IUVGuy

I.A new branch of greatness!   Several centuries passed like a torrent. Rome, thirsty and torn by internal strife, stood on the edge of the abyss. Historians dubbed that era the "Dark Age", a time of instability, when the Empire was shaken by revolts of farmers and slaves, like a fever that struck it from within. The Thessalonica massacre was an ominous symbol of the authorities' disregard for the pleas of the people who demanded the release of a local charioteer accused of a heinous crime. The Thessalonians gathered at the hippodrome were surrounded by imperial soldiers mad with blood and brutality. They descended upon the crowd like wild beasts, shredding flesh and leaving behind only mountains of corpses soaked in pain and despair. The arena became a sea of scarlet, where the groans of the dying mingled with the triumphant roar of the assassins. The western and eastern parts of the Empire were in stark contrast. The East was basking in the rays of prosperity, as if a golden age had