The written history of ZungAlexia continues to be documented on this page, chronicling the major events that occur between 35 and 1 BAF (630-596 BCE); closing out the “Before the Age of Freedom” era.
35 BAF/EoC 0 [211 AK] (630 BCE)
By the end of Trebrium, the ome of the last rebelling Kelona declares independence from the Kindaron Supremacy and alters its’ name to the State of Vygeroa.
9 Tetribrium – Antonius dies at the age of 140. Brutus, his eldest son and Governor of Audracal Kelona, assumes the lands and titles of his father, becoming the fifth Valdovas of the Kindaron Supremacy at the age of 98. His son, Aretus Brutus, replaces his father as Governor of Audracal at the age of 48.
4 Septimbrium – In Cavlun, the capital of Bivoria, the entire Audracal delegation to the Developing Government Council (DGC) signs the Declaration of Independence of the State of Zungzamia. The document announces that the Kindaron Supremacy Kelona of Audracal separates all political, economic and cultural connections with the Kindaron Supremacy thus declaring its’ independence as the State of Zungzamia and, against the will of that state, is occupied by the military forces of the Kindaron Supremacy with its government in exile.
On the same day and authorized by their governments to act, delegates to the DGC sign the Treaty of Coalition which states that seven former Kindaron Supremacy Kelonas, having each declared their independence beforehand, are in a state of war with the Supremacy. The treaty declares that the state of war existed prior to independence of each state and those independent states form a coalition of mutual defense, trade, diplomatic and governmental interests, known as the Coalition of Zungzamia (CoZ). The Coalition is governed by the Coalition Governing Council (CGC) which is created from the Freedom and Justice Movement’s DGC. The treaty establishes the Army of the Coalition of Zungzamia, aka the Coalition Army, and the Navy of the Coalition of Zungzamia, aka the Coalition Navy.
1 Ocktubrium – The Coalition Governing Council declares the ‘Era of Coalition’ with the current year being Year 0 and every following year numbered sequentially.
14-17 Ocktubrium – First Battle of Jeantai: Forces of the Coalition and the Supremacy engage in battle in the city of Jeantai. Although they are evenly matched, Coalition forces rout the Supremacy and capture the city during three days of combat.
3 Novimbrium – To focus the efforts of governing the Coalition and overseeing the Revolution, the Coalition Governing Council creates a committee of 15 delegates to assume the original role of the DGC in drafting a single, written document to govern a new nation that will be created at the end of the Revolution. The committee is officially known as the Document Committee, but is often called the “Committee of 15”.
34 BAF/EoC 1
12-17 Tetribrium – Second Battle of Jeantai: The Supremacy defeats the Coalition after five days of combat, reclaiming the city of Jeantai.
33 BAF/EoC 2
27-31 Decimbrium – First Battle of Desodee: Supremacy victory.
32 BAF/EoC 3
4-8 Tetribrium – Second Battle of Desodee: Zungzamia victory.
31 BAF/EoC 4 [215 AK] (626 BCE)
14-29 Ocktubrium – Third Battle of Jeantai: On the anniversary of the first battle, Coalition and Supremacy forces engage in battle in the city of Jeantai for the third time. Although the Coalition is outnumbered three to one, they are able rout the Supremacy and re-capture the city during a fifteen day campaign.
30 BAF/EoC 5
After more than five years of work, the “Committee of 15” present to the CGC the initial draft of the“Constitution of Zungzamia”.
29 BAF/EoC 6
{DATE} - Battle of Kiotar: Collapse of the Supremacy Eastern Front; withdraw to within 25 kalimytors of the “Shi'Took Neutral Zone”.
27 BAF/EoC 8
18 Pentibrium - Battle of Wentamon: The Coalition Navy scores a major victory over the Supremacy's navy by sinking two sloops-of-war and capturing a ship-of-the-line.
24 BAF/EoC 11 (619 BCE)
9-29 Twalifium – Fourth Battle of Jeantai: Supremacy forces outnumber the Coalition defenders at Jeantai 7 to 1; destroying the entire Coalition force. However, 28,000 of the 35,000 Supremacy troops fighting in the 20 day battle are killed and another 6,300 wounded.
