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Published: 2016-09-07 17:32:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 4214; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 38
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After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with a little mini-project (~4-5 hour project). I have something significantly bigger in the works, I promise.This is my interpretation of the Principality of Verona from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. For those that don't know, Romeo and JulietΒ is set in a city of Verona ruled by a sovereign prince. However, there was never actually a Prince of Verona; the closest Verona came to being independent was as a March of the Holy Roman Empire, and the capital of that March wasn't even the city of Verona (it was Aquila, for the curious). Verona ended up a part of the Venetian Republic. However, in my interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, Venice is a little less lucky/powerful, and Verona is able to preserve its independence as a minor trading city state, where two families hold great influence...
(Note: With some minor exceptions, most of the rest of Northern Italy is OTL.)
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Comments: 16
AvatarVyakara [2016-09-11 11:44:14 +0000 UTC]
I forget, actually; where did Romeo end up going when he was banished?
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ZekSora In reply to AvatarVyakara [2016-09-11 18:27:36 +0000 UTC]
Once he gets banished from Verona, he travels to Mantua, which is visible on the map on the Principality's southern border (as the Marquessate of Mantua, an actual historical state in the region).
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AvatarVyakara In reply to ZekSora [2016-09-13 22:16:04 +0000 UTC]
Ah, right...well, this was a superb job, if you don't mind my saying so.
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hgfggg [2016-09-10 09:37:33 +0000 UTC]
Who knew that Romeo and Juliet took place in an alternate history!
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Karolusdiversion [2016-09-07 19:17:45 +0000 UTC]
There is a town called L'Aquila, but is located in the Abruzzo region.
Surely you mean to refer here to the city of Aquileia.
Sorry, just a clarification.
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ZekSora In reply to Karolusdiversion [2016-09-07 19:25:57 +0000 UTC]
Ah! Yes, my bad, I spelled it wrong.
Thanks for pointing that out
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