jun 19, 2082 - Caesar's Legion is founded

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founded by Edward "Caesar" Sallow and Joshua Graham, built on the conquest and enslavement of tribal societies in the American southwest. To enforce unity in the absence of any civilian institutions, the Legion loosely models itself after the military of the Roman Empire, repurposing its language and aesthetics for the post-apocalypse

The legion was founded when The Followers of the Apocalypse sent a group to the Grand Canyon to study the region's tribal languages. The group included Followers Edward Sallow, Calhoun, a physician, Mormon missionary Joshua Graham, a specialist in tribal dialects. Not long into their travels, the group was captured by the Blackfoot tribe and held for ransom. At the time, the tribe warred against seven other tribes and suffered from a lack of skill in warfare. Sallow noticed the Blackfoots' martial ineptitude and feared that their more numerous enemies would soon overwhelm them. Unwilling to leave his and his comrades' fate up to chance, and against his companions' wishes, Sallow instructed his captors in the arts of war, giving them knowledge in gun maintenance, small unit tactics, explosive improvisation, and military strategy, drawing largely on what he had read about the military tactics of Ancient Rome. Under his guidance, the Blackfoots not only defeated but subjugated the neighboring tribes and came to regard Sallow as their leader. With that, Sallow took the name Caesar and began reorganizing the tribals he commanded into the Legion.

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