The history of ZungAlexia continues, chronicling the major events occurring between 93 and 50 BAF (688-645 BCE).
93 BAF [153 AK] (688 BCE)
Attempting to defend the honor of his daughter, Cornelius Markus Zungzamius kills a soldier from the military garrison in Nivo. The governor throws the farmer in prison however; Aretus Kindaron hears of the soldier’s death and orders the governor to execute the farmer, which the governor refuses to do. Kindaron personally executes Cornelius Zungzamius and the governor. The farmer’s land is seized. His lifemate and daughter are meant to be concubines in the garrison but commit suicide by ingesting poison. Cornelius’ 12-year-old son, Lucius, is forced into the service of Kindaron’s army. Kindaron installs his eldest grandson, the 40-year-old Brutus, as military governor of Audracal Kelona.
90 BAF [156 AK]
Aretus Kindaron dies at the age of 125. Aretus’ eldest son, Antonius, assumes the lands and titles of his father, becoming the fourth Valdovas of the Kindaron Supremacy at the age of 85.
18 Tetribrium – The Kindaron Supremacy begins its invasion of the Kingdom of Cardia.
88 BAF (683 BCE)
10-16 Pentibrium – Battle of Panavisio: During the third day of the battle occurring within the confines of the Kingdom of Cardina, Lucius Zungzamius is nearly killed saving his commanding officer and 30 other members of his unit from certain death. By the end of the battle, more than 7,000 soldiers die and 18,000 are wounded between the opposing armies of the Supremacy and the Kingdom.
Once recovered from his injuries, Lucius Zungzamius is promoted to the enlisted rank of Ta’Gresa. His commanding officer declares his new given name to be Alexandrus, “Defender of Men”, thus becoming Alexandrus Cornelius Zungzamius.
87 BAF [159 AK]
6-24 Septimbrium – Battle of Andeera: The military of the Kindaron Supremacy attacks Andeera, the capital city of the Kingdom of Cardia. Following 18 days of fighting, the Supremacy defeats the Cardian military and captures the Cardian capital. The Cardian king and his ministers are forced to surrender and ultimately executed.
The Supremacy begins its occupation of Cardia; renaming Andeera to Omiris in honor of Omiris Kindaron, the mother of Antonius Kindaron. The military unit that Alexandrus serves in becomes the primary unit in Cardia.
86 BAF (681 BCE)
As the Supremacy continues to establish order in Cardia; former members of the Cardian military create small units to perform hit-and-run attacks on the Supremacy military. These units become known as the Cardia Raiders.
1 Septimbrium - The Kindaron Supremacy officially annexes the Kingdom of Cardia into the Supremacy as the Kelona of Cardos. Despite the hit-and-run attacks of the Cardia Raiders, a civilian Supremacy government is established however the military commander has the true governmental power.
84 BAF
An attempted assassination on the military governor by the Cardia Raiders occurs. The attempt fails because of the immediate intervention of Alexandrus Zungzamius and others. Alexandrus is injured but recovers quickly. He is given an officer commission with a promotion to the rank of Pa’Taci. He is placed in command of the search and destruction of the Cardia Raiders. Pa’Taci Zungzamius and his troops begin to meticulously and systematically root out, capture and/or kill members of the Cardia Raiders as the Raiders continue their attacks, escalating them to civilian targets.
81 BAF
Pa’Taci Zungzamius is promoted to Jarom, gaining more troops under his command during these operations against the Dardia Raiders. In the three previous three years, many of the captured are interrogated, tried in military courts and either sentenced to years of hard labor or execution.
79 BAF
Jarom Alexandrus Zungzamius meets and begins courting a local 21-year-old maiden known as Veronica Zoe, the daughter of Kindaron nobleman.
78 BAF (673 BCE)
As he is promoted to the rank Locnelo at the age of 27, Alexandrus marries the now 22-year-old Veronica Zoe he had been courting the previous year. They settle in Omiris, the city that the garrison is located.
