Theodosio IV Lagojno was the first monarch of the modern Augustan Empire, established in 3607. He was elected by the Imperial Senate soon after the adoption of the Treaty of the Augustan Empire and reigned for nearly four decades. Under his reign the Empire grew to encompass nearly the entire territory of the medieval Augustan Empire, and at its height his realm was the largest, most populous, and most powerful nation on Terra. The tensions resulting from such unprecedented growth of Augustan power eventually led to the Jelbic-Augustan Wars; although the empire grew further owing to Augustan military victories, it also became a victim of its own success when in 3637 Nikandro Heraklito, the architect of imperial victories in Jelbania and Barmenia turned against the empire. Using his Black H