Year: 890 AD
Forum New Rome
A few months ago
After the costly recapture of the provinces of New Augustus and New Theodosius, the government of Emperor Augustus II was on the verge of collapse, so the opposition led by the Julian family asked the Senate so that a vote could be held to depose Emperor Augustus II.
Senator Antonius Sabino, leader of the opposition, said from the pulpit for the senators:
"Honorable Senators, our Emperor Augustus II is senile and as it is written in the Codex Flavianus, a ruler of the Caesarian Empire would have to be deposed by the Senate if his government became If the king were to become very bad or enter into a cataclysm, then we would have to put one of his sons to succeed him or we would have to impose a new dynasty on the Caesarian throne," said Antonius.
The senator in power, Lucius Commodus, then waited his turn and went up to the pulpit and said:
" This is the worst time to do such a thing! The native tribes and the Visigoths are rebelling against our empire! We must consult Emperor Augustus II about which son will succeed him to the throne and not a fall of the dynasty in the midst of a rebellion, there would be a civil war that would further destroy our situation! Any chance of deposing the dynasty to another will be a sign of treason and I will set the Caesarian legions to fight the traitors!" said Lucius.
A heated discussion begins between the opposition and the government, when the regular army enters the Forum and ends the discussion, thus the session is closed and the Forum would be closed for a few days.
Province of New Cyprus
New Malacca City
Mausoleum of Nicephorus
A few months ago
One of the largest cities in New Cyprus was under naval siege by rebel Visigoth forces and the Dux of New Cyprus fled to the future region of New Anatolia with his guards to that location, so the provisional leader of the island would be Andreas the Wise of the 4th Caesarean Legion and father of Petrus Gaius Julian of the 7th Caesarian Legion.
The city of New Malacca was a city of vital importance to the province of New Cyprus, it was the largest tobacco producing city and had large reserves of potassium nitrate which was vital for use firearms and cannons, with this the rebellious Visigoths intend to take New Malacca first and then attack the provincial capital, the precious New Atlantis.
The city of New Malacca has about 120 thousand people, a relatively large number for a city that connects the capital to the end of the island, which is why the rebellious Visigoths want to take New Malacca,thus they could break the Roman resistance in half by taking New Malacca and paving the way for a conquest of New Cyprus.
Andreas had at his disposal about 40,000 men of military age who could effectively fight for the city and 20 Palatine bombards to protect the city from a naval invasion by rebel forces.
So Andreas stood in the Mausoleum of Nicephorus, telling his soldiers how he would end the naval siege:
"The Visigoth rebels have about 2 Romulus Omega, 6 Romulus Alpha and 15 Trireme Agrippa, they have more artillery than us, so we will have to use a new military technology that I have not yet used in China, but tests have confirmed its great reliability, I have the solution to end this naval siege, so wait and you will see the rebel ships flee from New Malacca and return to Apache territory." Andreas said.
Andreas shows the technology that would be used to end the naval siege and says:
"I present the Incendiary Bullet, a technological innovation of the Caesarian Navy created by the Classis Nova Ravenna Fabius Severus Sabino, This invention was tested at the shipyard with an old Dromom that was still in good condition. The test showed that any ship can be incinerated and this means that we can end the naval siege with these bullets and we can put an end to the Visigoth rebels' attempt to take this province." says Andreas.
The military agrees with Andreas and begins to use incendiary bullets instead of the limestone and granite bullets used in land and naval battles.
New Malacca
Fort St. John Chrysostom
One month ago
It had been about three months since the naval siege of New Malacca, which had proved fruitless for the Visigothic rebels and they attempted to end the stalemate by leading a land invasion towards the Fort St. John Chrysostom, to try to take the city by force.
In the fort, there were about 2,000 soldiers, these being regular soldiers, since the majority of the soldiers of the Caesarian legion were in New Atlantis with the intention of defending the capital of the province of an invasion by the Visigoth rebels, so Andreas placed the Tribunus Laticlavius Paulus Magnus Titus As leader of the defense of New Atlantis, meanwhile, Andreas would defend New Malacca from the rebel Visigoth forces.
The trumpets were played and on the horizon you could see thousands of soldiers brandishing swords, something that made the regular soldiers not lose their composure in the battle, since most of the Visigoth rebels they were peasants and blacksmiths, with that Andreas then orders:
"Have no remorse for these traitors! Spend all your bullets on these damned ones! Gunners, use the granite and limestone bullets, let's kill these traitors! Gunsligers, "Fire at these traitors until the last iron bullet is gone! Let's defeat these Visigoth bastards!!!! Fire!!!" Andreas orders.
The Palatine bombards make a thunderous noise and what would come here would be the defeat that sealed the death of the most skilled Visigoth military leader, the former Primus Pilus Rodrigo was killed in Nova Malacca and the leader of the Visigothic rebel navy Theodoric Wamba was killed in the battle of New Atlantis, thus the ability of the Visigothic rebels diminished and the battles previously fought on land and sea, now it would only be land battles.
Andreas would die later that year due to malaria, but his son Petrus Julian Gaius emerged as a worthy successor to the Caesarian throne, after the October Campaign in which he won decisively the Visigothic rebel army and with this victory, there was a popular acclaim for Petrus to become emperor and after a vote in the Forum of New Rome, Emperor Augustus II is deposed, but for To avoid a civil war, the former emperor and his sons acknowledged that the Fulminatrix was a weapon that belonged to the Flavian Family and any changes to the weapon would have to be paid for by the Family Flavian, This law became known as Lex Legatus, the first law on patents and copyright, although much simpler than it would become in the future.