Remulan Imperium

The Romulan Imperium, also known as the Old Empire, Paletine, or simply the Imperium, was an ancient empire that occupied much of the world during the fourth and fifth ages. Its capital was the metropolis of Paletine, located in Ithil.

History
The Imperium was founded roughly fifty years before the start of the Fifth Age, formed out of the husk of the crumbling Romulan Republic. The republic was reorganized into an imperialistic nation that began to spread out from the Ithilian Peninsula to the outer world. It annexed various smaller nations, and the emperor appointed governors to watch over various regions. It covered three continents, including Caenterin.

At one point, the empire adopted the True Faith, and recognized the position of "Lyght of the West" as the papal leader, who served alongside the emperor. When the Imperium began to enter its latter days, the capital relocated from Paletine to the new city of Tyr Constantine, but civil war ensued between two factions within the empire, and it split into east and west.

The prosperous part of the empire, based out of Tyr Constantine, thrived, whereas the Imperium itself, which had since relocated back to the dying city of Paletine, began to crumble. The last emperor died in year 500 of the Fifth Age when Paletine was attacked by barbarians.

Even though the government fell, the Imperium left behind many things, including infrastructure and other cultural achievements, which were utilized by the barbarians that established the first modern kingdoms upon the ruins of the old empire. The Alliance of Caenterin was established as a successor state, although it was far less centralized.