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The Optimia Magna

A City Journal by 9988

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The alternate history of The Magnificent Roman empire and greatest city in the Empire. The Optimia Magna.

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So, I decided to bring The Optimia Magna back for a while, and take a break from my new popular CJ Slovakia. For, now, I made some new pictures and edited them again, to provide you short summary of this CJ. So, look. The Optimia Magna is City Journal about alternate history of Roman Empire. The city mainly portraited there is city of Optimia, fictional city from roman times located in the southern Anatolia, being one of the largest and most important cities in whole Empire. One of the largest and most...
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The New World

By 9988,

Year 307. And it looks much better in Optimia. There was another pleasant day in the city, and there was also small market held near the south seaside. And thousands of miles far away, in the seas of far west, one of the sailors on the ship saw land. The first land after many weeks. But, when they sailed close, they noticed that it is not normal land. It was huge group of massive rock formations towering from the sea, as teeth of some gargantuan monster. It was sign that land was close. But, when they...
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CO2: Thanks! Hope you will love also the next updates! zanzibar42: Also thanks, hope that the next will be also wonderful! Escilnavia: Thanks. Also, if the global warming will continue and sea level will rise, who knows... Maybe you will have ocean straightly near your house. friendly31: Thanks very much! These buildings can be found on theSc4 Devotion(Another fansite) LEX exchange and were made by The Mickebear. Read First: You can now influence the length of the updates of The Optimia Magna! Every...
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Escilnavia: If you think that was dramatic, wait for the next updates, what will be undoubtely the most dramatic in the whole history of this CJ. Panthersimcity: Yes, it looks Roman, thanks to the gigabytes of custom content.(My landmarks folder takes one minute to scroll down, parks and rec folder four times more, and mayor mode trees about half of an minute) Schulmanator: Many things will be explained in this update. And as said before, the next years will be much more dramatic for The Optimia than...
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Fall of The Caesar

By 9988,

Year 311. The Monarchistic system finally fell. But this was issued more than two weeks after the defeat of the Rome. Just near the city, people were living serene, peaceful life, as farmers or craftsmens. Just near rome, many villages were founded by the soldiers. But city walls were almost impenetrable, and rebels don't wanted to destroy this magnificent work of architecture. Due to lack of food, Rome will fall soon. The famous roman roads were full of wandering farmers or soldiers, walking just near...
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The same time when rebel forces besieged rome, most of other ships reached the coast of Terra Nova, with many Roman camps and settlements. Over three thousands of explorers and soldiers were now ready for beginning of the grand journey to the unknown, massive Terra Nova, the New World. After that, more than three hundred of explorers, including "Emperor" Primus were now marching further to the inlands, to the wild and unknown rainforests. They saw rock plateaus rising from the trees, huge rivers, unknown,...
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Isla Imperialea

By 9988,

Late Year 308. Things are changing... The city of The Optimia Magna is much bigger than one may think. Many areas haven't been introduced yet. One of them is one of the most beautiful areas in the Optimia, the Isla Imperialea. It is located about three miles off the coast of the Optimia. It is quite small island, only about one mile in diameter, but it is full of beautiful houses, trees, parks, and gardens. At first, we will look on the Grand Lighthouse of Optimia, what is also located there. The coast of...
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The Teotihuacan

By 9988,

Year 309. Romans founded many settlements along the coast of Terra Nova, and they started massive quest to the west inlands. My Map of coastal areas of Terra Nova can be seen there, with main villages, rivers and settlements there. Just near the first large mayan city, they found rock altar on the big hill. Rock altar with human bones and skulls inside... But, that were last signs of culture in that area, area close to the coast. So, they sterted to explore and march to the far away west areas. After days...
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The Barbarian lands are changing... Also, why don't take this trip? At first, we will go to the harbor, we will get on the board of the ship what will sail to the Britannia, and finally, we will start our long sail to the Germania. After two weeks, we will finally reach the land, the coast of the Britannia. The forests there are truly beautiful, with many wild animals and flowers, and massive trees. The true wilderness. The major part of the Britannia is covered by dense forests. But, the Britannia is also...
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Year 308. And rebels are getting closer to the Rome. Every day, the army was closer and closer... Finally, they entered northern part of apeninian peninsula, known for its huge farms. Their army was now counting more than 18.000 soldiers. But, the farms were also full of needed food and weapons. Farmers joined the rebels with gratitude, and burned the old farms. They now had enough food to easily reach Rome, but only in the perfect conditions. This time, the roman army was marching through the forests on...
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The Imperial Market

By 9988,

Year 300. Very exceptional date for whole Empire. The Imperial market, as said before, was very exceptional festival. But nobody expected this amount of visitors. More than 350.000 citizens, about one third of whole population of Optimia was present there at one moment. One of the main centers of market was located just near the Optimian university, on the Quintus Scipio's square. Men and women from whole empire traded there tons of very rare goods. Together visited market more than one million citizens....
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The Civil Revolts

By 9988,

The center of these riots was in The Optimia. At first, plebeian rebels marched to the Imperial Optimian Senate, and occupied whole forum. Most of senators escaped and left the city, and rest of them joined the rebels. Their goal was to get rid of the emperor, and revive the Roman Republic. The greatest revolution in roman history was beginning... The rebels occupied all major squares in Optimia. Fortunately, everyday life of other citizens don't changed greatly. They were only bothered by omnipresent...
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The rock city

By 9988,

Let's look on one of the greatest natural wonders in the whole Roman Empire. The rock city. It is located approximately 280 kilometers to the north from Optimia, and it is very popular among inhabitants of whole empire, being one of the largest rock cities in the world. It is known for huge hoodoos, beautiful rocks and rock formations, and fascinating, rare flora. The path leads us through canyon to the large forest located in the center of the rock city, what is located further to the north. The river...
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Set Sail!

