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  • TREBAME | Chapter 11 – Mongols on the March

    The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is May, 101 AD, and the Mongols are on the march. Batu Khan isn’t just another Mongol ruler. He is the grandson of Genghis Khan and is old enough to have known the conqueror personally. He gained his military credentials fighting in the army of…

  • TREBAME | Chapter 10 – Coronation: Free and Imperial

    The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is June, 101 AD. Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia and Emperor-Elect of Rome, had wracked his brain for months trying to think of a method of taking down William without moving against him directly. So far, his best idea was to have his son Ottokar…

  • TREBAME | Chapter 9 – Henry’s Crusade: Saints and Heathens

    The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is the middle of May, 101 AD. Over the winter, Trajan has recruited replacements for the casualties of the previous campaign season in addition to forming two new legions and over a dozen new auxiliary cohorts. Not all of these troops will be going to…

  • TREBAME | Chapter 8 – Great Assembly: Seventy and Seven

    The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is summer, 100 AD. In the aftermath of the Battle of Novaesium, Trajan Augustus spends the rest of the summer and autumn campaigning against various smaller Holy Roman armies attacking Heathen Roman garrisons all along the Rhine, as well as the upper Danube. Trajan had…

  • TREBAME | Chapter 7 – Otto’s Crusade: Asciburgium and NovaesiuM

    The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe [First] [Prev] [Next] It is summer, 99 AD. It has taken time for the Holy Roman Empire to get its business in order, but things are beginning to settle down. There remain two emperors-elect, neither of them crowned by a pope: William of Holland reigns from the County of…

  • Chapter 8: The Grand Armada of Ming | Blue Dawn

    [First] [Prev] [Next] 8.1 – Preparations for the Armada (1610 – 1612) China in 1610 can be described as being in a period of calm before the storm. After rising out of the ashes of the wars to eject Genghis Khan’s descendants from China, the Ming Dynasty had entered a period of deep decline in…