75 BAF
The troops under Locnelo Zungzamius’ command round up the remaining members and leaders of the Cardia Raiders on a raid of their headquarters. During the raid they capture a traitor—Alexandrus’ commanding officer. The traitorous Gelera and other Cardia Raiders leaders are executed without trail. For his actions, Alexandrus is promoted to Jarom Gelera and is given command of the Omiris Garrison in Cardos Kelona. He assures his superiors that he will remain in the military for at least the next five years despite his upcoming release from service in two years. Alexandrus’ first-born child, a son, is born in Omiris and is named Cornelius Alexandrus Zungzamius.
70 BAF [176 AK] (665 BCE)
Alexandrus’ first daughter, Constantia Veronica, is born in Omiris.
65 BAF [181 AK]
After 28 years in the military of the Kindaron Supremacy, Alexandrus (Lucius) Cornelius Zungzamius retires at the age of 40. During his years of service he has made many friends and allies among the enlisted men and officers within the garrison he served in and commanded.
63 BAF (658 BCE)
While living as a civilian for the last two years in Omiris, Alexandrus has made many friends in the community and becomes a community leader; voicing the concerns of the civilian population to the military-controlled civilian government of the Cardos Kelona and occasionally to the military-governor, Zingius Quartarius, directly.
Late in the year, Alexandrus learns of the death of a friend of his father’s in Nivo. Despite not seeing this friend for years, he and his family travel to Nivo to provide comfort to the friend’s family. While in Audracal Kelona, on route to Nivo, they are harassed by the military, despite his former military career. While in Nivo, Alexandrus learns of what has been happening in the city and the Kelona as a whole over the last 30 years, including citizens being imprisoned, tortured and executed for the slightest offense. Sending his family back to Omiris after a few weeks in Nivo, he begins travelling around the Kelona to learn more of what is going on in Audracal.
62 BAF
While traveling in Audracal, retired Jarom Gelera Alexandrus Zungzamius interferes with the brutal execution of a citizen, who had insulted a low ranking soldier. He is arrested and sent to Nivo. Following his arrival, Alexandrus is tortured and imprisoned without trial on the order of the military governor, Brutus Kindaron.
61-58 BAF [185-188 AK] (656-653 BCE)
While in prison in Nivo, Alexandrus is tortured on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis as his repeated requests to see the governor are denied. His views on the Supremacy change, as does his loyalty to it. He also conceives his ideas for a new form of government.
In Omiris, on behalf of his family, military and civilian friends and allies of Alexandrus head to Audracal to find him. After two years of searching, they find him in the Nivo Garrison stockade. In a military style operation, they break him out and quickly return him to his family.
57-52 BAF (652-647 BCE)
After returning to Omiris and while healing from his wounds, Alexandrus spreads word of his mistreatment & torture and that of Supremacy citizens in Audracal. He also develops and refines his ideas for a new form of government; representative democracy and, the idea that all Supremacy citizens are equal under a system of laws that is agreed upon. He initially spreads his ideas amongst his family, friends & allies and hears their thoughts & concerns about his radical ideas. His ideas eventually become public knowledge and spread throughout Omiris and Cardos Kelona, even reaching the ears of the military-governor. The governor, Zingius Quartarius, and Alexandrus discuss the ideas and, over time, the governor is swayed by the ideas of representative democracy and ‘equal justice under the law’.
53 BAF
Early in the year, Alexandrus directs the friends and allies that rescued him to travel to Audracal to keep a watchful eye on what is going on in the kelona and report back.
50 BAF (645 BCE)
Alexandrus’ ideas of representative democracy and ‘equal justice under the law’ spread beyond the borders of Cardos.
An illegal movement, calling itself the “Freedom and Justice Movement” or “FJM”, forms around the ideas and principles developed by Alexandrus Zungzamius, during the year. Quartarius becomes aware of the existence of the FJM and informs Alexandrus of his knowledge but indicates he will turn a blind-eye, if it remains “underground”; Alexandrus assures Quartarius that it will.