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This chronology is a first attempt at writing a document which accurately dates various important events in Romulan history, by drawing on various sources. The reader will note numerous areas in which the dates provided are not well defined, particularly the date of Planetfall, from which many other dates are measured in the Romulan dating system. Dates in bold are events after planetfall (AS)
Dates in italics are in 22nd centuary Common Era docterine (Before Common Era / Common Era)

68 BCE	Surak born on Vulcan as the light from the sigma-1014 Orionis nova reaches Vulcan.
23 BCE	Vulcan receives first radio signals from Orion pirates arriving in their system.
22 BCE, January 18-19	First meeting with the Orion pirates. Orion ship lands, stuns and kidnaps most of the official Vulcan delegation, murders the rest. Surak is not present due to travel difficulties. S'Task is captured. The `Ahkh' begins.
22 BCE, March	End of the `Ahkh'. Vulcans drive off the Orions using a combination of traditional warfare and psi weapons.
22 BCE, November	Cloaked Orion spy ship destroyed. Hulk left in desert outside Te'Rikh as a monument.
23 BCE	Riots on Vulcan as militaristic Vulcans in favour of arming to meet the interstellar threat clash with the more numerous pacifists supporting Surak.
7 BCE	The number of the `Declared', Vulcans pledged to follow S'Task on the Journey, reaches 12000. S'Task first suggests that those who wish to go on the Journey should donate all their possesions to the cause.
11 CE	The number of the `Declared' reaches almost five percent of Vulcan's population. Ultimately, the limited number of ships, and the waning of early excitement about the project will substantially reduce the number of Vulcans who leave on the Journey.
25 CE	Rea's Helm leaves orbit and begins a three month tour of the solar system before accellerating out into interstellar space. Shortly followed by Warbird, Starcatcher, T'Hie, Pennon, Bloodwing, Corona, Lance, Gorget, Sunheart, Forge, Lost Road, Blacklight, Firestorm, Vengeance, Memory, and Shield.
55 CE	The fartravel ships arrive at the first star on their tour, 88 Eri. No habitable planets are found, and after reconoitering the system the ships continue on towards 198 Eri.
~75 CE	Seven ships -- Pennon, Starcatcher, Bloodwing, Forge, Lost Road, Lance, and Blacklight -- are caught in the event horizon of a newly formed blackhole nearby 198 Eri. All seven ships are lost.
~100 CE	The remaining fartravel ships reach 198 Eri. Demoralized after the blackhole disaster, they spend 3.5 years in orbit, storing up energy and debating the future of the Journey. S'Task prevails in the debate and the ships continue on to 4408A/B Trianguli.
~220 CE	Two ships -- T'Hie and Corona -- lost to the mind destroying race called the `Iruhe' at 4408B Trianguli. The remainder of the fleet flees 4408A/B at high speed. Firestorm and Vengeance become separated from the rest of the ships and wander for several years before rejoining the fleet.
~300 CE	Warbird suffers a drive failure and falls into 114 Trianguli while attempting a slingshot maneuver.
~425 CE	Shield is lost or destroyed.
~479 CE	Memory suffers a drive failure and falls into a black dwarf while attempting a slingshot maneuver.
~520 CE	Sunheart abandoned after disease kills most of the crew.
~533 CE	The four remaining ships -- Rea's Helm, Gorget, Vengeance and Firestorm -- arrive in the 128 Trianguli system and find two habitable worlds.
~534 CE, 0 AS (After Settlement)	The two worlds are named `ch'Rihan' and `ch'Havran' and the first Travellers begin to disembark from the fartravel ships to colonize the two worlds. (see notes at end of page)
~537 CE, 3 AS	The last of the Travellers disembark from the ships, leaving only the Ship Clans.
~594 CE, 60 AS	Under the rule of Councillor T'Rehu, the nation of Elheu raises a standing army and begins threatening its neighbors. Between 60 AS and 72 AS, T'Rehu invades several smaller neighboring nations.
~606 CE, 72 AS	T'Rehu receives the Grand Councillorship after intimidating the Grand Council with the possible use of her armies, and her alliances with the technologically advanced Ship Clans. S'Task walks out on her, and she swears he will never do so again.
