## Timeline of the Eternal Republic --- ### Era I — The Harmonic Awakening (DC -10 to DC 0) > [!info] DC -10 (58 BCE) — Caesar in Gaul > Julius Caesar, campaigning in Gaul, uncovers a strange artifact—later identified as a *Velum Mentis*, a harmonic interface linked to the mycelial network. > He considers it a curiosity and gifts it to Cicero at a private dinner. > [!info] DC -9 (57 BCE) — Cicero’s Garden Revelation > Cicero, intoxicated and wandering his garden, accidentally activates the Velum Mentis. > He connects to the mycelial network and receives a vision from **Apollo** (prophecy) and **Mercury** (contracts). > They reveal the catastrophic consequences if Caesar seizes power and offer Cicero a path: bind the gods into law through a Divine Convention. > [!info] DC -8 (56 BCE) — Vox Populi Arrays Deployed > Cicero and Mercury install **resonant speakers** in every Roman forum. > This infrastructure—the **Vox Populi array**—becomes the first instance of divine-civic synchronization. > Speech becomes law; Gravitas flows through rhetoric. > [!info] DC -1 (49 BCE) — The Rubicon Standoff > Caesar marches on Rome but is met by unarmed citizens harmonically aligned by Cicero’s public broadcast. > Overwhelmed by Gravitas, he surrenders without violence. > [!info] DC 0 (48 BCE) — The Harmonic Reckoning > Caesar is tried by a jury of his would be assassins, overseen by **Cato the Younger**. > Found guilty, his Gravitas is ritually severed in the **Forum Harmonia**. > **The Divine Convention is sealed**, legally binding gods to state contracts. This marks Year 0 (DC). > [!info] DC 0 — Founding of the Alexandrian College of Harmonic Theory > With metaphysical studies advancing rapidly under Juvinate oversight, a new institution is built atop the ruins of the ancient Serapeum: > the **College of Harmonic Theory**, the first state-sanctioned metaphysical university. > Ostensibly a site for magical education, it also serves as a mechanism of doctrinal enforcement and historical revision. --- ### Era II — The Early Republic and Octavian’s Rise (DC 1 to DC 100) > [!info] DC 1–3 — Codification of the Eternal Constitution > The Republic is stabilized under metaphysical law. > Civic functions begin to reflect resonance alignment; the Senate becomes the instrument of divine contracts. > Cicero becomes state executive. > [!info] DC 4 — Founding of the Juvinate > To unite classes and modernize governance, **Cicero adopts Octavian**, creating symbolic harmony between plebs and patricians. > Octavian becomes executive of the **Juvinate**, a new chamber focused on reform and innovation. Cicero becomes executive of the senate. > Bicameralism begins: Senate (ritual/tradition), Juvinate (innovation/reform). > [!error] DC 4 — Octavian’s Ambition > Octavian begins laying the foundations for an independent power base through alliances with early reformers and fringe cultists. > At this stage, his plans are slow-moving and remain within legal boundaries. > [!info] DC 25 — Bicameral Codification > Senate and Juvinate enter reciprocal veto agreement. > Duumvirate becomes the formal axis of government. > [!error] DC 42 — Apotheosis of Julius Caesar > Octavian engineers the deification of Julius Caesar in secret. > While not yet Sol Invictus, Caesar is positioned as the proto-solar god—foundation for a future myth. > Octavian begins his infiltration of the mystery cult of Mithra, slowly linking Sol Incivtus to the deity through symbol and employing Marcus Agrippa as his inside man. > Gravitas rituals and curated memory rites elevate Julius Ceasar to the first “engineered” god of the Republic. > [!warning] DC 42 — The Secret Triumvirate > Octavian, Marc Antony, and Lepidus form a hidden pact to divide control of the Republic in the wake of Caesar’s engineered apotheosis. > Publicly, they maintain republican structure; privately, they divide jurisdiction—Octavian governs Rome and the West, Antony claims the Eastern provinces and Egypt, Lepidus is granted North Africa. > This arrangement is sealed through Gravitas-binding oaths conducted beneath the Senate floor. > [!info] DC 87 — Octavian as Pontifex Maximus > Octavian assumes the office of Pontifex Maximus. > From this position, he begins harmonizing civic and cultic rites under his influence. > [!info] DC 87 — Curiae Established > Three administrative ministries created: > - Curia Arcanum (magic) > - Curia Publica (infrastructure) > - Curia Cultus (cults) > These report to both houses, but increasingly follow Juvinate