House of Julii
(270BC - 14AD)
by
Scrotumus Maximus

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• Summer - Gaius Marius, a roman general reforms the army. Valerius Julius  (son of Vibius the Brave) becomes Praetor at the age of 42. Kaeso Pennus becomes Quaestor at the age of 16.  Appius Julius becomes new governor of Patavium.
• Winter - Numerius Poppaeus married Magia (daughter of Decius Burrus). Birth of Severina (daughter of Augustus Drusus and Violentilla).

• Summer - Riots in Mediolanium killing 479 citizens and 18 soldiers. Lucius Vellius marries Sempronia (daughter of Decius Murena).
• Winter - Quintus Fannius dies in his bed. Secundus because the Faction's Heir.

• Summer - The Greek Cities declared war on the Seleucid Empire. Birth of Titus Vellius (son of Lucius and Sempronia).  Numerius Poppaeus becomes new governor of Transalpine.
• Winter - Salonina (wife of Amulius) dies.

• Summer - Gaius Rabirius marries Ustina (daughter of Decius Burrus).
• Winter - Rome offered the Gauls in Celtiberia to become a Protectorate but refused. Appius Julius, governor of Patavium, Venetia had his first battle against a rebel army blocking the way up to Iuvavum.

Winter 270BC - Young Appius Julius fought his first battle against a rebel army that blocked trade routes from Patavium to Iuvavum.
 

• Summer - The Macedonian Empires crumbled and no long exist. Valerius Julius took the position of Pontifex Maximus. Kaeso Pennus takes the position of Aedile.
• Winter - Galerius Burrus married Ceacilia.

• Winter - Helena (wife of Decius Julius) and Cornelia (wife of Marcus Julius) dies of old age. Secundus Julius attacks Numantia, the last bastion of the Gauls after they refused the offer of being a protectorate of Rome. The town was held by Casticos of Dorocortorum. His defense was staunch and caused as many casualties to the Romans but in the end the Romans prevailed by superior numbers. The last of the Gaul territory is now a Roman province.

Winter 205BC - Numantia, Celtiberia. Secundus Julius prepares his legion to assault the last city of the Gauls defended by Casticos of Dorocortorum.


Winter 205BC - Numantia, Celtiberia. The assault on the gate entrance was heavily defended by the Gauls. The Romans were almost expelled out of its doors.


Winter 205BC - Numantia, Celtiberia. The walls on both sides of the main entrance were also knocked down and allowed the Romans to flank the Gauls,
thus ensuring a victory in the end.
 

• Winter - Rome declares war on Germania. Only the House of Julii did not declare war on their neighbors in the north.

• Winter -Secundus Julius took Carthago Nova but with a price. He lost his life while trying to flank the remaining defenders in the town center. Valerius Julius the brother of Secundus becomes the Leader of the House of Julii. Captain Luca, the commander of the Garrison south of Condate Redonum eliminated a rebel army block the roads heading south to Lemonum.

Winter 203BC - The defenders of Carthago Nova put up a good fight but eventually were overwhelmed by the Roman cavalry.


Winter 230BC - The defenders retreated to the town center where they had their last stand. Secundus Julius loses his life while flanking the enemy from the rear.

According to historian Scrotomus Maximus (translated from Latin):
The over aggressiveness of Secundus Julius cost him his life since the battle was completely won.  Only a few of the defenders were left, but he chose to send his cavalry to the rear and charged the enemy straight on. They took very little casualty since it was a good maneuver but somehow he was dragged down from his horse and was killed within the last few minutes of the battle.
 

• Summer - Valerius Julius becomes Consul and Kaeso Pennus as Praetor. Kaeso Burrus becomes of age (16yrs old). Birth of Numerius Vellius (son of Lucius Vellius). Birth of Lucius Poppaeus (son of Numerius Poppaeus). Gnaeus Annius married Fadia (daughter of Oppius Pennus).

• Summer - Captain Nero faces a Spanish army north of Carthago Nova. He was going to rendezvous with General Decius Burrus the Governor of Narbonensis to retake Carthago Nova.  He met the Spanish army led by Captain Bittor. He positioned his troops on a hill and let the Spaniards march up. Fierce fighting ensued until the Spaniards realized the battle could not be won, they soon retreated and a rout ensued. A few months later, Valerius Julius took over governorship of Mediolanium, Transalpine from Oppius Pennus due to mis-management and sent Oppius to govern Segesta, Liguria instead, small under developed province.  He sent Oppius' son Kaeso Pennus to govern Patavium to replace Appius Julius who also was not doing well as governor. Valerius wanted Appius to lead troops. Decius Burrus sieged Carthago Nova after the rebellion that gave the town back to the Spaniards.

