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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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Another parts of Optimia

By 9988,

Caesar Philip the arab is dead! The Governor of Optimia, Decimus Scipio is now next Caesar, and Optimia became imperial city (along with rome). This give a privilege of starting wars and diplomatic negotiations without permission of the roman senators, and Optimia can have own grand senate (but Optimian senators must allow wars and diplomacy after discussion). As the Scipio said, the empire is starting to invest more to knowledge, healthcare and arts. We will now show another interesting places in Optimia,...
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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 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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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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9988 presents... The Optimia Magna The Optimia. Ancient city founded by ancient romans, located in the southern Turkey. Let´s look, what will happen, when the cards of destiny become shuffled another way, that we know it. How the empire denounced to destruction will arise and become greater than anytime before. The Optimia. Our Story starts in one city, with more than million inhabitants, in the greatest city of the Roman empire, after Rome, and central place of future events. It has hundreds of...
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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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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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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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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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The Invasion to Germania

By 9988,

Year 260. Antonius with his army is attacking on Germania. But it was getting worse and worse. Explosion of the one cannon destroyed them 10, and Germans killed many and many soldiers. Hamburg reached only 30.000 of 90.000 soldiers. Some drowned at swamps, some died from plagues. They besieged the city on 16.th July of 261. The Reformation of army in 224 caused, that the colour of the roman soldiers changed to Blue. Also, they were wearing blue clothes. But Germans didn´t surrender. They were besieging...
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The New Acropolis

By 9988,

Year 275. Roman explorers found something interesting in the east. The Optimia was living another, pleasant day, sun was shining on the Acropolis, but there was something wrong. Majestatic statue of Scipio was standing above the city, columns and gold-covered roads were more shiny than anytime before. And there was really something wrong. Huge storm, maybe minor hurricane was heading straight to Optimia. People were hidden in their safe homes. But lighting don´t hit them. It the acropolis.The constructions...
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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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Far East II

By 9988,

Year 276. And romans marched and marched... After four weeks, they finally find signs of advanced civilization. Paved roads, surrounded by strange flora and small settlements. And finally, they found a city. Magnificent city, maybe larger than Alexandria. It was center of advanced civilization in the east. Chinese capital without name. Eventually they came to much larger part of city, densely inhabited, with buildings much larger, maybe larger as these in Optimia. Roads were brick, not stone. The city was...
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The Antonius cae Optimia

By 9988,

In year 214, one child was born in the village near Optimia (now it is part of Optimia), called Daseia. And this child was destined to become leader of the empire, and to destroy Germans once and for all. Educated in Optimian academic schools and universities, he became very famous as the military technic. He upgraded shields, to sustain more damage, and swords, to be more solid and sharper, and he made special catapult projectiles, what are filled with "greek fire" substance, and are explosive. The...
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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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Year 272 And this time was starting the massive colonisation of Terra Palmis. Hundreds of ships with thousands of sailors, men and women, and also the children, were heading to the Terra Palmis, to colonise it. The sea was peaceful, and without and big storms, but still with some good wind. Terra Palmis was very near. But on Terra Palmis the settlers found something impressive. The new district of Atlantica city, strangely located more than 15 miles to the west. Was it another city, or not? Romans...
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Exploration of Terra Palmis

By 9988,

Year 264. Decimus Scipio is dead. And the further exploration may begun. Hundreds of ships docked again in the Atlantica city (the abandoned large city mentioned before), and big group of 120 explorers started to go to the north. They went near abandoned desert town, and started to go further and further to the desert. They built small camp in the desert, in case of extreme conditions when they will go further to the desert. Fortunately, nothing extreme occured, larger part of explorers stayed in the camp,...
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