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*[[Atlan]] - '''Ur-queen''' of this country was killed by [[Adeptus Custodes]] during one of the battles{{Fn|16}}
*[[Boeotia]] - 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, 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.{{Fn|44a}}
*[[Caucasus Wastes]] - Its ruler, the ''ethnarch'', was defeated by the Emperor's forces and imprisoned in the dungeon of [[Khangba Marwu]].{{Fn|9a}}
One of the last battles in [[Europa (Terra)|Europa]] was the [[Battle of Gaduare|Massacre at Gaduare]] in [[Franc]], where 5,000 Imperial Thunder Warriors slaughtered 50,000 rebel militia.{{Fn|5}} In 669.[[M30]], the last major battle of the Unification era saw the Emperor purge most of the Thunder Warriors at Mount Ararat, making way for his next generation of superhuman warriors, the [[Space Marines]].{{Fn|9}}{{Fn|21}} At some point after the purge of Mount Ararat, the [[Palace Coup]] was launched by dissident Imperials, including surviving Thunder Warriors, who had come to oppose the Emperor for various reasons. The uprising was crushed with the first mass use of Space Marines.{{Fn|19b}} From then on, Space Marines became a prominent part in the Imperial armies on Terra, and began developing their distinct, [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]-specific characteristics. For example, the [[White Scars]] were used by the [[Emperor]] as an outriders probing enemy strongholds for weakness and striking where opportunity arose.{{Fn|17}}
Among the final anti-Imperial warlords to be brought low was [[Cardinal Tang]] who still resisted Imperial rule by 703.[[M30]],{{Fn|10a}}{{Fn|21}} when most of Terra had already submitted to the Imperium. In that year, the Emperor then set his sights on [[Luna]], [[First Pacification of Luna|occupying it in a quick campaign]].{{Fn|14}}{{Fn|21}} After his military victories the Emperor sought to spread his [[Imperial Truth]] across the planet, enforcing atheism and destroying the planet's churches. The final church of Terra, the [[Church of the Lightning Stone]], was destroyed shortly before the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|5}} The Unification Wars were officially declared over in 712.[[M30]].{{Fn|21}} Despite this, some guerrilla groups like the [[N Brigade]] continued to fight against the Imperium on Terra for decades after the formal end of the Unification Wars.{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|4b}}
===Aftermath===
*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Blood Games (Short Story)]]''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]], Chapter Twenty-One, pgs. 381-383
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Prospero Burns (Novel)]], **{{Cite ThisEndn|4a}}, pgs. 31-41: Chapter 1**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter 4
*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[The Last Church (Short Story)]]''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]], Chapter 17, pgs. 300-301
