HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION


the Liliani Empire
2000-600


FIRST (Laviscos) DYNASTY
2000-1978

2000 BP    Burburreica is conquered by Micholerdia; the king of Micholerdia declares himself emperor of Liliana.  Greater Micholerdia becomes Liliana the heart of the new empire.  Arro-Take dies the same year, and his son succeeds him.
1998 BP    Estontalle is conquered and added to Liliana.

SECOND (Janados) DYNASTY
1978-1890

1978 BP    Emperor Jame is slain by his general, Toka, who founds the Janados dynasty.
1977 BP    New northern territories are added to Liliana.
1975 BP    Liliana finishes conquering the north and proclaims Liliana Proxima, the second province of Liliana.  This creates a precedent and all future conquests become provinces separate from Liliana Magna, the homeland.
1950 BP    Berburreidica becomes the third province of Liliana.  Southern Berburreidica was not added for almost one thousand years.  Berburreidica had been conquered 50 years previous, but the people did not accept Liliani overlordship.  This 'waiting period' for citizenship created a precedent; all new conquered territories had to show peaceful existence for a number of years without revolt to join the empire.
1947 BP    Alembidicum becomes the fourth province of Liliana.
1946 BP    Liliana begins the invasion of Dascagnia.  Augusto Claudio commanded the army that conquered the north of Dascagnia.  Fergus, chieftain of Dascagnia, is killed in the battle of Werrian.  Further resistance by the Dascagnians ceases.  Liliana introduces its language to the indigenous people and renames the country Dascugnium.
1921 BP    Auria is founded by the Auranni.
1919 BP    Auria conquers Qella.
1918 BP    Auria invades Kagere, but is turned back.
1914 BP    Qella becomes integrated with Auria (the Promise).
1912 BP    Auria allies with the Tazothi tribesmen.  Beginning of Auranni dominance in Neoliliana.
1910 BP    The last king of Dasemia dies.  No new king is elected.
1909 BP    Kagere allies with the Relloi tribesmen.
1904 BP    Dasemia ceases to exist as an independent entity, totally subsumed by Kagere.
1893 BP    Kageri-Aura war.

THIRD (Garanhoes) DYNASTY
1890-1782

1890 BP    The emperor and his family are poisoned.  His successor is never proven guilty.  Liliana invades Uestadagnia.
1888 BP    Kagere and Liliana conspire against Auria and destroy it.  Kagere claims the Tazothi lands for their own, and lets Liliana pacify the defeated Auranni.  Beginning of Kageri dominance in Neoliliana.
1862 BP    Uestadagnia is completely conquered by Liliana.  Liliana introduces its language to the indigenous people, and rename the region Uestadagnium.
1850 BP    Liliana Minor becomes the fifth province of Liliana, consisting mainly of the former kingdom of Auria.  Kagere was not added for another 70 years.  Beginning of Liliani dominance in Neoliliana.
1826 BP    Liliana Superior becomes the sixth province of Liliana.

FOURTH (Pimbas) DYNASTY
1782-1587

1782 BP    End of the Garanhoes dynasty; beginning of the Pimbas dynasty.
1780 BP    Kagere is conquered and joined to Liliana Minor.
1738 BP    Portium Mare becomes the seventh province of Liliana.
1703 BP    Dascugnium and Uestadagnium become the eighth and ninth provinces of the Empire, respectively.
1700 BP    Faeniccia Minor becomes the tenth province of Liliana.
1636 BP    Caesaria Evora becomes the eleventh province of Liliana.
1587 BP    Civil war breaks out in Liliana; Count Anton IV of Lendia declares independence from Liliana.

FIFTH (Berberroes) DYNASTY
1585-1296

1585 BP    The victorious Bei Jeka is proclaimed emperor; beginning of the Berberroes dynasty.
1447 BP    Escorpionica becomes the twelfth province of Liliana through marriage.
1399 BP    King Margun of Lendia attacks Liliana.
1398 BP    War against Lendia begins by Liliana, attacking Percejevan.
1398 BP    First Lendian War begins.
1398-1342 BP    First Lendian War.
1342 BP    Percevejanis Nova is conquered and becomes the thirteenth province of Liliana in the same year.  End of the First Lendian War.
1329 BP    First strike against Lendia.  Beginning of the Second Lendian War.
1329-1297 BP    Second Lendian War.
1301 BP    Caesaria Beja becomes the fourteenth province of Liliana.
1297 BP    Lendiana becomes the fifteenth province of Liliana.  Dissolution of Lendian empire, end of the Second Lendian War.  Lendia would resist for another one hundred and fifty years, but ceased to exist as a major power.

