Zahavan Civil War

The Zahavan civil war was a between Primogenitor Argentius Vairosean, the Borealis Segmentarch Zucarius Analiates, Argentius' uncle and the self proclaimed Dassaretian Confederacy under Tarquin Verpe over both control of the Imperium, and the establishment of a Dassaretian state. The Dassaretian Confederacy was never recognized by the Imperial government, or internationally.

The loyalist government was forced to implement expanded conscription and the raising of volunteer forces to combat the forces of the usuper Analiates, due to the majority of regular forces being committed to fighting separatist forces. By contrast the usurper forces consisted largely of domestic household formations and both domestic and foreign mercenaries forming what was known as the Zucaxian Legion. The Dassaretian's by contrast relied almost entirely on volunteers and domestic militia units, relying on the mountainous and rugged terrain to makeup for their lack of good equipment and training.

The war would be particularly devastating in terms of lives lost due largely to the use of outdated tactics and strategy in combination with the use of advanced and not fully understood military technology.

The war would formally end with the surrender of Zucarius Analiates to Imperial forces after an 9 month long siege of his home base, Severian

Background
In 1878