Archaic Sith Empire

The Archaic Sith Empire was a theocratic government that existed during the time of the Old Republic. Often fighting against the Republic for control of the galaxy, the Empire was often held back by infighting between Sith Lords. This led to the Republic gaining victory over the Empire for many years and forced the Empire to remain hidden on it's origin world of Korriban.

After the year 6100 BBY the Empire was able to consolidate it's power by outlawing the power struggles that hindered the efforts of the Sith. This allowed the Empire to grow in economic and political power for more than 70 years until the Sith began The Great Annexing where the Empire launched a vicious surprise attack on the Core Worlds in an attempt to seize power from the Republic and plunge the galaxy into chaos.

In 6024 BBY, the Empire managed to conquer most of the core worlds including Coruscant. This shattered the Republic and the galaxy came under Imperial control. For 45 years the Empire ruled the galaxy until a rogue Sith, Vycerant, challenged the Empire with his own Sith Order and, with the help of the Republic Remnant, was able to retake the core worlds and defeat the Archaic Sith Empire. The Republic was restored and Vycerant's new Sith Order claimed Korriban.