The Augustian Empire
When the gods brought their followers to Tellus none were more successful and prosperous than the followers of the Roman Gods. These gods settled followers from different regions of the Roman Empire in regions of Tellus that were similar to their home regions. However as the Roman Empire was diverse and cosmopolitan people of different ethnicities were spread across the new land.
Eventually these peoples merged into a cohesive empire absorbing local non-humans into their system. Emperor Augustus was the first emperor of the new empire. He brought all the divergent lands together from his capitol of Castrum on Minervia. At the height of his reign Emperor Augustus created a land bridge between Aegyptus and Parthia by building massive dykes that connected the Augustia Islands to the main lands. He then built the great city of Augustopolis which became the new capitol of the empire and a center for knowledge and the arts. During the Witch King’s plague the dykes broke and most of Augustopolis was swept into the ocean.
Several other emperors followed Augustus’s reign though none achieved his greatness. Still the empire thrived until the coming of the Witch King’s plague. The devastation wrought by the plague broke the empire into a myriad of lesser kingdoms and city states that for the most part adopted a feudal system to survive. Many ruined cities and towns dot the landscape and most are still overrun by undead and monstrous creatures. The people hope that one day the glory of the empire will be restored but that dream seems impossible to most. Much knowledge was lost during the plague and most rulers lack the power to govern more than a few hundred square miles of territory.
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