Qui Unitum Potentiae, often shorted to just the Potentiae, was the successor and essential rump state of the Morsian Military Dictatorship. The name translated to "One United Power" in Galactic Basic Standard and it was one of the two sides fighting in the Third Morsian Civil War. At the end of the Second Morsian-Sicc'orax War in 16,128 BBY the dictatorship was in a rocky situation. There was a manpower shortage, civil crisis, and division in the Morsian Senate spurred by spies planted by the Sicc'orax Republic. The dictator in charge, Julius Vix’tar, attempted to stamp down on the growing rebellion by locking up unruly senators but this only contributed to its eventual rise into an armed conflict. The already damaged Morsian army was split, along with the navy and marines, between the government under Julius and that of the rebels.
Initially the two sides were at a standstill, with the Potentiae holding most of the dictatorship lands from the beginning of the Sicc'orax War as well as the overseas colony, while their opponents the Populi Rem (often shorted to just the Populi) held the annexed Sicc'orax lands. They were evenly matched in military force and so were unable to make much headway in capturing territory. During this time, however, the Potentiae had to deal with the First Morsian-Sparti War which saw them lose the colony as well as suffer casualties in the ensuing war. It also took eyes away from the mainland, which allowed the Populi to begin advancing into Potentiae held lands.
Throughout the length of the war Julius had been becoming more and more mentally unstable, which not only caused some of his troops and remaining Morsian senators to defect to the other side, but it also caused him to torture captured senators from the outbreak of the war in desperation, which is where he discovered that it was Sicc'orax spies who caused the war. Both sides, upon learning this, tortured and publicly humiliated the spies before killing them, but it did not end the war like Julius had hoped. By 16,126 BBY, the remaining forces of the Populi had surrounded Volcanesis Magna and its surrounding area, with most of the forces of the Potentiae having either defected or been destroyed in the war.
![]() |
---|
Politics of the Morsian Empire (From 20,000 BBY onwards) |
Periods |
Tribe (20,000 - 18,000 BBY) Kingdom (18,000 - 16,700 BBY) Dictatorship (16,700 - 16,126 BBY) First Republic (16,120 - 16,007 BBY) Second Republic (16,007 - 15,997 BBY) Third Republic (15,900 - 15,617 BBY) New Kingdom (15,610 BBY - 15,580 BBY) Fourth Republic (15,565 - 15,449 BBY) Morsian State (15,425 - 15,409 BBY) Fifth Republic (15,406 - 15,000 BBY) People's Union (14,991 - 14,544 BBY) Sixth Republic (14,535 - 13,887 BBY) Empire (Canon · Legends) (13,880 BBY - ) |
Titles and honors |
King · Dictator · Consul · Emperor |
![]() |
He deployed his last remaining fighting force, the 2nd Auxiliary Legion, to repel any possible attacks made on the capital by the 3rd legion who were the closest Populi legion. However, he was killed by the remaining Morsian Guard who cut off his head and crucified him at the entrance to the capital, alongside the bodies of the spies Julius had killed several months prior. The Guard then surrendered to the Populi with a note written by the remaining senators in the capital, which formally ended the Potentiae as a government body.
History[]
Formation[]
At the end of the Second Morsian-Sicc'orax War, the dictatorship was in a rocky position. During the war, the Sicc'orax had slipped spies into the Morsian Senate with the purpose of getting the nation to split into a civil war. It was hoped that they could achieve this before the Sicc'orax surrendered, however they were too late and the war ended. Undeterred, the spies continued to split the Senate into two sides, with the spies on a more republican standing that wanted to overthrow the dictatorship. The spies continued to escalate the situation, and one of them drew a blade in one Senate meeting which resulted in several senators being wounded and others detained by the Morsian Guard. Unfortunately for them, one of the senators detained was one of the spies, causing them to escalate their plans to begin the civil war.
Using denarii to bribe legions, the spies took their following and broke away. The remaining senators rallied behind Julius who used threats and his own bribes to buy the loyalty of those legions not already swayed by the Populi. He successfully managed to buy the loyalty of the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 10th and 11th legions, as well as most of the navy and some of the marines. He also managed to win both the 1st and 2nd auxiliary legions to his side.
|