21-11-2025, 03:54 PM
Imperator Scipio dies in bed | What now?
November 5689
Today, 14th of November 5689, Imperator Scipio, who had been inactive for quite some time, has finally perished in his own bed at night during sleep. While it's still being investigated, as some believe, logically, that this could have been more than just a natural death, it has been confirmed nonetheless that there have been no signs of murder thus far, and that it might as well have been a combination of old age and stress. By the time Scipio proclaimed himself Imperator, he already was close to retirement from the army. However, the crisis with the Senators forced him, as Legatus, to do something and proclaim himself Imperator in the absence of an alternative.
Now the question every Selucian, as well as the international community, have been making is: what of Selucia now? Scipio didn't name a successor - he believed he was just a temporary ruler, and not intending to create a new system. He also feared, especially since the formation of the Restorationist movement, creating a system that reminded of the Principate, which he disagreed with ideologically and also considered would bring ruin to the nation right now.
It didn't take long for Scipionist Selucia to give up to chaos. East Aquilonia and Sadaria are completely unruly: the Junta were in no position of leadership really, and their power was legitimised by Scipio assigning them to their position - as soon as Scipio is gone, their power is meaningless and unjustified. Or it is seen as such by the citizens. Not just that, but citizens that did not approve of Scipio - which is known was the vast majority - would surely not accept his "puppets".
Oleria, currently ruled by Lucilius of the First Olerian Cohort, has taken advantage to send a great chunk of the cohort to Auroria and fill the vacuum left by the death of Scipio. Lucilius believes himself to be a successor of Scipio - or rather, of the Imperator. Lucilius had long had differences with Scipio, and these just strengthened during his rule as Imperator - but as a Legionary, and one with authoritarian tendencies at it, he logically supported the system installed by Scipio. Lucilius, however, is seen as more pragmatic: like Scipio, he wants to stabilise the nation and restore order, and that includes making sacrifices sometimes. For instance, it is known that one of the major disagreements Lucilius had with Scipio's decisions was the imprisonment of the Yeudi-Selucian population, and he instead proposed mass deportation, seeing Yeudis as a destabilising people, not just the diaspora, but the Yeudi population in Beiteynu/Amudim.
Meanwhile, it is known that West Aquilonia, reorganised as the Principate of Calatia by Charlus Cornelius, has been actively working on stabilising this territory as well as making deals with other nations, something that has also made both Scipio and Lucilius not act against him. While West Sadarian rebels have offered certain support to the Restorationist movement in Calatia, it seems Plebeian unions have seized advantage of the situation to impose some form of organisation to the whole chaos in West Sadaria, most notably by Sertor Livius, who has been trying to unify the Plebeian unions throughout West Sadaria to re-create the Selucian Republic in smaller-scale as an anti-Imperator and anti-Principate alternative.
November 5689
Today, 14th of November 5689, Imperator Scipio, who had been inactive for quite some time, has finally perished in his own bed at night during sleep. While it's still being investigated, as some believe, logically, that this could have been more than just a natural death, it has been confirmed nonetheless that there have been no signs of murder thus far, and that it might as well have been a combination of old age and stress. By the time Scipio proclaimed himself Imperator, he already was close to retirement from the army. However, the crisis with the Senators forced him, as Legatus, to do something and proclaim himself Imperator in the absence of an alternative.
Now the question every Selucian, as well as the international community, have been making is: what of Selucia now? Scipio didn't name a successor - he believed he was just a temporary ruler, and not intending to create a new system. He also feared, especially since the formation of the Restorationist movement, creating a system that reminded of the Principate, which he disagreed with ideologically and also considered would bring ruin to the nation right now.
It didn't take long for Scipionist Selucia to give up to chaos. East Aquilonia and Sadaria are completely unruly: the Junta were in no position of leadership really, and their power was legitimised by Scipio assigning them to their position - as soon as Scipio is gone, their power is meaningless and unjustified. Or it is seen as such by the citizens. Not just that, but citizens that did not approve of Scipio - which is known was the vast majority - would surely not accept his "puppets".
Oleria, currently ruled by Lucilius of the First Olerian Cohort, has taken advantage to send a great chunk of the cohort to Auroria and fill the vacuum left by the death of Scipio. Lucilius believes himself to be a successor of Scipio - or rather, of the Imperator. Lucilius had long had differences with Scipio, and these just strengthened during his rule as Imperator - but as a Legionary, and one with authoritarian tendencies at it, he logically supported the system installed by Scipio. Lucilius, however, is seen as more pragmatic: like Scipio, he wants to stabilise the nation and restore order, and that includes making sacrifices sometimes. For instance, it is known that one of the major disagreements Lucilius had with Scipio's decisions was the imprisonment of the Yeudi-Selucian population, and he instead proposed mass deportation, seeing Yeudis as a destabilising people, not just the diaspora, but the Yeudi population in Beiteynu/Amudim.
Meanwhile, it is known that West Aquilonia, reorganised as the Principate of Calatia by Charlus Cornelius, has been actively working on stabilising this territory as well as making deals with other nations, something that has also made both Scipio and Lucilius not act against him. While West Sadarian rebels have offered certain support to the Restorationist movement in Calatia, it seems Plebeian unions have seized advantage of the situation to impose some form of organisation to the whole chaos in West Sadaria, most notably by Sertor Livius, who has been trying to unify the Plebeian unions throughout West Sadaria to re-create the Selucian Republic in smaller-scale as an anti-Imperator and anti-Principate alternative.