23 BAF/EoC 12
20-25 Ianuarum – Fifth Battle of Jeantai: 8,400 Coalition troops attack the remaining Supremacy forces in Jeantai. Four and a half days into the battle the Supremacy commander surrenders with nearly 85 percent casualties.
20 BAF/EoC 15 [300 AK] (615 BCE)
Despite the ongoing rebellion, the Kindaron Supremacy celebrates 300 years of existence.
{DATE} - Battle of Parcent: Coalition victory {details pending}.
During the past ten years, the Committee of 15 presents to the CGC a draft of the “Constitution of Zungzamia”. The CGC discuss and debate the draft document for more than five months then send it back to the committee with numerous suggested revisions and comments.
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26 Decimbrium-4 Ainlifium – First Battle of Citium Audracal: In the fields outside the city once known as Genth, the military forces of the Coalition and the Supremacy engage in combat. Following nine days of battle, Coalition forces capture Citium Audracal from the Kindaron Supremacy.
11 BAF/EoC 24 (606 BCE)
4 Trebrium-17 Tetribrium – Second Battle of Citium Audracal: The Supremacy attempt to regain control of Citium Audracal but are unable to do so.
6-18 Senabrium – First Battle of Nivo: Initial hostilities take place outside the city between Supremacy forces led by Kelona Governor Aretus Brutus Kindaron and Coalition forces led by Alexandrus Cornelius Zungzamius; resulting in moderate losses for both forces however, the battle pushes Supremacy troops back behind city walls of Nivo. Coalition forces are able to surround most of the city however, the River Jant and some of the terrain allow for some supplies and reinforcements to get into Nivo.
19 Senabrium–31 Twalifium – Siege of Nivo: As Coalition forces lay siege to the city, they skirmish with Supremacy forces attempting to keep Nivo supplied. Coalition forces successfully intercept some of these supplies and reinforcements heading to Nivo however; despite the interceptions, Nivo continues to be resupplied and reinforced.
18 Novimbrium-11 Decimbrium – Second Battle of Nivo: As the CoZ continues its' siege of Nivo, Kindaron Supremacy military forces from outside Nivo attack CoZ forces in an attempt to break the siege. As the Coalition is attacked outside, Supremacy forces in the city emerge and attack as well. Despite the assaults, CoZ forces are able to hold off their assailants for 24 days and keep the siege in place.
10 BAF/EoC 25 (605 BCE)
1 Ianuarum-11 Febrium – Siege of Nivo: As the siege continues, the numerous skirmishes taking place between Supremacy and Coalition forces who continue to successfully intercept large amounts of supplies and reinforcements heading to Nivo. Despite the interference from the Coalition, Nivo continues to be resupplied and reinforced.
12-22 Febrium – Third Battle of Nivo: Coalition forces cross the River Jant upstream and downstream from Nivo, going around the city’s flanks. Realizing what is going on, Governor A. B. Kindaron has the Supremacy forces under his command attack Coalition forces. The multiple attacks fail and supply lines are completely severed by Coalition forces who completely surround the city and its’ garrison.
23 Febrium-10 Pentibrium – Siege of Nivo: As the realization sets in that there will be no more supplies, the Governor orders that a count be taken and sets limits on what supplies and how much of them can be used or consumed.
11-21 Pentibrium – Fourth Battle of Nivo: Supremacy forces under the Governor’s command break out of the city at dawn and attack Coalition forces in a desperate attempt to restore supply lines to Nivo. However by nightfall on the second day, Coalition forces push the Supremacy forces back into the city. The city walls are breached on the third day of the battle and Coalition troops enter the city. Upon entering the city, the opponents initially use standard battle tactics but by mid-afternoon on Day 5, tactics are abandoned and “free-for-all” fighting ensues. During the eighth day of the battle, Coalition troops cross the River Jant within the city and enter the garrison base; Governor A. B. Kindaron sends a message to his father in the Supremacy capital of Citium Daro and then commits suicide. During Day 9 Cassius Georgius Kindaron, former Supremacy Military-Governor of Cardos escapes the garrison prison only to be captured by the Coalition. By nightfall on the 10th day, the city and the garrison are taken by the Coalition, thus ending the battle and the siege.
