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

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• Summer 240BC - Mediolanium under siege by the Gauls after Vibius left the province to meet Lucius in Etruria. Lucius and his brother Vibius combined forces in Arretium.
• Winter 240BC - Lucius and Vibius fought against Gallic Captain Tancogiestla at the border of Patavium and Etruria. The Gauls were wiped out. Tiberius hunted down a small band of Gallic warriors south of Narbo Martius and defeated it.

Winter 240BC - Lucius fought Tancogiestla of Gaul in the border of Patavium and Etruria. The Gauls were surprised from the rear as the Romans hid
their cavalry in the woods and attacked.
 

239BC

• Winter 239BC - Lucius Julius the Mighty dies - the leader of the House of Julii.  He died in his bed while ill.  His legion was left leaderless in Gaul territory of Venetia.. Lucius planned on conquering the province by taking the city of Patavium. Vibius the Brave is now the Imperator of the House of Julii.

238BC

• Summer 238BC - Vibius was assigned by the Senate as Quaestor. The Senate declares war against the Greek Cities.
• Winter 238BC - Quintus Julius committed suicide in Mediolanium, after investigation by the Senate.

• Winter 237BC - Vibius Julius the Brave dies in his bed at the age of 60. Tiberius Gessius the Victor takes over as Leader of the House of Julii while he was at Narbonensis creating fortifications around the province. Cease-Fire in Effect with the SPQR and the Greek Cities. Tiberius Gessius defeats a group of Gaul forces north of Narbo Martius.

• Summer 236BC - Valerius Julius comes of age (16yrs old) and was assigned as new governor of Narbo Martius. SPQR and the Greek Cities continue with their War.
• Winter 236BC - Armenia ceases to exist as a country.

• Summer 234BC - Tiberius Gessius Victor was voted by the Senate as Quaestor. Secundus Julius comes of age (16yrs old) and was given the responsibility of Massilia in Transalpine.  Alypia, wife of Quintus Julius dies. Poppaea, wife of Lucius Julius the Mighty dies.
• Winter 234BC - Decius Burrus marries Livia (daughter of Marcus Julius, former governor of Narbonensis) and takes over as Governor of Narbonensis. Valerius leaves Narbonensis and heads for Italy via Transalpine, Cisalpine and Liguria. Amulius arrives in Mediolanium as Governor of Cisalpine. He will now secure Rome's borders.

• Winter 233BC - Amulius from Mediolanium sieges Patavium in Venetia. Garrison Commander Decimus Murena marries Clodia (daughter of Quintus Julius). Birth of Violentilla (daughter of Amulius of Mediolanium and Salonina) and was assigned to defend the Capital of Arretium. The port opens in Narbo Martius.

• Summer 232BC - Birth of Galerius Burrus (son of Decius Burrus and Livia). Reinforcements arrive via ships on the south shore of Patavium and forces from Mediolanium to strengthen Amulius main force sieging Patavium, Venetia.
• Winter 232BC - The Senate declares war against Spain.  Patavium falls to the Romans. Amulius takes the city.

Winter 232BC - Amulius takes Patavium after a bloody battle, sacked it.. Rome now has a new Province of Venetia.
 

• Summer 231BC - Oppius Pennus married Mucia (daughter of Lucius Julius the Mighty).  Servius Gessius comes of age (16yrs old). Port of Massilia opens.
• Winter 231BC - Servius Gessius becomes Governor of Liguria. Quintus Fannius marries Prisca (daughter of Tiberius Gessius Victor) and becomes Governor of Umbria and resides in Ariminum. Secundus Julius (son of Vibius) married Domitia. Oppius Pennus arrives in Mediolanium to take over as governor of Cisalpine. Valerius comes home to Arretium to take over as Governor so Decimus Murena who was a good General will take over a garrison north of Venetia.

• Summer 230BC - Tiberius Gessius was selected by the Senate as Aedile.
• Winter 230BC - Lugdunum was siege. Tiberius Gessius sallied out of Lugdunum and while coming out, the Gaul invading army attacked them at the gates. Tiberius' cavalry flanked the enemy on both sides and the result was a route.

Winter 230BC - Tiberius sallied his army out of the gates of Lugdunum only to be attacked by the Gauls. He ordered his cavalry to go out of the west and east
gates and flanked the Gauls at the entrance of the north gate. The Gauls retreated and Tiberius chase them out of Lugdunensis.
 

229BC

• Winter 229BC - Germania and Thrace made an alliance. Lugdunum under siege again by another Gallic Army.

• Winter 228BC - Tiberius Gessius, also known as Tiberius Victor dies on his bed in Lugdunum, while the settlement was being sieged by the Gauls again. Amulius Julius, who was governing Patavium became the Imperator of the House of Julii. Secundus Julius of Massilia reinforces the army in Lugdunum but came there too late when the Gauls assaulted the settlement.  After a bloody battle, Captain Tiberius (no relation to Tiberius Gessius who died) defended Lugdunum and held it just when Secundus and his reinforcements arrived.

