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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!

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Inventing the Trebuchet

It was the summer of sophomore year, and Frank was in the middle of playing a video game on his computer, alone in his parent's house. His sister was off partying as per usual. As for his mother and father, they were on some beach in Thailand for their second honeymoon. Thus, Frank, who had come home from college for the summer, had the house entirely to himself.

Naturally, this meant he ordered a meat-lover's pizza, along with a few energy drinks, and was in the middle of a gaming marathon. Though not a popular streamer, Frank, or as he was known in cyberspace, EducatedFool was well known for going on twenty-four-hour gaming sprees whenever he could manage.

Today was special, why you might ask? Because he was playing a real time strategy that had just been released. The appeal of this game was that it had the political features of the most popular medieval grand strategy series, with the intense simulated battles of the most popular real time strategy series.