4 Senabrium – As order is being restored in Nivo; Alexandrus with 10 guards beside him, walks amongst the prisoners and recognizes one of them. Alexandrus meets with the prisoner under heavy guard; learns that the prisoner is Cassius Georgius Kindaron and learns of his plight after the overthrow of his governorship by the FJM thirty years earlier. Alexandrus releases C. G. Kindaron, telling him to “disappear, forever”. Cassius is given a mount and one week’s worth of supplies. He rides off, disappearing from known civilization at the age of 106.
7 Septimbrium – The message sent by Governor A. B. Kindaron reaches his father, Brutus Kindaron, Ruler of the Kindaron Supremacy. Brutus is so enraged by the loss of the city and his eldest son that he takes personal command of all Supremacy forces in Daro, the capital Kelona of the Supremacy and begins preparations to march them to the rebelling Audracal Kelona. He and his Geleras spend the remainder of the year planning the invasion of Audracal.
9 BAF/EoC 26 (604 BCE)
Once known as the Supremacy Kelona of Audracal, Coalition forces spend the year rooting out the remains of the Supremacy’s military presence in the State of Zungzamia. The forces under Alexandrus’ command secure and fortify positions in Nivo and throughout Zungzamia in preparation of an eventual invasion from the Supremacy.
More than a year into his exile; Cassius Georgius Kindaron is injured during a fall off an embankment. He is found unconscious and is taken in by a young widow and her two young children. After regaining consciousness C. G. Kindaron has no memory of who he is or where he is from. The widow provides him with a new name: Argentius Capillus. While living with the widow, he finds work with the village ironsmith. Despite being older than the usual ironsmith apprentice, Argentius performs the tasks he’s assigned well and discovers that he is enjoys the hard labor. After spending several weeks with the widow and her children and earning enough money for his own home, Argentius leaves the widow’s home, continuing his new life in the village.
8 BAF/EoC 27
Two years after the rebellion’s victory at Nivo, Supremacy forces, led by Brutus Kindaron, invade Audracal/Zungzamia and other rebelling Kelonas/independent states to restore Supremacy rule. Supremacy forces get within 15 kalimytors of Nivo by the end of the year.
7 BAF/EoC 28
The Coalition Army spends the first six months of the year pushing the Supremacy back out of Zungzamia/Audracal. By the end of the year, Coalition forces push all Supremacy forces completely out of the other independent states that were attacked and keep them out for the next year and a half.
Once known as Cassius Georgius Kindaron, Argentius Capillus, while working as an ironsmith apprentice, begins courting the young widow that rescued him.
6 BAF/EoC 29
Having courted the widow for several months, Argentius Capillus asks for her hand in marriage which she accepts and they marry a few weeks later in a modest ceremony. Over the next twelve years Argentius and his lifemate have seven children. Unfortunately, of the nine children (their seven and the two from his wife’s previous union) only three survive into adulthood; two daughters and one son.
5 BAF/EoC 30 [241 AK] (600 BCE)
14 Trebrium – The entire membership of the Government-in-Exile of the State of Zungzamia arrives in Nivo and over the next several weeks establishes its’ governing authority, becoming the de facto and de jure government of the country.
29 Pentibrium – Alexandrus celebrates his 100th birthday by leading the Coalition Army into Supremacy Kelona of Charidolf.
12 Decimbrium – Having worked the last 15 years on revising and perfecting the previous draft, the Document Committee presents to the Coalition Governing Council a third draft of the “Constitution of Zungzamia”. At the presentation the Chairwoman of the Document Committee gives the CGC the very strong impression that if the draft is rejected the “Committee of 15” will disband in open council and the CGC would have to start the process over.