Winter 228BC - General Wotegorix of Mosella assaults Lugdunum which was under the command of Roman Captain Tiberius (no relation to
Tiberius Gessius). Wotegorix's attack faltered when his main force was flanked on both sides by Romans and their mercenary cavalrymen.
 

227BC

• Summer 227BC - Claudia, wife of Vibius Julius "the Brave" dies on her bed. General Decimus Murena leaves the Province of Venetia with his Legion to Cisalpine, preparing to cross the Alps in order to reach Lugdunum.  Preparations are being made for the final push to Alesia, the Capital in Central Gaul.
• Winter 227BC - Birth of Appius Julius (son of Secundus and Domitia).

226BC

• Summer 226BC - Birth of Kaeso Pennus (son of Oppius Pennus, the Governor of Mediolanium, Cisalpine and wife Mucia).

225BC

• Summer 255BC - Gaul and the House of Brutii called for Cease-Fire.  When winter came hostilities began again.
• Winter 255BC - Alesia the Capital of Gaul falls.  General Decimus Murena sacks the capital and takes over the province.

Winter 255BC - General Decimus Murena assaults and takes the Capital of Gaul, Alesia which was defended by Gaul General Virssuccius "the Cunning."
 

223BC

• Summer - Servius Gessius becomes the Governor of Patavium while Amulius is stationed north at the border between Noricum (Dacia territory) and Venetia.
• Winter - Birth of Magia (daughter of Governor Decius Burrus of Narbo Martius).  Secundus Julius on the way to Aquitania fought against the Gauls and one. The battle took place on the mountain side north of Narbonensis. The Senate and the House of Brutii declares war on Numidia.

• Summer - Amulius Julius, leader of the House of Julii died in his bed in the border garrison of Venetia and Noricum. He was preparing to invade Noricum as requested by the Senate.  General Decimus Murena becomes leader of the House of Julii. Secundus Julius sieged Lemonum.
• Winter - Birth of Sempronia (daughter of Decimus Murena and Clodia).  The House of Julii and Carthage accepted a Cease-Fire.

• Winter - A small detachment of  General Decimus Murena's Legion confronted rebels led by Amminos on the way back to Alesia, Central Gaul from Aquitania. The rebels blocked their passage west of the river.  Captain Placus decided to fight the rebels. After a brief but bloody fight, the rebel leader Amminos was killed and his men panicked.  The Romans who had cavalry ran the rebels down.  The Julii led by General Servius Gessius declared war against Dacia by approaching the town of Iuvavum, Noricum. The Dacians react and attacked Servius in the hills of Iuvavum. A crushing defeat of the Dacians and Servius' Legion march into Iuvavum unmolested.

According to historian Scrotumus Maximus regarding the Battle of Iuvavum (translated from Latin):
General Servius Gessius marched towards Iuvavum only to be confronted by a small band of Dacians up on a hill. Noticing his disadvantage for his infantry and cavalry still climbing towards the top and on snow covered terrain, he ordered his cavalry and infantry to push up quickly. Knowing the Dacians had a larger force equal to his own, the small force of Dacians on the hill he regarded as a decoy. He ordered to flank both sides of the Dacians and quickly eliminated them with full force of his cavalry.  Just when Servius was barely recovering from the short battle, the main force of Dacians led by Ata appeared in the slope opposite his own with a small wooded area on the right. This time both armies stood in front of each other. Servius, having been misinformed, charged his cavalry on his left flank to the approaching Dacian infantrymen.  The cavalry charged right into spears and many of them did not escape as they were surrounded by Dacians. On the right flanks, the Dacian cavalry overpowered Servius' right flank cavalry still recovering from the previous engagement minutes before. Now the moment of decisive decision, he ordered his own guards and himself and charged at the Dacian cavalry. Surprised, the Dacians horsemen retreated through the small patch of woods on top of the hill. Now Servius placed his attention towards the infantry. By this times were feet away from each other. The Romans soldiers threw their pila in unison and hundreds of them took flight and tore through the Dacian ranks. The Romans charge and both forces clashed with intensity. Servius then charged his cavalry right through the Dacians line collapsing the Dacian formations and even his own. The weight of the horses helped moved back the Dacians until they collapse and started retreating. The Romans then gave chase and all but a few Dacians survived the onslaught.

 
Winter 221BC - Servius annihilates a small band of Dacians on a hill but quickly had to reform to face a larger force of Dacians equal to his own.

Winter 221BC - Battle of Iuvavum - Roman cavalry assaults the Dacian spearmen and paid a heavy price. Romans throw a thousand pila at the enemy and charged.


Winter 221BC - Battle of Iuvavum - The Dacian center line collapsed and the route and massacre began. The defeat left the city of Iuvavum
undefended and Servius' Legion marched uncontested.
 

• Summer - Secundus Julius takes the town of Lemonum back to the Romans after losing the province 22yrs earlier.
• Winter - Lemonum revolted but was kept under control.  Valerius Julius adopts garrison commander Aulus Balbillus (Valerius was only 32 while Aulus was 28). House of Julii leader Decimus Murena dies on his bed with sickness in Alesia giving the leadership to Valerius Julius who at this present time the governor of Etruria. Birth of Ustina (daughter of Decimus Burrus and Livia). Cease-Fire enacted by the Senate and Carthage.

