Category:History

Originally founded by Augustus in 27BC, Imperial history is generally divided into seven distinct phases, each of which saw a different style of rule at the top.

The Principate 27BC-235AD.

The Third Century Crisis 235AD-284AD

The Dominate 284AD-602AD

The Seventh Century Crisis and Iconoclastic Period 602-813

The Recovery 813-1227

The Age of Limitations 1227-1683

The Restoration Era 1683-Present

For roughly the first four centuries of its existence, the Roman Empire existed as a Mediterranean spanning, bilingual state, but, from the middle of the fourth century onwards, this hegemony began to break down, as the Western, Latin provinces gradually slipped from direct control. The Hellenic east stayed within the fold until warfare with the Persians and the Arabs broke Roman rule over Syria and Egypt, restricting the Empire effectively to the Balkans and Anatolia. The period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries, however, saw a spectacular recovery, with more ground gained in the aftermath of the devastating Mongol invasions of the Islamic and Rhomanian worlds in the thirteenth centuries.

From the fifteenth century onwards, Rhomania increasingly expanded outwards into the Indian Ocean, setting up colonies and protectorates on the east coast of Africa, in southern India, and on the continent of al-Ostrahl. During her sixteenth century apex, the Empire was probably the single most powerful state in the world, but the rise of rival powers later in that century put an end to her days of sole global hegemony. A period of semi-stagnation then set in, which ended with the brutal abolition of the monarchy in the 1660s, and the institution of a Republic. This, though, was overthrown in 1683 following the Battle of Cyprus, and a new constitutional settlement was devised by Basil Psaras, which remains in use to this day in Rhomania.