SIXTH (Arrebimbas) DYNASTY
1296-1156

1296 BP    Gregorio (the Last) dies without issue; the Arrebimbas dynasty begins.
1275 BP    Northern Smallik (called Budania) is conquered and pacified; it is divided into Budania Superior and Inferior, the sixteenth and seventeenth provinces of the empire, respectively.

SEVENTH (Bejufas) DYNASTY
1156-600

1156 BP    Lendia falls to Liliana; Lendia loses 90% of its population
and all territories save Lendia itself over the 250-year "war." Emperor Jame dies in battle, and his heirs are found dead.  The Bejufas dynasty begins.
1130 BP    Southern Berburreidica is added to Berburreidica province when the locals ask to be included in the empire.
1119 BP    Goramia is absorbed by Liliana through dynastic marriage and becomes Gregurdicum, the eighteenth and last province of the Liliani Empire.
934 BP    Finding the extensive territory of Dascugnium and Uestadegnium difficult to control, [Emperor] replaced the provincial system in both territories with a county system.  Dascugnium was divided in eight counties: Vilina, Ystria, Odeland, Devrognia, Gardmoor, Klerengard, Ockenham and Angialda. Uestadegnium was divided in three counties: Zorriaga, Adnemar and Fluvis. All the counts had to swear fealty to the Emperor.  This is the first recorded use of Feudalism in Longerath.
714 BP    Rising out of barbarism, Lendia declares the first republic and makes peace with Liliana
712 BP    Elections on Lendia; first in Vexillium.  In southern Liliana, the counties of Ystria,Vilinia, Odeland, Gardmoor and Klerengard in Dascunya, and all the counties of Uestadenia, began a revolution against the Empire of Liliana. The counties of Devrognia, Okenham and Angialda didn't participate in the revolution, and fought against the rebel counties.
712-700 BP    War of Dascunyan Independence.
700 BP    Piolhosa breaks away from Liliana and disintegrates.  In the south, the rebel counties fight a successful war of independence against the empire.  The victorious counties proclaim the Kingdom of Dascunya, including the old provinces of Dascugnium and Faeniccia Minor, and the Kingdom of Uestadenia, including the old provinces of Uestadenia and Caesaria. The loyalist counties of Angialda and Devrognia remain part of Liliana.  William I "the Clever" becomes first king of Dascunya and head of the Gardmoor dynasty.  He moves the capital of Dascunya from Drekan to St. Hugues.  William I maintained a non-aggression policy with his neighbours.
680 BP    The Smalik states become virtually independent Budani provinces and cease paying tribute to Liliana.
679 BP    William I of Dascunya dies.  William II "the Warrior" succeeds him.  A small war between Dascunya and Uestadenia breaks out.
662 BP    William II of Dascunya conquers the city of Deltland, in Uestadenia.
660 BP    Leon takes power in Lendia.
660-658 BP    Dictatorship of Leon in Lendia.
658 BP    Leon deposed, democracy restored in Lendia.
655 BP    William II of Dascunya dies; his son Edward I "the Youth" is proclaimed king.  Edward I married his second son Edward to Claire of Francie (in Phenixia), and his third son Lawrence to Teresa of Iberie (also in Phenixia); this added two eastern territories to Dascunya.
651 BP    Seltorniok takes power in Lendia.
651-642 BP    Dictatorship of Seltorniok in Lendia.
642 BP    Seltorniok dies; democracy restored in Lendia.
628 BP    Edward I of Dascunya dies.  His son William III "the Chruistian" is proclaimed king.  William III builds the cathedral of St. Hugues, Danheim and Chateaubleu Abbey.
612 BP    Lendians in Smalik revolt and declare independence from Liliana in a federation of
city-states.
600 BP    The Empire of Liliana is dissolved by the Emperor.  The Empire of Estontetso is proclaimed.  Angialda and Devrognia decline to join the new empire and form their own nation of Ançalda.  William III of Dascunya dies, leaving no masculine heirs.  His daughter, Rose, marries Charles-Albert of Klerengard, beginning the Klerengard dynasty.  Charles-Albert is proclaimed king of Dascunya.  He builds the port of Danheim and the Royal Palace of St. Hugues.





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