Summer 220BC - Secundus Legion preparing to assault Lemonum.


Summer 220BC - The Roman legion under Secundus Julius in Lemonum, Aquitania.


Summer 220BC - The Romans advance towards the wooden palisades.


Summer 220BC - The Gauls were not able to keep the Romans out with just wooden palisades. The Romans retake Lemonum after a 22yr. absence.

• Summer - Lemonum riot, resulting in 86 soldiers dead. The Senate declares war on Carthage again.

• Summer - The Senate voted Valerius Julius as Quaestor at the age of 34. Birth of Kaeso Burrus (son of Decimus Burrus and Livia).
• Winter - General Servius Gessius annihilates a rebel army blocking his way towards Boihaemum.

Summer 218BC - A rebel army stood in the way of General Servius Gessius from approaching the last territory of the Dacians called Boihaemum. Servius was
racing against the Brutii in taking the territory.
 

• Summer - The House of Brutii and Carthage called for peace. General Aulus Balbillus arrives with his legion to Alesia and built a fort north of it.
• Winter - Violentilla (16yrs old, daughter of Amulius Julius) married Augustus Drusus, 23yrs old and a good military background.

• Summer - Birth of Fabia (daughter of Oppius Pennus and Mucia). Galerius Burrus, comes of age (16yrs old), son of Decius Burrus of Narbonensis.
• Winter - Augustus Drusus becomes Governor of Noricum and Galerius Burrus the Governor of Venetia.

• Summer - Servius Gessius takes Lovosice and eliminated the last of the Dacians. It's people transported through all the Roman provinces.
• Winter - A large Gaul army approached Lemonum and Secundus Julius sallied his force and met them head on outside the Lemonum. The outcome was a rout. The surviving Gauls went west to the coast and escape with their ships. They seems to have come from Celtiberia. Upon request from the Senate, the port of Caralis of Carthage was blockaded by the Julii therefore restarting the war.

Summer 216BC - General Servius Gessius takes Lovosice. The last of the Dacians were surrounded in the  town center and proudly defied the Romans.
A rain of arrows followed and finished them to the last man.


Winter 216BC - Secundus Julius sallied his army out of the settlement and confronted the invading Gauls that came to Aquitania via the sea.


Winter 216BC - Velites from Secundus Julius legion shot the first volley at the charging Gauls. The battle was a complete rout. The rest of the Gauls escaped with their boats coming from Celtiberia.
 

• Summer - Birth of Cnaeus Drusus (son of Augustus Drusus and Violentilla.

• Summer - Valerius Julius takes the Aedile position from the Senate. General Aulus Balbillus takes Condate Redonum which was defended by Cerethreus the Gaul. The Romans have a new province called Armorica. Now the Romans share the borders of Gaul and Germania. The last bastion of the Gauls is in the south past the Pyrenees in Celtiberia.
• Winter - Riots in Patavium killing 162 civilians. The House of Julii formed an alliance with Britannia.

Summer 214BC - The same Gauls that escaped Secundus in Aquitania by sea did not escape from Aulus Balbillus north of Condate Redonum in the woods. The Gauls stood their ground and with their spears did considerable casualties on Aulus' cavalry.


Summer 214BC -  The shear weight of the Roman and Barbarian Mercenary cavalry and infantry closing ahead collapsed any effort to fight to the last man and the Gauls ran for their lives.
 

• Summer - Plague at Patavium killing many of the population including 67 soldiers. Quintus Fannius who was suppose to become the governor there could not enter the city because of the plague.  Servius Gessius married Leontia. Galerius Burrus was transferred from Patavium to Ariminum and became governor. Luck struck as he left Patavium shortly before the plague. A quarantine has been placed on the city.
• Winter - The plague continued in Patavium killing 1600 citizens and 65 soldiers.

• Summer - Plague continues to kill 1500 citizens and 37 soldiers.  Birth of Tertius Gessius (son of Servius Gessius and Leontia). Birth of Caius Julius (son of Secundus Julius and Domitia). Secundus Julius passed through the Pyrenees and into Spanish border. He met a large force of Spaniards. After a ferocious battle the Romans won decisively and sieged the town of Osca.
• Winter - Fadia wife of the Great Tiberius Gessius and grand-daughter of the Great Flavius Julius dies. Secundus Julius sacks Osca and give a new province to Rome. Valerius Julius at the age of 40 married Porcia who was 44.

Summer 212BC - The Romans overcame a ferocious attack by the Spaniards but good Roman discipline won the day.


Summer 212BC - The Spaniards began to run after realizing the battle was favoring the Romans on the breezy mountain tops of the Pyrenees.


Winter 212BC - Spaniards fought the Romans bravely but were overwhelmed by the strength of force. Osca now belong to the new conquerors.
 

• Summer - Riots in Osca killing 133 Roman soldiers and 174 citizens. Appius Julius comes of age (16yrs old).  The port of Segesta opens.

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