BCE: Shalerton sheep that were left free to graze ate some crops from a Dalleer village. Hostilities escalated between the farmers and the ranchers.
224BCE: Pagerian promised the farmers that no further harm would come to them. Emboldened by her claims, the farmers on Dalleer’s northern border attacked the ranchers and killed some of them. A war broke out between Dalleer and Shalerton.
220BCE: The Shalerton-Dalleer War ended with Dalleer’s complete victory. Pagerian marched through Shalerton in a victory parade. She set up a local as a puppet governor and required tribute be paid once a year.
216BCE: The Björn of Dalleer stepped down from his office. Rather than name an insane man (who was really himself disguised as a new identity) to the throne, he named Pagerian to succeed him. She accepted gratefully. Skizofren, Björn for so many years, went on a wandering journey across Cimmeria.
213BCE: Dalleer suffered a famine due to a drought. The people blamed Pagerian and murmurs of revolt began.
212BCE: Dalleer suffered another year of drought and it seemed like the mob would topple Pagerian’s regime. Rather than give in, she arranged for food and entertainment to be brought in from Persia. Her people were satisfied and Antiochus III was happy as well with the financing needed for his wars. Additionally, Pagerian quietly had the leaders of the brewing revolt assassinated.
211BCE: Bradel Fields and Shalerton rebelled against Pagerian’s rule.
209BCE: After a cruel war, Pagerian put down the revolts in Bradel Fields and Shalerton. She spared the public, but killed the leadership of both cities. New administrators from Dalleer were put in place.
201BCE: Pagerian sent military assistance to the Pointed Hats in the Orclands. The army used Restnor’s Point as a resupply point.
195BCE: A disagreement broke out between the Dalleer troops in Restnor’s Point and the locals. The army ceased using the town as a base.
194BCE: Pagerian led Dalleer’s army back to Restnor’s Point to conquer the city. The battle was swift and she emerged victorious. Pagerian imposed a yearly tribute on Restnor’s Point and placed a governor in charge of the city.
189BCE: With the mission accomplished in the east, the Dalleer army returned west. Along the way they conquered Balin’s Holt and imposed a tribute there as well.
187BCE: A cabal of dissidents arranged a plot to assassinate Pagerian. Unfortunately they had unwitting invited Aldarian into their group. He learned the identities of all the key members and assassinated them first to protect his daughter.
186BCE: Pagerian encouraged trade between her growing empire, the Orclands, Western Cimmeria, Parthia, and Persia. She reinvested the profits in her people creating marvelous infrastructure in the cities of Eastern Cimmeria.
160BCE: Pagerian organized an expedition to reclaim Phoenix from the watery races of Zelus. The army camped outside of the flooded city and probed the defenses.
159BCE: Pagerian led an assault on Phoenix, but was forced to retreat. The army returned to Dalleer. Pagerian funded research on aquatic combat to increase the people’s chances of success in a future attack.
155BCE: Pagerian led another attack on Phoenix with improved equipment for the watery terrain. The attack failed once again. Realizing her limits, Pagerian returned to Dalleer. She declared the limits of her kingdom as they currently were. The Kingdom of Dalleer would invest itself and its people rather than seek further expansion.
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