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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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Victory over the Picts

The Roman Army, under Primus' commands, gazed upon the Caledonian hillfort with a hint of disdain in their eyes. They had come all this way to avenge the raids that these barbarians had inflicted upon their efforts to restore Antonine's wall. There was no way they would turn back now, even if they had to siege a fortress ten times more defensible than this minor stronghold. 

Primus quickly gave the command to begin the siege. Against such paltry defenses, they only needed a few days to bring them down.

"Establish a siege camp and begin immediate construction of trebuchets and battery rams. We will take this damn fortress within a week at the most!"