By 9988,

Year 305. Antonius Flavius Caesar died peacefully... He was truly one of the greatest men in the roman history. He truly changed the history, and will be memored for ages. He was buried just near his magnificent statue, on the Mount Optimia. But, his death didn't change everyday life in the Roman Empire. His heir Primus Augustus was just noble and wise man, who will lead The Roman Empire to its Golden age... This time, hundreds of ships in the Atlantica City harbor were preparing for the greatest quest in...
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Beginning of part II

By 9988,

The 9988 presents... Second Chapter: The New Worlds (305 - 400 A.D) Ecce Mundi sunt magnifica exspectas. Special thanks to: Psycholu - For his ancient roman buildings and temples what made this possible. Schulmanator - For most comments on this CJ. Ionioion - For his brilliant medieval sailing ships. ROMAN EMPIRE AT 305 a.d. Area: 12.960.000 square kilometers Land use: Natural land: 58% Permanent crops: 38% Civic areas: 4% Population: 173.000.000 inhabitants Urban population: 9.8 % Life expectancy: Males:...
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Year 293. The floods were enormous. Optimia was not really affected, and another cities too. But in Alexandria... World known great lighthouse was enormously damaged. Water was 30 feet higher than in the normal conditions. Fortunately, it was not destroyed, and ships can sail to Alexandria without some special problems. The temples and gardens further to the Alexandria inlands were not unaffected. Huge floods hit them too. Thousands of old or young inhabitants of Alexandria drowned in their own homes....
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Mission to China

By 9988,

Year 289. Romans are now sending diplomatic mission to China. The diplomats came from imperial academy of diplomats, located in the canal city and surrounded by beautiful parks.It is new building, built in year 281. In year 290, diplomats protected by a couple of soldiers leaved Persia. For safety reasons, they passed through massive mountains. Through massive forests, what are home to hundreds of herds of wild animals. After days of march, they reached small temple located on the huge mountains. Monks...
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Year 288. And Persia is in danger. Orathvon, now Persian capital was enormously upgraded. New palaces, new buildings... It was now three times larger. Also, as mentioned before, large wall site has been build recently there too, surrounded by huge boulders. But Chinese army was close. And one nice day, they finally came there and besieged the city. Also, huge chinese camp(or fort) was built near the city. Persians had very good defence. They shot thousands of arrows, they had also roman cannons. But...
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Year 286. Romans were now protected by Persian army. But stop for a while with a story advancing, and take a small tour through roman empire... The Rome is a capital of whole empire, with more than one million inhabitants. It is becoming less and less important, because Optimia will be soon larger city. The main square with part of forum is on the picture. The Alexandria is a well known third largest city of the empire, with massive lighthouse and largest port in the whole empire. Capital of Terra Palmis...
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The Clash of Cultures part I

By 9988,

Year 283. Any diplomatic negotiations with China were unsuccesfull and great war is beginning. And it started. Massive roman armies crushed small chinese patrols near Persia and continued to the east. Through deserts of Persia, jungles of India. After weeks of march, they finally reached mountain valley near first chinese villages. Entrance to the China. The huge Chinese army was very near... Chinese army was massive too. Even larger than the whole roman army. Chinese governors were now generals, and...
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Far East

By 9988,

Year 275. Great mission to the east is starting. Fire was enormous. But romans were now trying to get further than India. Two legions and thousands of explorers started their voyage to the Far East. Thousands of soldiers leaved Optimia in january 275. They crossed Persia in july and India in december. They marched every day, through storms, woods, grasslands and mountains... After months, they reached massive mountains. They crossed them, but hundreds of them died. Finally, they entered a huge valley with...
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The Places of Interest

By 9988,

Now, we will travel 80 years back in time. To look, what changed history once and for all. It was bad weather. Thunderstorms and floods in northern Germania forced Germans to stop fighting with Romans, and rescue their homes from devastating disaster. The Romans exploited it, and attacked the Germans, who had other problems this time. Romans pushed them to the Rhein river, that time much bigger for floods. Germans mostly drowned, and remnants fled to north. Marcus Aurelius, the Caesar, conquered whole area...
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The Persia

By 9988,

We can now look on the big enemy of roman empire, The Persia. After destruction of Alexander the great´s empire, the persia was rebuilt, and many huge cities were built there. Grand armies marched against Roman empire. Romans were stronger than Persia, but Persians lived in huge desert forts, and dry and warm conditions there can kill hundreds of soldiers... Let´s look on one of the largest Persian cities, the Orathvon. Persians used great egyptian and roman architectonic skils there, they built there huge...
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The shocking invention

By 9988,

Year 260. Antonius from Optimia returned from the journey to the southwest. Antonius become more famous than anytime before. But, the Germans in the wild forests of Germania were planning the huge invasion. Germania, large nation, ruled by Onobolus II was known for it´s huge armies and vast amount of small villages. And there, in village of Drasdonf was main German army base. Most of the German weapon stocks were warehoused there. This time, in Optimia was normal, pleasant day, like there near the villa of...
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About Optimia

By 9988,

So, after introduction we can proceed to next stage - the information brochure! In Antique roman style, of course. Let´s look: City Informations: Geography: Name: The Optimia Magna Short name: Optimia Location: Europe, Arabia, North Africa Area: 190 square kilometers Area (comparative) : Large as Brooklyn Size comparison to the world: 2.st Climate: Warm, subtropical Terrain: Build around Mount Optimia, mediterranean sea on south, with island of Sykios Optimos Highest point: Mount Optimia - 1.230 m above...
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