The Fall of the Heathen Alliance.

[Ben Kenobi]

As the final High Priest of the Holy Apolytonian Imperium, I am pleased to report the defeat of our pernicuous and persistant foes, the Germans and Greeks.

The next set of pictures seeks to illuminate the inevitability of their defeat at the hands of our most skilled ministers and citizens.

To distinguish from the previous chronicles, these pictures cover the years 1852-1857, the last period of my reign.

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Starting with the Germans, the fall of their final capital, Nuremburg. Broken in the battle of Berlin, Nuremburg became the final sanctuary of the German Chancellor, Frederick.

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After the largest seige to face the Germans since Hamburg, the wretched remnant of their crushed capital.

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And who can forget the capture of Rammstein? Originally settled by Imperium citizens, they gradually fell under the spell of bizarre and corrupt music.

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Death of the formerly formidable Germans

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How our conquest changed their lands.

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Moving onto the Greeks.

Phasalos, home of Sunt Tzus

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After the seige.

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Our celebrations afterwards.

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Onwards to their capital, Athens.

Difficult terrain long proved the most steadfast ally of the stubborn Greeks. It took many difficult seiges to subdue their entire nation.

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With little cash, Alexander could not afford to relocate his palace. Little violins begin to play "My heart bleeds for you."

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Ourr people shall long remember our glorious heroes in the seige of Corinth.

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That is, if their commander can remember to post the picture.

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A tactical misjudgment soon corrected the next turn.

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Yet another bitter Greek seige. Sparta went from size 10 to 2.