Summer 201BC - The Spaniards attacked the top of the hill. The stoutness of the Romans led by Captain Nero prevailed and the Spanish army retreated with
heavy losses.
 

• Summer - Decius Burrus retook Carthago Nova from the Spaniards and became governor of the province of Hispania.
• Winter - Birth of Caesonia (daughter of Gaius Rabirius and Ustina). Appius Julius on his way towards Massilia in Transalpine defeats a rebel army stationed near the bridge connecting Narbonensis to Transalpine.

Summer 200BC - Decius Burrus retook Carthago Nova in the Hispania province and became governor of that province.


Winter 200BC - Appius Julius defeats a rebel army blockading the bridge that connected Narbonensis to Transalpine with the barrowed town garrison
of Massilia.

According to historian Scrotomus Maximus (translated from Latin):
Appius Julius was ordered by Valerius to go to Transalpine and to command an army to help the war against the Spaniards and Carthaginians in Hispania. On his way in Transalpine, he received a warning message from the governor of Transalpine (Numerius Poppaeus) that a small brigand army was north of Massilia and blockading the two bridges on the way to Narbonensis. Since Appius only traveled with his cavalry guards, he did not have enough troops to face the rebels. He sent back a message to Numerius to lend him his city garrison and have them rendezvous with him near where the brigand army was camping.  The next morning Appius and the small Massilia garrison engaged the rebels and defeated them on the hills north of Massilia, overlooking the 2 bridges connecting Narbonensis and Transalpine.
 

• Summer - Birth of Dryantilla (daughter of Lucius Vellius and Sempronia daughter of Decius Murena). Cnaeus Drusus comes of age (16yrs old). He is the son of Augustus Drusus, the governor of Iuvavum. Kaeso Burrus was declared Governor of Arretium.
• Winter - Numantia sieged by the Carthaginians. Oppius Pennus dies as governor of Segesta, Liguria. Cnaeus Drusus son of Augustus married Sulpicia.  Narbo Martius officially declared the Capital City of the House of Julii.

• Summer - Galerius Varro married Severina (daughter of Augustus Drusus). Valerius Julius became Pontifex Maximus. Kaeso Pennus became Consul. Galerius Varro becomes governor of Narbonensis and Lucius Vellius commissioned to lead a legion. The fleet led by Admiral Spurius blockaded the Port of Cirta, Numidia upon the request of the Senate, thus the House of Julii declared war on Numidia.
• Winter - Riots in Arretium which killed 2,000 civilians, damaged to the Governor's Palace, Forum and Academy. Decius Burrus led his army towards Numantia, Celtiberia to confront a Carthaginian army besieging the town. He was confronted by that same army south of Numantia where the battle occurred. The Carthaginians were defeated and Decius hurried to Numantia and proclaimed himself governor.

Winter 198BC - Decius Burrus confronted the Carthaginian army besieging the town of Numantia and soundly defeated it.
 

• Summer - Tertius Gessius and Caius Julius comes of age (16yrs old.) Tertius Gessius becomes the new governor of Narbonensis, he is well known for good management skills. While Caius Julius will be trained as a military leader.
• Winter - Decius Burrus takes Asturica from the Spaniards. Flavius Varus married Ancharia (daughter of Oppius Pennus).  The Britons attacked Germania Superior, one of the last two Germanic provinces. The Romans deploy their legions from Iuvavum and Lovosice towards the north to counteract the Britons in Agri Decumates.

Winter 196BC - Decius Burrus take Asturica and made Gallaecia a Roman province.
 

• Summer - The siege of Trier by the Britons failed.  This gave the Romans a chance to take Germania Superior and Agri Decumates. Servius Gessius and his legion crossed the German border to Agri Decumates to rendezvous with Appius Julius' legion coming from Iuvavum. On the way he met a large German force that had the chance to ambush them but did not because both nations were not at war.  Servius saw the advantage and displayed hostile intent towards their northern neighbors. The Germans managed to position themselves on the side of a mountain and Servius was on hot pursuit.  The weather had gone worse and it rained heavily. Servius decided to back down and retreat instead of engaging the enemy which was at a very advantageous position.
  
