Kingdom of Reynes
Kingdom of Reynes | |||||||||
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| 834 BME–342 BME | |||||||||
 Layout of Reynes in 400 BME | |||||||||
| Common languages | Rasnan | ||||||||
| Religion | Reynesan Religion | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Reynesan | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 834–799 BME | Velthur Tarquinisa Valashna | ||||||||
• 343–342 BME | Soteris Lupicinus Valashna | ||||||||
| Historical era | Casaterran Iron Age | ||||||||
| 834 BME | |||||||||
| 342 BME | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Template:Country data Sorenoro | ||||||||
The Kingdom of Reynes is an early period of Reynesan history in which the city and surrounding territory were ruled by a monarchy. The majority of modern understanding of their time period comes from preserved secondary histories, namely from Senator Callipho Gellius's The Histories dated 120 BME and by Eligius Iovius incompleted works known as the History and Legend of Reynes which he stopped working on with of the end of his life in 21 ME. The kingdom's founding myth has it established in 834 BME near the Savio river on Carti Hill and the Kingdom period ends with the overthrow of the Reynesan monarchy during the Culling of the 101.
History
Origin and Etymology (840-834 BME)
Arcehological evidence shows that permenant human settlement around the city of Reynes had been ongoing since at least 1200 BME, however the mythical foundation of the Kingdom is given to be 834 BME, a date repeated in most historical references due to its importance in Reynesan Religion. In the mythical founding of the city is said to have been by its first king, Velthur Tarquinisa Valashna, who named the city after his beloved son, Reynes Velthurla Valashna was killed fighting a barbarian tribe in roughly 840 BME.
In the foundational mythos, Velthur Tarquinisa Valashna lead a band of exiles from the city of Sabernus, modern day Saberno, after being kicked out from the city by the King Piste. Velthur followed the Savio river up stream and into the heartland of Sorenium. The exiles stopped for a night and, after giving sacrifice to the gods Tinia, Nethuns, and Horta gave Velthur a vision while he slept of the land they were to settle. Reportly at this time a band of bandits and barbarians attacked the exiles and in the fighting, Velthur's son Reynes Velthurla Valashna was killed. Velthur and his followers countinued on their jorney and after some time came to the land that Velthur had seen in his vision. It seems they may have attempted to settle at certain points along the river, but where driven off by local kingdoms or tribes.
In 834 BME they came to a ford in the Savio river and settled on the Carti Hill for protection. Velthur immedately set on constructing a wooden palsidae around the hill. The small city would slowly grow over the years as it attracted numbers of colonists from other cities, looking to start a new life. Its position down stream from the wealthy coastline cities allowed it to tax trade goods coming from settlements around the Larius Lake to the coastal cities, including Sabernus.
Reynes as a City-State (833-742 BME)
For nearly a century after Reynes saw itself expand and absorb smaller villages either through political pressure or military conquest. This allowed Reynes to expand its sphere of influence and establish itself as a small, but solid city-state. With the dealth of King Velthur