Antienam

Antienam, also referred to as the Republic of Antienam, is a nation located in the North-East region of Ardentia. Antienam borders multiple nations, on the east coast it borders the nations of Atraland, on the southern borders, it borders both the nations of Etrius and Solingarch. The Republic of Antienam is home to the compassionate and most devoted to both their nation and national religion. Antienam is known for it's beautiful architecture and buildings, an amazing example would be both it's well preserved marble-statues during the nations early ages and the many historic buildings that had been preserved from it's antiquity periods. One historic building would be the Church of Sancta Sophia, the massive church going back to the 1st Century.

Antienam is widely known for having it's national religion, being Christianity, many scholars debate whether the nation either follows Traditional Catholicism or Orthodoxy, but it's generally accepted that the nation follows main-line Christianity. Christianity was introduced by an Apostle of Christ <TBA> by the year of 55 a.E, then becoming the nation's national religion by the end of 66 a.E.

Other than religion, Antienam experienced many events throughout it's history, from it's founding at 753 a.C to present day a.E. In a bit of irony, Antienam's early history is often shrouded in mystery, even the origins of the first leader. It's widely accepted by scholars and historians that the early known history of Antienam was subsequently burnt during the Great Fire of Konstantinoupole in the first century, engulfing many of it's history before the first century. <PLACE FOR INFOBOX>

History

It's important to understand that for the next section of history, is based on legends surrounding it's very first leaders. Not all scholars and historians agree that this is how history went for Antienam, rather they agree that this is the only piece of history that goes along the lines of the actual story. Starting from the 19th century, many great explorers and historians are still uncovering Antienam's history, only up to 2007 did they discover the Patmos Scrolls which despite being a massive archeological find that benefitted the history of Antienam, is still missing the early pieces of Antienamese History.

Early History

The Legend

According to Legend, Pantaleon and Ferminius were both twins of an unnamed woman who, was working within a religious order and abstained from having children. One day during a regular event within the order, they suddenly were raided by a tribe, who ransacked their town and committed atrocities onto the people. Their leader, who was a king, found and decided to make sure the woman bear his child. The woman never agreed but was forced to do so against her own will, where she gave birth to both to Pantaleon and Ferminius. A year later, the king, realizing that his children could grow up and murder him, decides to murder the woman he impregnated against her own will, and make sure the twins drown by the river, which by today, is still unknown.

The tribal soldiers hired by the king, soon find the woman unguarded with her children, and soon brought her to the river and decapitated her before subsequently dropping her head to the river, letting both the head and it's body bleed into the water. Unfortunately for the soldiers it made the job harder for them to drown the twins as they could not tell where they were due to the blood of the river. Unbeknownst to the soldiers the twins were long gone as they were carried by the river, to which after trying to find for so long, concluded they would've died from the current alone, and left the scene.

Meanwhile Pantaleon and Ferminius were luckily saved by a Shepherd, who saw the two frantically trying to swim, to which they were brought to their shelter presumably near modern day Konstantinoupole. The two would later be fed by the Shepherd's family. Meanwhile, the soldiers who had murdered the woman, reports back to the king that they had killed both the woman and their children, to which the king rewarded them with Gold and Silver.

Pantaleon and Ferminius

Pantaleon and Ferminius would later grow up to be very capable warriors, often being on good terms. And soon when they were 18, gathered enough men to slaughter the monster that had murdered their own mother, by the late 770-760(?) gathered enough men and went on to do an act of vengeance. The king by this point, had grown old and corrupt, but when they heard that two people was coming to get him, without even realizing who they were, decided to gather his own men. The two met at battle outside of the king's town, which would later be called Battle of the Wills, the King's men outnumbered the brothers by 2:1, and yet by sheer luck, the brothers won the decisive battle. The King died after falling off his horse and drowning by a river, connected to the original river where the woman of the brothers had originally died.

After the battle had ended, Pantaleon and Ferminius would liberate the king's territory, and soon enough, by 753 a.C form their own country.

Establishment of the Kingdom

Pantaleon and Ferminius would found Antienam by the year of 753 a.C, but under a kingdom. Despite being on good terms, this moment marked the tipping point between the brother's relationship, and Pantaleon grew a disdain towards his brother Ferminius, who had grown to be an absolute womanizer. Antienam was founded where the city of Konstantinoupole would soon be located. The first act that Pantaleon would do was to fortify the walls of the city, where in later years would be rebuilt into the Great Walls of Konstantinoupole.

Pantaleon would do most of the work, establishing many trading outposts outside of the kingdom, creating many farms, and creating a working class system similar to the modern day working class. Ferminius meanwhile took great interest with women, to which Pantaleon would see as blasphemy. And soon Pantaleon would start scheming a plan to murder his own brother in the name of an event that would rock him.

For a decade, the city would soon be a filled with various people, farmers, colonists, refugees and many others. Pantaleon by the end of the decade would create the very first army, researchers, scholars and historians alike estimate their army consisted of 500-900 recruits, armed with the great ancestor of the famous Helenic Helmets and armor somewhat oddly being regarded as "Ancient Kevlar." Despite not being actually kevlar.