Empire of Lykos

The Empire of Lykos, or Lykatanos, was the continuation of the ancient Latos Empire in its eastern provinces during Age of Myth and the Old Age, when its capital city was Bardas. It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Latosi Empire and continues to exist to this day. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Eros and Antolia. Although the Latos state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians distinguish Lykos from ancient Latos as it was centred on Bardas, oriented towards Lykosi rather than Latosi culture and characterized by Church of Ancients.

The borders of the empire fluctuated through cycles of decline and recovery. During the reign of Petronas Stratioticus, the empire reached its greatest extent, after reconquering much of the historically Latosi territories around the Middle Sea coast, including North Igbonia and Solas, which it held for three more centuries. During the Attaliates Dynasty, the empire expanded again and experienced the two-century long Attaliates Renaissance, which came to an end with the unprovoked invasion of the Ahmedian Sultanate, who have put a fierce resistance.

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 * Inspired by the Byzantine Empire.