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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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Unification of a Fractured Empire

With Durio and Yazdegerd dead, the eastern roman army immediately became dreadfully lacking in leadership. It was not only the eastern roman army, but their empire as a whole which suffered from this. What followed the death of the Magister Militum, and the Regent, was immediately infighting among the ranks of the eastern roman generals. 

News quickly spread of Yazdegerd's and Durio's defeats, causing what remained of the Eastern Roman Army to route from Illyricum and fall back towards constantinople, in a vain attempt to claim regency over the young boy emperor. However, when they returned to their capital city, they immediately found it blockaded by the western roman fleet, and under siege by the western roman army under the command of Marcellus.