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Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum

 * Government: Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Theodore (r. 639-680) (b. 614-680)
 * Romanus (r. 680-) (b. 643)
 * Military: 200,000 in total, by the late 7th century, it is clear that the Central Roman Empire had moved out from imperial Roman tactics and formulated those close to what current feudal Europe had, including the Holy German Empire - slightly disorganised but there's also new tactics that are influenced from the Byzantine-Shapurid war. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans adopted it in the 3rd century from the Persians, which are still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with the ballistae and the recently invented Greek fire, which is not yet demonstrated as a practical weapon - it is held back in case. The army peaks during the Byzantine-Shapurid War with conscripts willing to defend for their own domain against the Persian threat.
 * Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans and now what the Central Romans call "the new barbaric kingdoms", despite adopting Christianity to some extent. Constantinople is a port city, so it flows very nicely from the east to the west for many merchants. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course. Trading from the east has been disrupted by conflict thanks to the Byzantine-Shapurid War and nomadic khaganates in the north, leaving the Mediterranean, the Arabian peninsula and Europe the only way to trade.
 * Demographics: (Does not include Nabatea)
 * Population: 22,150,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 650,000
 * Large cities: 1,500,000
 * Small settlements: 5,000,000
 * Rural areas: 15,000,000
 * Religion: 89% Christian, 3% Zoroastrian, 3% Neo-Hellenism (around the boundaries of Atlas), 1% Judaism, 4% Other
 * Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian, 15% Thracian, 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite, 19% Other
 * Events:
 * Byzantine-Shapurid War (606-): There was fear in the 660s that Alagadda would fall in the second siege once again as reinforcements from the Iranian Empire continue to pour in. 80,000 troops (10,000 deaths) would then be reinforced by another 30,000 to ensure that the offensive retaliation against the Iranian Empire (shown on the map) succeeds in the Assyrian campaign, pushing them away from both Assur and Alagadda. This puts the total of soldiers sent by the Central Roman Empire to 110,000. The 10,000 troops in the Central Roman Empire remain put in defending, although there are mass casualties in combat and that an additional 15,000 troops would be sent to defend Hecatompylus from capitulating and to disrupt supply lines by basically sending more troops there.
 * Death of Emperor Theodore (April 680): Emperor Theodore dies out of old age at the age of 66, which is decent for nobles of the Central Roman Empire, with a bit of luck included. However, the Neo-Claudian dynasty that was set upon the Central Roman Empire under the purple robe would soon crumble with the coronation of Emperor Romanus as the Emperor of the Central Roman Empire. It is said that Romanus in secret, according to gossip and rumours that he is infertile and incapable of having offspring. This could very well end the Roman dynasty once and for all by the turn of the 8th century. What implication will happen is unclear. (No, before telling me, I won't collapse the empire, dynastic change will happen when he had no son or brother - Byzantium needs a new dynasty, preferably another noble one)
 * Tales from the Siege of Alagadda: A piece of writing commissioned by Scipio Valens on 672 describes the events of the Siege of Alagadda during the Byzantine-Shapurid War in stunning detail through three different lenses, the Byzantine soldier, the noble and the peasant. Some amateur historians believe Pius Momus and Scipio Valens might be linked or perhaps inspired by him, but many experts have discarded this as a mere coincidence.
 * Humiliation?: Central Roman military general Nestor Doudakas wrote this on 680 to the new emperor, showing concern of lack of investment by the Central Roman Empire's incentive to defend: "If Hecatompylus falls, then there might be a chance of humiliation within other Romes. We will still stand together, but after the fall of the West and the North, the East may be next. You are already investing too much into Alagadda, that is good, but what you need is to look to your own brother [Eastern Roman Empire] and see for yourself."