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{{Battle|Name =The Pacification of Boetia|Image =|Image caption=|Conflict = [[Unification Wars]]|Date =[[M32]]|Location =[[Terra]]|Outcome =Imperial Victory|Combatant1 =[[Imperial Army]]<br>[[Thousand Sons]]|Combatant2 =Boeotian rebel forces|Commanders1 ='''Selud''' (r)|Commanders2 =Yeselti dynasty|Strength1 =[[Tupelov Lancers]] [[regiment]]<br>[[Thousand Sons]] [[legion]]|Strength2 =Unknown|Casualties1 =Unknown|Casualties2 =Extermination of Yeselti genetic line}}'''Boeotia''' was a nation which existed on [[Terra]] during the [[Age of Strife]] and the [[Unification Wars]].<sup>1a</sup>
==History==
An area of Terra mentioned in [[Imperial]] records as holding out against full Unification for some considerable time; while tacitly recognizing the [[Emperor]]'s dominance, the ruling monarchy of Boeotia used all manner of diplomacy in order to avoid losing power. In a show of great patience and benevolence, the Emperor allowed the ruling family of Boeotia - the '''Yeselti ''' - to carry on like this for over 150 years, with the intention that they would integrate themselves into unified Imperial Terra at their own speed and with as much dignity as possible. Instead, the Yeselti clung onto their independence to the point where, firstly, the [[Imperial Army]] was forced to invade the province and finally, [[Space Marines|Legiones Astartes]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] were assigned to quash the trucculent little state. Boeotia was notable both for the presence of industry and at least one buried shrine to gods worshiped by humans in an earlier age.<sup>11a</sup>
===The Boeotian Conflict===
Instead, the Yeselti clung onto their independence to the point where, firstly, the [[Imperial Army]] was forced to invade the province and finally, [[Space Marines|Legiones Astartes]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] were assigned to quash the truculent little state.<sup>1a</sup>
The campaign to seize the Boeotian citadel took around six weeks. In their final stages of resistance, the rebel defenders mined a massive refinery complex, the detonation of which by the Imperial invaders resulted in a blaze that put out enough carcinogenic smoke and soot that the entire area was covered in deadly murk. Unprotected [[humans]] had to wear full-body protection gear as a result. The fall of the citadel was said to resemble a city made into a bonfire, lighting a sky darker than [[Old Night]] itself. The initial force sent to claim Boeotia was made up solely of Imperial Army forces, of which the [[Tupelov Lancers]] are the only regiment known to have actually been present, under the leadership of a [[Commander]] '''Selud'''. After six weeks and the loss of the refinery fields - both seen as critical errors - Selud was removed from command and control of the campaign assigned to the Thousand Sons Legiones Astartes for a quick finish.<sup>1a</sup>
Up until the Thousand Sons took control of the theatre, a [[conservator]] team led by [[Kasper Hawser]] and [[Navid Murza]] operated in the area during the campaign, exploring and recording the contents of an ancient shrine to the gods of a more superstitious age. The shrine had been uncovered by a wayward artillery strike, and the decision made to catalogue the contents at once; conservator teams had been assigned to the Army's tail, along with [[iterators]], engineers, aid workers and other groupings designed to ease Boeotia swiftly into the Imperial fold once it had been successfully annexed. Hawser's team was ultimately ejected before their analysis could be completed, despite their [[Unification Council]] credentials, by warriors of the [[Thousand Sons|Fifteenth Legion]]. Sixteen months after the Boeotian Conflict was ended, conservator teams were finally allowed back into the region. No trace of the shrine could be found.
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==Trivia==
{{Trivia}}*The nation of Boeotia draws its name from its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotia real life] Greek counterpart; several significant archaeological sites exist there.*Boeotia was a battleground during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Wars Greco-Persian Wars], when it was invaded by the armies of the Achaemenid Empire. The recruiting ground for the Astartes of the Thousand Sons is also known as the Achaemenid Empire and appears to effectively be the same place; thus, if Terran history is taken to mirror real world history by default, Boeotia has been invaded by warriors originating from the same place twice, but many, many millennia apart. If not, it remains a simple reference.
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Prospero Burns (Novel)]] pg,**<sup>1a</sup>:Chapter One, pp.3129-41
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