~612 CE, 78 AS	Famine strikes the South Continent of ch'Havran and 1500 die. T'Rehu has S'Task (aged 248) murdered in the High Council when he attempts to walk out. She declares the beginning of the `rule of women' and takes the title of `Ruling Queen'.
~630 CE, 96 AS	A faction from the Eastern continent overthrows T'Rehu and sets up the Tricameral system of government.
~784 CE, 250 AS	By this time, the technology in the four remaining Ships has substantially degraded and fallen into disrespair. The Ship Clans have dwindled, and the Romulans now lack an interstellar travel capacity.
~835 CE, 300 AS	Over the years 300 AS to 400 AS, the orbits of the Ships decay and they all fall from the sky.
~1043 CE, 508 AS	The Romulan government completes a small satelite warning and defense system.
~2034 CE, ~1499 AS	The Romulans develop the technology of artificial gravity.
2134 CE, ~1599 AS	The USS Carrizal enters the Romulan star system, evades the satellite warning system, and beams radio first contact messages to the two inhabited planets. The Romulans do not answer them, and the Carrizal leaves after completing its studies.
2137 CE, ~1602 AS	The USS Balboa enters the Romulan star system and is destroyed by the massed particle beams of fifty newly built Romulan ships. The USS Stone Mountain is captured while answering the Balboa's distress call and dissected to acquire warp drive technology.
2156 CE, ~1621 AS	Romulan war begins agains Earth forces. The war is fought with primitive atomic weapons and the Romulan Fleet does not yet have warp drive.
2162 CE, ~1627 AS	A humiliating defeat at the Battle of Cheron discourages the Romulans, and the Vulcans pursuade the Federation, the two sides negotiate the Treaty of Alpha Trianguli via subspace data upload. The Treaty establishes the Neutral Zone as a one light year buffer between Federation and Romulan space.
This chronology is a first attempt at writing a document which accurately dates various important events in Romulan history, by drawing on various sources. The reader will note numerous areas in which the dates provided are not well defined, particularly the date of Planetfall, from which many other dates are measured in the Romulan dating system. Dates in bold are events after planetfall (AS) Dates in italics are in 22nd centuary Common Era docterine (Before Common Era / Common Era)
ch'Rihan Ch'Rihan (called Romulus by the Federation) was the first world settled by those who left Vulcan a thousand years ago. When they first arrived, they were surprised that their future home was so unlike Vulcan. In comparison it was a paradise, and it took the Rihannsu people time to adjust biologically and psychologically to their new environment. Their culture had to change to include water-dependent activities, such as agriculture, and leisure sports such as fishing and sailing Ch'Rihan is a beautiful "M" Class planet of forests, lakes, and waterfalls. Aside from several large cities on the planet, ch'Rihan is largely forest and protected wilderness. Several areas on the planet's surface are very mountainous. The Apnex Sea is a very beautiful ocean on ch'Rihan. Ch'Havran and two moons orbit the planet: Pirek and Elvreng. Ch'Rihan is where the main capital Ra'tleihfi is situated. On Ch'Rihan are the most government offices and agencies. The Romulan Senate is located on ch'Rihan as well, as is the Praetor's office. Headquarters for both the Romulan Military and the Tal Shiar are located on ch'Rihan. Orbital facilities include communication satellites, defense satellites, a manufacturing facility, and a vast power station which contains a network of singularities which it taps for power and beams down to the planet's cities and homes.
ch'Havran Ch'Havran, (called Remus by the Federation) which orbits ch'Rihan, is smaller, drier, and cooler than ch'Rihan. Aside from a forested northern continent, and a narrow tropical band around the equator, most of ch'Havran is plains and desert. Three major tectonic fault lines traverse the planet, contributing to recurring earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Weather in the sub-tropics and tropics tend to be stormy and hurricanes and tornadoes appear in their seasons. The planet has no moons, but residents can see ch'Rihan in the night sky. Colonized by settlers some hundred years after ch'Rihan was settled, Ch'Havran is the military-industrial center of the Empire. The atmosphere of the planet is still heavy with industrial pollutants left over from the days before industrial replicators and environmental controls. Several orbital factories are visible from the planet's surface: ore processing, massive shipyards, and research laboratories. Rumor has it that the Tal Shiar have a cloaked orbital station somewhere above the planet.