18-23 Decimbrium – Land and Naval Battle of Durassi: Outnumbered three to one on land and two to one at sea yet taking only moderate casualties, Coalition forces overrun Supremacy forces in the seaport town of Durassi in Charidolf Kelona.
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16 Trebrium – After five months of intense debate, an overwhelming majority of CGC delegates; 57 out of 63, sign the third and final draft of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Zungzamia. This approved final draft is sent to the law-making bodies of the independent states for ratification as part of the two-step ratification process for the document.
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3-11 Trebrium – Battle of Shi’Took: Outnumbering the Coalition Army 7 to 1, Supremacy forces led by the Valdovas of the Supremacy, Brutus Kindaron, battle the Coalition led by Alexandrus Cornelius Zungzamius in Shi’Took, the capital city of Charidolf Kelona. During the first three days of the battle, standard tactics are used however by Day Four, “free-for-all” fighting within the city occurs. At High Sun on the eighth day, Kindaron is killed in hand-to-hand combat with Zungzamius, leading to an immediate end to fighting in the city. Coalition forces allow Supremacy forces to withdraw with their ruler’s body, beginning an unofficial ceasefire.
16 Trebrium – Word reaches Citium Daro of Brutus’ death and on the same day, Brutus’ youngest and only living legitimate son, Vincentius Brutus Kindaron assumes the lands and titles of his father, becoming the sixth Valdovas of the Kindaron Supremacy at the age of 35.
22 Trebrium – The massive state funeral for Brutus Kindaron takes place in the Supremacy capital city of Citium Daro. Following the funeral, Vincentius is urged by the geleras under his command to continue the war but he refuses.
3 Ocktubrium – The first step of the ratification process for the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Zungzamia is completed when the law-making body of the State of Norg ratifies the document.
At year’s end, representatives from the Kindaron Supremacy and the Coalition of Zungzamia, on behalf of the independent states, meet and begin negotiations for a peace treaty between the adversaries in the city of Shi’Took, the site of the final battle of the Zungzamian Revolution.
2 BAF/EoC 33
As negotiations continue throughout the year between the Supremacy and the Coalition, the Coalition Governing Council (CGC) makes legislative preparations for the transition from the Coalition of Zungzamia to the Federal Republic of Zungzamia. These preparations are sent to and approved by the legislatures of the independent states. Among these preparations, the CGC requests the Commander of the Coalition Army, Gelera Alexandrus Cornelius Zungzamius to step down from his post so he can be nominated by the CGC for the office of Guardian of the Republic, chief executive of the Republic’s government as described in the Constitution. The Gelera is stunned by the request but states that he will resign once a peace treaty is signed with Supremacy.
1 BAF/EoC 34 [245 AK] (596 BCE)
12 Febrium – Representatives of the Kindaron Supremacy and the Coalition of Zungzamia sign the Peace Treaty of Shi’Took. The treaty establishes peace between the two factions and a new border between the Supremacy and the Coalition running right through Shi’Took along with a two and one-half kalimytor wide neutral zone will all territory north of the zone belonging to the Supremacy and everything south of the zone belonging to the Coalition known as the Shi’Took Neutral Zone.
14 Febrium – Gelera Zungzamius transfers command of the Coalition Army to his second-in-command and retires from military service.
12 Tetribrium – On behalf of the seven independent states, the Coalition of Zungzamia ratifies the Peace Treaty of Shi’Took.
30 Senabrium – The Kindaron Supremacy ratifies the Peace Treaty of Shi’Took. The Supremacy’s ratification of the treaty brings a formal end to the Zungzamian Revolution. The ratification of the treaty by all parties involved completes the second step of the ratification process for the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Zungzamia.
Over the next several months; elections take place throughout the Coalition to elect Members of the National Congress of the Republic and the Guardian of the Republic as described in the new Constitution. By the end of the year, the elections determine that most of the delegates to the Coalition’s CGC are elected to the National Congress and retired Gelera A. C. Zungzamius is elected to the position of Guardian of the Republic without opposition.