  A few days after, the Germans engaged Servius' army north from the first engagement and defeated the German force which was led by Chieftain Maroboduus.
• Winter - Caius Julius from Alesia comes near the town of Trier in Germania Superior and camps on the hills overlooking the town. He battles with a large German force equal to his own. Half of Caius' men are auxiliaries and mercenaries. A brutal fight during winter with both sides taking big losses. In the end Caius defeats the Germans under difficult weather.

Summer 195BC - Servius confronted the Germans but bad weather and the German's position (high on the mountain side) made Servius decide a retreat was
the best option. Also, knowing his force was mostly composed of archers on rainy weather, he decided to pull back instead of risking his men.

According to historian Scrotumus Maximus (translated from Latin):
"After Servius retreated from the first engagement with the Germans, he camped his army north on the open hills bordering the woods several days east of Mogontiacum. He wanted to engage the Germans on clear weather. Several days have passed when scouts spotted the Germans approaching the camp. This time, Servius could not back down from the confrontation so he positioned himself behind his archers and the archers behind a thin line of Roman infantry. He ordered a small force of cavalry to cover his right flank and his larger cavalry force to his left on the top of the ridge. His main force of archers and infantry were on a slope. The Germans came up quickly and found themselves temporarily at a higher elevation than the Romans but not knowing that the large Roman cavalry was sitting on top of the ridge on their right flank. When the Germans reached archer range, the Romans let loose and many Germans fell on their way. The sloping field littered with the dead and injured as hundreds of arrows flew and hit their mark but the Germans continued to advance. The Germans then charged their cavalry towards the thin line of Roman infantry. With uncanny timing, the  Roman cavalry on the top of the ridge sprung down and intercepted the German cavalry and flank them on their right and on their rear as the German horsemen engaged the Roman line. Servius then ordered his smaller cavalry force on his right to join in and smash the German cavalry now flanked on all sides. Fierce fighting ensued as the Roman line held and the German horsemen retreated. The Roman cavalry gave chase but found themselves between their own Roman line and a wall of spears of the German pikemen already yards away from engaging the Roman line. Fortunately most of the Roman cavalry escaped entrapment and continued to pursue the German cavalry. By the time the German pikemen engaged the Romans, the Germans were so weakened and reduced in numbers by archers and the continued constant barraged of arrows caused many to panic and run for their lives. Many met their fate with arrows on their backs as it rained with it while they retreated."


Summer 195BC - German cavalry charging towards the Romans as pikemen on the left continued to advance under a barrage of arrows.


Summer 195BC - German cavalry retreated and chased by the Roman cavalry as German pikemen continued to advance while under attack by Roman archers.


Summer 195BC - Roman cavalry chasing the German cavalry but barely escaped being trapped by the German pikemen.


Summer 195BC - The Roman line withstood the onslaught and the Germans ran. Many did not escape the arrows that rained down on them while retreating.


Summer 195BC - Servius' army mostly composed of archers and cavalry finished off the retreating enemy with a rain of arrows.


Summer 195BC - Roman archers surveying the damage they had done on the battlefield after their victory.


Winter 195BC - Caius Julius with his legion composed half of mercenaries and auxiliaries prepares to battle the Germans protecting the town of Trier,
Germania Superior.


Winter 195BC - Clashes hundreds of yards long between barbarian mercenaries and Romans against Germans on a forest opening on the hills above Trier,
Germania Superior.


Winter 195BC - Young Caius Julius takes down a fleeing enemy after the battle turned in favor of the Romans.
 

• Summer - Valerius Julius became Censor, Kaeso Pennus "the Lewd" became Aedile. Augustus Drusus took Mogontiacum with minimal losses. Appius Julius took Scallabis, Lusitania, the last province of the Spaniards who was defended by their leader Berriotxoa of Baecula. Berriotxoa bravely fought the Romans until he was brought down from his horse in the center of the town.
• Winter - Patavium Riots, killed 1700 civilians and 140 soldiers.

Summer 194BC - Augustus Drusus took Mogontiacum, Agri Decumates with minimal losses. Here the Archer Auxilia bombarding the town with arrows.


Summer 194BC - The Roman cavalry entering the town of Mogontiacum, Agri Decumates.


Summer 194BC - Scallabis, Lusitania, the Romans along with their hired mercenaries managed to finally defeat the defiant Spaniards on their last stand
 as a people.
 

