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=== First Contact ===
On June 26th, NovaCeasar, the Princeps of the [[SPQR]], happened upon Rodentia while scouting out the borders [[Vasticus]], which was undergoing negotiations to enter the SPQR as a province. She was surprised to see Rodentia there, as the SPQR sought to create farms Vasticus' savannah, which Rodentia was almost entirely within. NovaCeasar offered the Rodents the chance to join the SPQR as a province separate from Vasticus. The Rodents agreed to enter negotiations, but the SPQR's transition from
=== Murder of Beni_Shapiro and Secession of Arcadia ===
Early on July 9th, a player with the username OliveTheCat—not to be confused with OlliveTehCat—murdered [[Beni_Shapiro]], a prominent member of Vasticus. OliveTheCat was pearled, and it was revealed that he was a friend of some of the Rodents from another Minecraft server; it was apparently a prank to cause his friends grief after he overheard them talking about [[CivRealms]] in a private Discord. His friends vouched for him and payed his reparations, whereupon he was freed and told that he was banned from Alexandria and the SPQR.
Shortly afterwards, OlliveTehCat and FlipsTheSlayer1 abruptly informed the other Rodents that they would be seceding as Arcadia, claiming a tower that they had built within [[Erimos]] using Rodentian resources. Furthermore, they informed the other Rodents that Arcadia had been admitted as a province of the SPQR in the course of just a few hours. According to them, they had claimed to NovaCeasar that OliveTheCat was actually a Rodent, not a friend who had never played CivRealms before; in exchange for this information, the two of them alleged that NovaCeasar expedited their admission to the SPQR and assured protection of their building in Erimos
It was later made clear that Arcadia had not yet been made a province, but a charter had been drafted, but the Roman Senate had not yet voted on it, nor had any additions made by the Arcadians been reviewed by the NovaCeasar at that point. Furthermore, Arcadia's assertions overstated NovaCeasar's power within the SPQR. While in the past Nova could, as Princeps Civitatus, approve treaties unliaterally, the SPQR's transition towards a republic had made such an act unconstitutional, as her position of Consul had more limited powers than that of Princeps.
== Geography ==
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