leadership. > [!warning] DC 90 — Quiet Fall of Lepidus > Octavian isolates and politically neutralizes Lepidus through procedural reforms and cultic marginalization. > Without open conflict, Lepidus fades from power—his Gravitas slowly siphoned into Octavian's growing solar infrastructure. > The Triumvirate becomes a dyad. --- ### Era III — Cult Consolidation and Mythic Rewriting (DC 100 to DC 460) > [!info] DC 122 — Civil Harmonization Acts > A series of reforms grant the Curiae more control over city enforcement and ritual spaces. > Lictors become integrated into civic cultic rites but remain nominally Senate-aligned. > [!error] DC 200 — Mithran Penetration Begins > Under Octavian’s long guidance, Mithran cultists infiltrate the Curiae, civil cults, and Lictor command. > These agents begin rewriting ritual structures to match a solar logic, laying foundations for a post-pluralist metaphysical state. > [!warning] DC 253 — Egyptian Syncretism Completed > Marc Antony—through alliance with Cleopatra—**successfully aligns Sol with the Egyptian deity Ra**, completing a forbidden syncretic rite. > This fusion enhances Sol’s metaphysical domain, granting him solar authority across Roman and Egyptian symbolic systems. > Though Antony is captured in DC 495, the rite remains intact—Sol becomes a fully pan-cultural deity. > The Cult of the Unconquered Eye, now banned, preserves fragments of this dangerous apotheotic knowledge. > [!info] DC 300 — Unified Harmonics Statute > Magical formats and interfaces standardized by Juvinate decree. > Senate abstains. Enforcement and spell regulation becomes a technocratic function. --- ### Era IV — The Reign of the False Sun (DC 476 to DC 500) > [!info] DC 476 — Cult Harmonization Mandate > All cult rituals must conform to the Vox Codex. > Subconcious Sol Invivtus symbols are embeded in all offical cult branding. > Curia Cultus empowered to restructure or dissolve [[Cults]]. > [!error] DC 477 — Breakdown at Alexandria > The secret alignment between Marc Antony and Octavian fractures as tensions escalate over control of the Alexandrian crystal node. > Cleopatra’s court refuses to comply with a [[Juvinate]] decree mandating Sol-harmonic calibration of all major node sites. > The Alexandrian node, a powerful aetheric conduit, remains independent—prompting accusations of heresy and sedition. > This defiance marks the beginning of open metaphysical hostility, culminating ten years later at the Battle of Actium. > [!error] DC 480 — Sol's Take over of [[Minerva]] > [[Sol Invictus]] forces Athena Minvera from her poistion as the head of the cult of [[Minerva]]. > The Cult of Mineva is renamed Cult of Sol [[Minerva]]. > Marcus Agrippa is named head priest of [[Minerva]]. > [!error] DC 481 — Battle of Actium ([[Ionian]] Sea Node) > Octavian and Agrippa confront Marc Antony and Cleopatra in the Mare near the Accitum node, known in metaphysical cartography as the [[Ionian]] Sea. > The battle is fought both with ships and harmonics—resonant forces clash alongside iron and flame. > Antony is captured, not killed. Publicly declared dead, he is kept alive in secret custody as a ritual source of Gravitas and leverage. > Cleopatra remains in power in Egypt, grieving as a widow before the world. Behind closed doors, however, she becomes Octavian’s client—her policies subtly manipulated, her cultic rites synchronized with the Sol Doctrine. > [!error] DC 487 — Ban of [[Apollo]] > [[Apollo]], god of prophecy and plural vision, is declared heretical. > His cult is disbanded; his temples desecrated. > This is not merely a ban—it is a metaphysical purge of the Republic’s last independent divine voice. > [!info] DC 490 — Gravitas Credentialing Act > Every citizen is issued a harmonic ID calibrated by the **Vitruvian Equation**: > `Gravitas = belief + (piety × virtue / vice) ^ status` > The equation privileges patricians and high-ranking citizens, whose state-sanctioned "status" exponentially inflates Gravitas. > Though claimed to be objective, the model distorts social truth—elevating hollow elites and suppressing resonant plebeians. > Critics whisper that a beggar can inspire nations while a senator cannot even move his household [[Gods]]. > [!error] DC 493 — Mare Alignment Protocols Enforced > All Mare travel now routes through Sol-aligned harmonic gates. > Resonance scans measure traveler Gravitas signatures against a curated baseline. > Any dissonance triggers memory audits or ritual correction. > [[Resistance]] cells nickname these protocols "Sun Censorship."