Alydian Empire

Empire of the Fiorentines and Asurans Imperium Florentium et Asurae (Fiorentine) Impero di Fiorentini e Azuri (Atrescan)
716–1812
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Alydian Empire at its greatest extent, superposed on modern borders.
Capital	Laterna (716–1553); (1576–1624) Albasini (1553–1576); (1624–1812)
Common languages	Fiorentine (official and liturgical language) Various others
Religion	Alydianism
Government	Elective monarchy
Emperor
• 716–741	Ludovico I
• 1570–1601	Charles II
• 1778–1801	Richard I
• 1804–1812	James III
Legislature	General Congress
Historical era	Medieval period Early modern period
• Fall of the Sabaic Kingdom	716
• Camrian Consolidation	966
• Cuirpthean unification	1477
• Midrasian Civil War	1624
• Statute of Senna	1812
Population
• 800	5,000,000
• 1200	16,000,000
• 1550	23,500,000
• 1750	34,000,000
• 1812	46,000,000
Today part of	Aleramia Atresca Camria Cuirpthe Glosmynd Mardin Isles Midrasia Souna Tricladia Vvarden

The Empire of the Fiorentines and Asurans (Fiorentine: Imperium Florentium et Asurae; Atrescan: Impero di Fiorentini e Azuri), also commonly referred to as the Alydian Empire and the Imperial Domains was a multi-national grouping of territories that spanned most of western Asura. It lasted from its creation when Ludovico I was crowned Emperor of the Alydians, inheriting the territory of the Sabaic Kingdom in 716 to its dissolution by the Statute of Senna in 1812. Throughout all of its history it was the largest single polity in Asura, although its size fluctuated greatly over time. Cuirpthe was removed from the Empire after it unified in 1477, with Midrasia following suit after the Pontifical War and Midrasian Civil War. At its dissolution in 1812, the Alydian Empire included territories in Aleramia, Atresca, Camria, Glosmynd, Souna, Tricladia and Vvarden.

The Alydian Empire functioned as an elective monarchy, however some historians choose to classify it as a diarchy, with the elected Emperor of the Alydians sharing power with the incumbent Pontiff of Laterna. Independent domains of the Empire were granted a certain number of votes at the General Congress, which convened to vote for a new Emperor at the death of the prior one. Votes were delegated and assigned by the Pontiff, and rarely changed save periods of great expansion. Historically, votes were concentrated in Atresca, and most of the Alydian Emperors were Atrescan until the Pontifical Domain was put under Midrasian influence after the Pontifical War.

History

Early Middle ages

• Ludovico I revolts against the pagan Sabaic Kingdom, evicts them from western Asura and is crowned by the Pontiff as Emperor of the Alydians.
• Progresses into a decentralised state with hundreds of smaller states ruled over by an elected Emperor.
• Atrescan domination of the Pontificate sees voting numbers concentrated in the Kingdoms and Duchies of Atresca.
• Empire expands into the Thiaric world - Camria, Tricladia, Cuirpthe - around 950 AD, formation of the Masurian dynasty

Masurian dynasty

• Masurian dynasty are a powerful mercantile Atrescan noble family, first Emperor elected in 948 - Dante I
• Masurians expand Imperial holdings in the Thiaric world, expeditions to Ossuria and Souna bring them under the control of the Empire
• Continue the conversion of the Thiaric peoples up north
• Last emperor, Dante III, only rules for two years before they are removed from power in 1103

High Middle ages

• Kingdom of Narraghmore begins gaining influence in Cuirpthe, idea of Cuirpthean unification is floated around in the Imperial Cuirpthean holdings
• Justicates of the Valdinas Islands are subjugated in 1200s, Troping also conquered in the same time, first Imperial holding in Arabekh
• Duchy of Alpiens begins gaining influence in electoral process, expanded to the third-largest voting power in the Empire in 1279
• Sadamic league begins gaining cities along the coast of the Empire

Late Middle ages

• Mydran Kingdom conquers Candare and Fiorle in 1290, large blow to Atrescan rule
• First foreign emperor - Camrian James I elected to the throne in 1313.
• Throne back in Atresca by 1330
• First Cuirpthean revolts are put down in the southern holdings in the 1370s, Narraghmore begins pushing for Cuirpthean secession and unification

Renaissance period

• Cuirpthe secedes and unifies in 1477 as Narraghmore successfully beats the unorganised Imperial armies
• Decree of Battaglia (1486) sees Victoria I, Empress of the Alydians (also first Empress) declare that colonial holdings of the Empire would not be subject to Imperial rulings, kicks off Atrescan colonialism massively
• Atrescan pontifical dominance begins to become a problem for other Imperial states, many philosophers begin to question it
• Pontifical War deals a pivotal blow to Atresca and the Empire, with the Riviera being conquered and the Pontiff being placed under Midrasian influence, Charles II, King of the Mydra then elected as Emperor of the Alydians in 1570
• Formation of the Midrasian republic sees Midrasia leave the Empire, taking Laterna with it

Baroque period, modern period and decline

• Laterna's secession becomes a large blow for the legitimacy of the Emperor/Empress, although Pontiff still retains power and anoints monarchs despite being under Midrasian influence
• Larger states begin to form within the Empire, Atresca, Aleramia and Vvarden become regions housing a small amount of main kingdoms
• Richard I, a Camrian emperor, is elected in 1778 and gives states more autonomy within the Empire, able to prioritise local law over Imperial law
• James III, another Camrian, is the final Emperor, being forced to abdicate and relinquish all his titles by Satesian nobles who revolt over the Pontiff's role in the Empire
• Statute of Senna enacted in 1812, relieving member states of the Empire of their Imperial duties and binds and de facto ending the Empire.