Tagmatine Armed Forces
| Military of The Greater Holy Empire of Tagmatium | |
|---|---|
| Exerkitos Arhomanos | |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief (Executive) | Kommodos III |
| Minister for War | Honorios Kontarian |
The Tagmatine Armed Forces (Laimaic: Exkeritos Arhomanos, Aroman: Exercitus Aromanus) is the military of Tagmatium. It is tasked with the defence of the state and its citizens, as well as protecting the interests of Tagmatium abroad. It is also tasked with waging warfare, if it is deemed necessary. It consists of three service branches: the Basilikostratos, the Basilikoploimon and the Basilikoaeroporia, the Imperial Army, the Imperial Fleet and the Imperial Air Force respectively. They are managed by the Ministry for War (Laimiaic: Logothesion tou Stratiotikou) and controlled by the the High Command (Laimiaic: Epistrategaion).
In the modern day, the Exerkitos Arhomanos employs only volunteering citizens. In the past, conscripts were used, especially during the Long War. However, the reforms introduced in the aftermath of that conflict, the Tagmatine military was made into an all-volunteer force. The Holy Emperor is commander-in-chief of the military, and members of the military swear an oath both to their monarch and people and before God. Command of the Exerkitos Arhomanos is usually delegated by the monarch to the Epistrategaion, which commands it during periods of warfare and the Ministry for War during times of peace.
Members of the military also play a key role within the Acclamation of the Holy Emperor. Four members of the armed forces - one from each of the branches and then one from the Tagmata - hoist the Holy Emperor on a shield after they have been crowned.
History
Basilikostratos
Basilikoploimon
The Basilikoploimon is the navy of Tagmatium. Historically, it was little more than a small force that provided transport to the Basilikostratos and intercepted any attempted seaborne invasions of the Greater Holy Empire's territory, as well as bore the army when it undertook its own invasions. However, beginning in the 1790s with the reunification of Tagmatium under Konstantinos VII (1788-1809), there was serious investment into the Basilikoploimon to enable it to undertake what would now be called "blue water" tasks and missions. This saw a high point in the early 1900s, with the Great Christian Fleet, made up of twelve battleships and numerous escorting vessels, circumnavigated the glube. They left Tagmatium in 1911 and called at several foreign ports along their route before returning in 1913. Whilst it was an impressive show of force, most of the ships were of outdated designs. This set the pattern for the Basilikoploimon throughout the rest of the early 1900s, as it was often more of a powerful force on paper than in reality. It was only under the Navarkhokrateia that the Tagmatine navy was able to become a truly modern force.
The Basilikoploimon serves to defend and protect the Greater Holy Empire's coastal waters and overseas interests, as well as policing domestic shipping lanes. It maintains both a green water force and a blue water force, the latter containing the most impressive vessels in the Tagmatine fleet, the Protathlites tou Khristou (Anglic: "Champions of Christ") class the aircraft carriers. However, it is the former that make up the bulk of the Basilikoploimon, as the blue water element is much newer. The other parts of the Basilikoploimon are the naval air arm, the , and the marine force, the .
