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Arelat was founded on the 9th of February of 2020, [https://old.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1fsm9/announcing_arelat_land_of_lions/ announced] and intended to be a small, one man nation serving the purposes of it's leader /u/ScandinavianTaco, an [[Alexandria|Alexandrian citizen]] who first lay claim and founded the kingdom, taking for himself the title of ''Dominus'' and declaring his primacy over the valley which would lend its name. He was joined almost immediately by /u/joshyutah, a like-minded and diligent individual who was quickly awarded the title ''Maior Palatii (''Master of the Palace) indicating his status as being equal in all but name, and the two soon turned the valley of Arelat into a profitable and cozy home, which each player domesticating the Western and Eastern sides of the river respectively.

 

The initial claims of Arelat consisted of the main valley and the adjacent land immediately to East. The majority of the region was sparsely inhabited, and this set the foundation for further expansion in the months to follow. The second expansion was in the wake of the [[Ez2War]], in which Arelat provided material and modest manual support to [[The Coalition]]. Arelat expanded to claim territory contested directly to the north, which they liberated through the force of their arms.The third expansion came after prolonged negotiations between Arelat and [[Savaguard|Savaguard.]] Savaguard had just completed their controversial annexation of [[Unitas]], a state which had a sparse presence in the region. Arelat, who had been farming and developing the land in their absence, now found itself in a potentially compromised position. However, in exchange for an Arelat Mustang and recognition of Savaguard claims, the King of Savaguard ceded the valley to Arelat, and in doing so further legitimizing their own position.[https://old.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/gc72b3/arelat_in_conjunction_with_savaguard_solidifies/] Arelat is the only nation to have ever been gained land from the notoriously expansionist kingdom. The fourth expansion came as a result of negotiations between the nation and [[I.C.O.R.]] and a number of local parties, a negotiation which in part led to the events that culminated in the [[Treaty of Serenity]]. The expansion gave Arelat a river port of the great river to the South. <gallery>

File:Screen Shot 2020-12-17 at 11.11.53 PM.png|Initial claims of Arelat, February 2020