The term "Esmondian" was first used upon the outbreak of the Austenasian Civil War, to distinguish the supporters of the Emperor from the Carolinians, supporters of the claim to the Throne by HIH Princess Caroline. During the war, the term was synonymous with "loyalist" and "legitimist", and was openly used by the government to refer to supporters of the legitimate Monarch. However, the majority of Esmondians (as was the case with the Carolinians) were not Austenasians, but British volunteers recruited into the Austenasian Army to fight for their claimant to the Throne. British Esmondians did not associate the term "Emperor" with a figurehead as Emperor Terry I had been, but with the autocratic glory and military prowess of the Roman Emperors. This viewpoint of the Austenasian Army, along