The Path to Dominia
Dominia's grand campaign spans nearly three centuries of documented history. This timeline records the pivotal moments that shaped the Mediterranean basin, providing the historical context your own civilization will either honor, alter, or completely rewrite.
The Mamertine Crisis
Mercenaries occupying the Sicilian city of Messana appeal to both Roma and Carthago for protection against Hiero II of Syracuse. Both powers answer, sparking the First Punic War.
Invention of the Corvus
Realizing they cannot out-sail the Carthaginian navy, the Romans invent a boarding bridge (the Corvus), turning naval battles into infantry engagements on the sea.
The Alpine Crossing
Hannibal Barca achieves the impossible, leading an army of Carthaginians, Spaniards, and Numidians (along with war elephants) across the frozen Alps into Italy.
The Disaster at Cannae
Hannibal executes a perfect double-envelopment, slaughtering over 50,000 Roman legionaries in a single day. It remains one of the worst devastating losses in military history.
Battle of Cynoscephalae
The flexible Roman maniple system shatters the rigid Macedonian phalanx on uneven ground, signaling the end of Macedonian military supremacy in Greece.
A Tale of Two Cities
In the same year, Roman legions utterly destroy two of the greatest cities in the ancient world: Corinth in Greece, and Carthago in Africa. The earth is salted; the survivors enslaved.
Crossing the Rubicon
Julius Caesar leads the XIII Legion across the Rubicon river into Italy proper, plunging the Roman Republic into a devastating civil war that will usher in the Imperial Era.