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Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum

 * Government: Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Romanus (r. 680-689) (b. 643-689)
 * Michael (r. 689-) (b. 642) - New dynasty (Cilician Dynasty)
 * 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: 22,300,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 650,000
 * Large cities: 1,550,000
 * Small settlements: 5,100,000
 * 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-): The 90,000-strong force (20,000 casualties in trying to push back the assault from Assur) is again reinforced by 21,000 troops, stationed at Alagadda to prevent a second major siege from happen, which the Persians are nicely still there. The main goals of the Assyrian campaign is to push the Persian assault back and end long battles in Alagadda. Many hoped there would be a miracle for that. Meanwhile, despite the fall of Hecatompylus and saw the deaths of all of the stationed Central Romans in that city thanks to its capitulation, the 15,000 troops that were sent as an offensive were reinforced with 5,000 troops to built fortresses in the remainder western parts of East Rome and push together as part of the Assyrian Campaign to prevent them from passing over the hilly terrain and into Partav and Qabala.
 * New Dynasty: Following the death of infertile Emperor Romanus, ending the Neo-Claudian dynasty, a noble from the theme of Cilicia assumes as the Emperor of the Central Roman Empire. Emperor Michael seeks to finally end the war before "50 years after the coronation of himself" as the war still dragged on for almost a century or so. Could this impact the relations of the Roman Empire? Maybe there's a significant dynastic change, but most of them are still directly descendant from the Five Emperors of the ROman Empire.