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{|align=center border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2|<small>[[Age of the Imperium]]</small>|<small>[[Age of Rebirth]] - [[The Forging]] - [[Nova Terra Interregnum]] - [[Age of Apostasy]] - [[Age of Redemption]] - [[The Waning]] - [[Time of Ending]]</small>|{AgesImperium}}
==Overview==
[[The Waning]], was a period of time after the [[Age of Redemption|Redemption Crusades]], where due to the exhaustion of the Imperium's military, world after world and system after system fell to [[Ork]] invasion, [[Chaos]] insurgence, or plain rebellion. Some systems were turned over to [[Space Marine]] [[chapters]] for direct government.<sup>1-p125</sup>
