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Heir of Aurelian

The year is 407 AD and Rome is at the precipice. In the West, a usurper by the name of Flavius Claudius Constantinus has declared himself emperor. By doing this, he and his traitor legions have fractured the Western Roman Empire into two. At the same time, the north bleeds! Countless germans swarm across the borders of the Empire and pillage its lands in their ruthless raids. Alaric, King of the Goths, rises to a position of prominence and threatens the ancient capital of the dying Empire with his barbarian hordes. As if things weren't bad enough, rumors from the east state that a mysterious power rises within the fogs of war, threatening to drown the Empire in a river of blood. As a response to these threats, the indolent emperor Honorius has given orders to his supreme commander Flavius Stilicho to reclaim the province of Gaul from the usurper. However, should he leave the heartland of the Empire undefended, undoubtedly Alaric would invade. Thus, under the threat of barbarians at the gates, Stilicho dispatches a young roman general by the name of Titus Claudius Marcellus to bring an end to the reign of the usurper. Will Rome fall to the tides of barbarians and traitors alike? Or can Marcellus restore a world collapsing around him? Find out in Heir of Aurelian!

Zentmeister · History
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I Swear I Will Make You Love Me!

Sigefrida sighed as she gazed upon the report on her desk. Though the conspirators against Marcellus had been infiltrated, they had yet to be eliminated. She thought the slaying of Frugi would compel the eastern roman empire to cease its attempts to assassinate Marcellus, but she had just received word that yet another plot was in the mix to remove Marcellus from power. 

As the weeks passed, the day that Marcellus married Placidia drew closer, and the girl was getting more hostile to every second. It was clear that she knew she was only a pawn of political marriage, and because of that, she took her frustrations out on Sigefrida with daily scoldings and tantrums.