• Summer - Birth Antistia (daughter of Galerius Varro). Caius Julius attacks the German settlement of Trier.
• Winter - Titus Vellius comes of age (16yrs old), son of Lucius Vellius and Sempronia. The Senate requested to have Carthage surrender within 5yrs.

• Winter - Kaeso Pennus lead his army to rid of the rebel led by General Dejotarus camping outside of Mediolanium. Kaeso as reinforced by the garrison of Mediolanium led by Governor and House of Julii leader Valerius Julius. Both armies converged on the rebels and defeated it quickly.

Winter 192BC - Kaeso Pennus led his garrison from Patavium and squashed the rebel army led by General Dejotarus east of Mediolanium. Kaeso was reinforced by Valerius Julius out of Mediolanium.
 

• Summer - Tertius Lappius (37yrs old)  married Hostia (13yrs. old daughter of Oppius Pennus).

• Winter - Aulus Balbillus (57yrs old, Governor of Condate Redonum and adopted son of Valerius) married Lepida. Porcia, wife of Valerius Julius dies. Tertius Lappius, was sent north of Massilia to rid of the rebel force blocking the pass to Cisalpine. Garrison troops from Massilia were sent to reinforce his small force to fight the insurgency.

• The Seleucid Empire was defeated and ceased to exist. Valerius Julius, leader of the Julii and at the age of 62, became Pontifex Maximus. Kaeso Pennus (the Lewd) became Censor. Decius Burrus became Quaestor. Tertius Lappius led his army and defeated Senaculus, the rebel leader that blocked the pass to Cisalpine.
• Winter - Birth of Herennius Varro (son of Galerius Varro). Tertius Lappius confronts another rebel army in the same area which he fought Senaculus. This time the rebel commander was Seniannus. Seniannus was killed during the battle.

Summer 190BC - North of Massilia, Tertius Lappius in his first command defeated Senaculus, the rebel leader that blocked the pass to Cisalpine.


Summer 190BC - Principes led by Tertius Lappius throw their pila at the rebel army.


Summer 190BC - The Principes where backed up by newly formed Legionnaires at the rear also waiting to throw their pila.


Summer 190BC - The damage caused by the throwing of the pilum before the Roman charge disheartened the enemy. They were outclassed by Roman
descipline and skill.
 

• Summer - Titus Vellius (son of Lucius Vellius) married Drusilla. Sieged of Corduba by Titus Vellius and Appius Julius.
• Winter - Caius Julius annihilated a rebel army with only archers.

• Summer - Mucia, wife of Oppius Pennus died.
• Winter - Tiberius Maecenas married Caesonia (daughter of Gaius Rabirius). Appius Julius conquers the last bastion of Carthage in the Spanish peninsula by taking Corduba.

• Summer - Valerius Julius, the leader of the House of Julii died, Kaeso Pennus became the new leader and Caius Julius was the Heir. Tertius Appius lands his army in Palma and sieged the city.
• Winter - Clodia (daughter of Quintus) died. Tertius took Palma the last Carthaginian province. Carthage is no more.

187BC - Tertius takes Palma and destroyed the last remnants of Carthage.


Summer 187- The Carthaginians make their last stand in the town center but to no avail.
 

• Summer - Decius Burrus dies in Lusitania. Numerius Vellius and Lucius Poppaeus came of age (16yrs. old).

• Summer - Appius Julius went on an expedition to North Africa and was surprised that the Scipii was already sieging the city of Tingi, conquered Dimmidi, Nepte and Cirta. Appius decided to come back and landed in Hispania to take care of a rebel army which was harassing Numantia in Celtiberia..

• Summer - The Brutii and the Britons had a dispute over the Germans in Vicus Gothi and resulted in Rome declaring war on the Britons.

• Summer - Aulus Balbillus took his legion out of Condate Redonum and invaded the Belgica province and had minor skirmishes with a rebel army and Britons. He began the siege of Samarobriva.  Caius Julius truimphed over Adcobrovatus of Lactodorum in Locus Gothi, west of the town of Vicus Gothi.  The two large armies fought in the wooded area near the border of Tribus Chatii. Now Caius Julius headed east to capture Vicus Gothi ahead of the Brutii who failed to take the town several years earlier. Appius Julius reaches Numantia and hunted down all the rebels north east of the town. Appius' men call him "The Rebel Hunter."

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