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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 37

In this part we will discover how the elite families and the nobles began to rule from the shadows, as those in the spotlight of power always were targets for assassination by either enemies or allies wanting what they have. The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part36/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In mid-March of 455 AD, Flavius Aetius was avenged by the assassination of Valentinian III, age 35, by two […]

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 35

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part34/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 410 AD, raiders from Ireland, primarily the Uí Liatháin and Laigin tribes, sacked the coasts of Wales, taking both slaves and plunder.Also, around this time, one of the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in Britain, Mucking, was said to have been established along the mouth of the Thames River. In August, Alaric I and his armies of Visigoths sacked Rome

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 34

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part33/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 392 AD, the Roman tactic of taking their enemies into service, letting them have a more active role in Roman affairs, slowly began to backfire as Emperor Valentinian II, age 21, was murdered while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast, leaving Theodosius I as the last sole Emperor to ever rule the whole Empire.With Valentinian out

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 32

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part31/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ By 340 AD, it was said that Constantinople, the capital of Emperor Constantius II, became the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Rome, the capital of his brother Constans.After infighting among the three brothers about territory, and by the influence of the Popes in Rome, who favored the new Roman version of Christianity over Arianism, Constantine

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 30

Due to time restraints, there will be no recap of the last part. All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 301 AD, Emperor Diocletian issued a reform that revaluated the Roman currency. In 302 AD, Emperor Diocletian persecuted the Manichaeans, the new and most followed religion in Persia, accusing them of being a Persian fifth column (a group who undermine a larger group or a nation from within, usually in

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 29

In part 28, the power struggle for being emperor of the Roman Empire continued to escalate during the 300th century, all while the empire was attacked on several fronts by the Goths and the Palmyrene Empire.However, by 274 AD, emperor Aurelian managed to invade both the Palmyrene Empire of North Africa as well as Gaul and Britain in Western Europe, and reclaimed the old territories of the former Roman Empire.Aurelian also had the Temple

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 28

In part 27 we continued to cover the decline of the Roman Empire, known as the Crisis of the Third Century, as it was threatened on several fronts while the Sassanid Persian Empire grew stronger.While there was a lot of infighting between Roman Emperors, the Sassanid Empire had a friend in Philip the Arab, who not only paid them 500,000 gold pieces for damages, but also ignored their expansion during his reign in Rome

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 27

In part 26, an aunt of assassinated Caracalla declared her grandson Elagabalus, age 14, emperor of Rome. After defeating the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus, the new young emperor was initiated into the worship of the Phrygian/Anatolian goddess Cybele, which lead to several controversial marriages, especially when he married a Vestal Virgin, a priestess who had sworn thirty years of service and to maintain her chastity throughout. Elagabalus also claimed to be bisexual, and his open

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