The influence of the Selentine Empire on the successor kingdoms can still be seen in political, religious and cultural matters today. As such, it is well worth quickly reviewing the rise and fall of the greatest empire ever known.
The city of Selentium, on the Syr River near the western periphery of Emphidian civilisation, came to prominence after the disintegration of the Empire of Heroclites, the First Emperor in the fifth century AUC. Emperors replaced Consuls as the head of government, and Selentium quickly came to rule over the Emphidian nations of the Coradian Sea. Unlike Heroclites' empire, the Selentine Empire remained stable as imperial families came and went. Indeed, the Selentine Empire continued to expand, conquering the ancient Kaikuhuran Empire and expanding southwards along the coast to the Glaive.
By the ninth century AUC the empire was so large it needed three capitals, Selentium, Navyn and Siout (now Amsaim, capital of Opalar). It was also coming into conflict with the Empire of Wyrd, ruled by Angmar the Witch-King. The Selentine Empire, empowered by belief in the True Faith, overcame the Goblin armies of Angmar at the Battle of Mantil (891 AUC), destroying the power of Angmar's Empire and killing the Witch-King himself.
The victorious armies of the Selentine Empire pressed on, expanding the empire to the Linn River, the Azure Coast and the Isle of Elles: however, the size of the empire lead to its collapse less than one hundred years later, as rival emperors established courts at Orviet and Tamor. The Selentine Empire had collapsed into many successor states by 1000 AUC, though the emperors at Navyn continued to claim sovereignty over neighbouring kingdoms until 1113 AUC, when the last Selentine Emperor, Panrantian II Botaniates, was forced to abdicate by the King of Teran.