Disclaimer: This is an AU. I do not own any of the franchises mentioned in this story, and any ideas i have stolen/borrowed from other authors is accidental since I have read 10 000+ stories.
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I will edit the timeline when I next get time. The important info is that the empire united all the tribes of northern europe (Germania, Gallia, Scandinavia and parts of Russia. Basically Northern Europe.)
Excerpt from "Events of Europe: ? AE (? BC)" written by , and , professors at Goma university of history.
In ?BC "Keiser" Håkon I (When he returned from the campaign he gained the surname Håkon the learned) amassed a warfleet consisting of approximately 9000 longships with an unknown number of support vessels. The fleet split and left behind 1000 longships holding "Gibraltarstredet" and inviting to battle while the rest of the ships continued to Alexandria. The romans were caught offguard but mobilized the every fleet and ordered them there even the two praetorian reserve fleets.
When the Aurorian fleet got to Alexandria the roman garrison was quickly defeated. The vikings with their surprising ferocity, excellent training and attacking at night inbetween guard shifts, it is no surprise casualties were small among the vikings. The vikings closed down the town and stole everything in this order: books/scrolls, gold/precious metals/jewelry, salt, food/water. When the support ships were filled Håkon I ordered the fleet to head to Rome.
In the meantime the fleet at "Gibraltarstredet" started kiting around the slower and less maneuverable roman triremes and quadremes while losing no ships because of their ability to outrow the romans and stay more than one day away from shore.
In Rome the Emperor Vindonio Asta got quite the shock when suddenly overnight got besieged and blockaded. A call for parley were made and...
...the parley resulted in short in a treaty where every 5 years the romans had to give to the Aurora leader clan one copy of every book/scroll written in that period, in exhange the Aurorian Empire agreed to not attack the Roman Empire and the treaty were for 50 years.
When Håkon I returned to ? on ? he created the royal library that would be sectioned so some parts were open to the public.
Håkon I established the RAEFCWBDK (Royal Aurorian Empire Fund For Copying And Writing Of Books And Distribution Of Knowledge To All). The RAEFCWBDK was allocated 10% of the yearly budget of the empire and have never dipped below 5% even in times of war.
