The Rise of Rome

In early July of 2019 the player Cranerja along with some of his friends joined the server. They had entered directly after the Ostro-Maori war in a time of relative peace. Some veteran players gave donations to the group to help start their faction in Italy. It would be called Impero Romano and would come to dominate the sever for the coming months.

About a week after joining, the group had acquired enough gear to take on the major powers at the time and began their conquests. One after one factions fell to the Romans until the entire world had been conquered or made to pay tribute to them. Even the largest faction, Britannia, had a heavy tribute imposed on it for peace. Some time during the conflicts a hacker was exposed among the Roman ranks and coordinating with the admins, Cranerja gathered definitive evidence on the player whose name at the time was Adderall, and the hacker was banned permanently. The banning however did not affect the set of victories the Romans would achieve in the coming days. They would go undefeated until they met a coalition of some 8-12 factions that would attempt to band together to quell the Roman threat. It would all culminate in a massive battle between five Romans and 15-20 coalition fighters. Having better training and coordination, the Romans defeated their enemies in a one sided massacre of the coalition force. This would mark the end of any major resistance to the Roman Hegemony. Cranerja and Impero Romano had left their mark one the server. One that would become a staple of the story and mythos of GeoMC.

Around the end of July there was peace for a short while. However the Romans grew bored and would routinely attack already subdued players and allied factions for entertainment. After a few days of this players began leaving the server and by the end of July and the beginning of August the server was all but dead with only 1-3 players joining a day. Feeling regret for killing an enjoyable server, Cranerja released a book in game entitled: 'Res Gastae' which acted as both a journal, history, and testament of and about the previous weeks. (The full transcription for this book is not yet available, however you may read it here beginning at 1:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_6BAivOw4). Sometime a little later Cranerja would be banned by the head-mod for violation of the code of conduct, but it would not be the end of his story on the server.