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Sabarine Empire Imperium Sabarinum
412 BCE–1819
Coat of arms
Capital	Sabaria
Common languages	Sabarine Idrean (late empire)
Religion	Apostolic Perendism
Government	Autocracy (First Empire) Absolute monarchy (Second Empire)
Emperor
• 412BCE–389BCE (first)	Petellius (as King)
• 1808–1816 (last)	Philip IV
History
• Established	412 BCE
• Imperialis Period	31
• Second Empire	501
• Treaty of Breun	920
• Fourth War of the Eagles	1411
• Disestablished	1819

The Sabarine Empire (Sabarine: Imperium Sabarinum) was a empire which ruled over much of Auressia and parts of Idica between 412 BCE and 1819.

Historians generally divide the Empire into two distinct periods, the First Sabarine Empire from 412 BCE to 501 CE and the Second Sabarine Empire from 501 to 1819. Whilst the First Empire saw Sabarian territory cover Auressia and Idica under an autocratic system of government centred on the Emperor, the Second Empire saw Sabaria's borders retreat into Occidental Auressia with much greater power and autonomy vested in the vassals of the now elective emperorship.

Throughout their rule the Sabarines greatly influenced the culture, demographics and economies of the regions which they ruled, with the Sabarine systems of law and government still influencing modern states today. The Sabarines are credited with influencing the development of medieval systems of government as well as the spread of Perendism. Many historians argue that the Sabarine Empire was perhaps the most important and influential empire in history, laying the groundwork for the modern world as we know it today.

The Sabarine Empire is generally thought to have been formed at some point in the Fifth-Century BCE following the consolidation of the Ardaic League under the rule of the Sabarine Kings. This new empire quickly conquered much of the territory across Auressia as well as parts of Idica. Whilst the Sabarine government would quickly morph into an autocratic system under the rule of the Emperor's, Sabarian rule saw the spread of legal codes, provincial representation and citizenship across the imperial provinces. As the Empire came under threat from barbarian migrations as well as internal power disputes, Sabaria's frontiers rapidly began to contract, soon centering on the imperial heartland of Occidental Auressia. The rise of Isaric raiders across the continent almost led to the empire's collapse though a series of military-minded emperor's allowed Sabaria to retain its independence and rebuild the empire albeit smaller and with power decentralised amongst the provincial lords. This decentralisation of power would eventually culminate in the creation of an elective monarchy.

Throughout the medieval and early-modern period the power of the Emperor continued to wane as a succession of states including Blayk and Vervillia were able to gain their independence. The Wars of the Eagles, a series of conflicts between the Empire's most powerful subjects further weakened the empire and drove more power into the hands of the subjects and away from the increasingly symbolic emperor.

The Empire collapsed in the aftermath of the Great Upheaval as revolution toppled the rule of John III of Palia, with successive attempts to restore the monarchy under Philip IV of Barcia quashed at the 1816 Congress of Sabaria. In the years following the Empire was reformed into the Occidental Confederacy influenced by revolutionary ideas of republicanism and limited government. Whilst the Occidental Confederacy remains today, attempts to revive the empire in the Twentieth Century under the rule of Gabriel Zárate are seen by some as a Third Sabarine Empire though such attempts were ultimately defeated with the surrender of Lancero Palia in 1943.

History

Foundation

Evidence for an exact date for the founding of Sabaria is tenuous at best, though most historians generally agree the city was founded at some point in the late-Ninth-Century BCE. The traditional date for the founding of Sabaria is 804 BCE which is based on calculations from the work of Pollius the Younger by Nineteenth-Century Barcian historian and author of The Complete History of Sabaria , Carlo di Pasqua. Little is known about early Sabaria due to the destruction of most early sources and most of what is known is derived from myth and legend.

What is known is that Sabaria was a militaristic city state which was regularly in conflict with a number of its neighbours. Archeological evidence of bronze and ironworking for tools and spears also appears from this time. Sabarine legends however suggest that the city was founded by a hero named Sabarius and his followers who was tasked with scaling the Occidental mountains to slay a great dragon which was terrorising the people of the continent. After slaying this dragon Sabarius descended the mountains to find a virgin plain along the Idro river where the spirits commanded him to build a settlement that "would become the foremost city in existence and the centre of all things".

Sabaria was believed to have endured a number of raids in its early years predominantly from the neighbouring Rudii tribe. These raids and a series of early wars known as the Rudic Wars prompted Sabaris to form the Ardaic League with a number of friendly neighbouring cities in Fifth-Century BCE. This League though originally under the leadership of Ardea would quickly come to be dominated by Sabaria due to its military success against the Camerians. By 412 BCE the Sabarine League would become almost completely subordinated under the rule of Sabaria with the other states of the League firmly established as vassals paying tribute to their overlord. Historians would label this new period the Dominate period as power came to be centralised under the rule of King Petellius of Sabaria and is used by some to mark the beginning of the Sabarine Empire.

First Empire

Main article: First Sabarine Empire

Second Empire

Main article: Second Sabarine Empire