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Kleolaikos-Ventoran wars

The Kleolaikos-Ventoran wars is a series of 4 wars that the Kleolaikos union and kingdom of Ventora fought against each other during the 13th century. The wars were fought over the dominance of the Kanakan Steppe. These wars involved many mercenaries from neighbouring nations, including Kanakans and Tagars.

Overview
With the creation of the Kingdom of Ventora in 959 tension flared between it and the Kyriarchía of Iasassa as raids are easily deflected by the Kingdom's army and its stronger position in the steppes compared to Iasassa. Iasassa sought to form an alliance with Magra and Aytussae but instead were convinced to create a union with three kings by Dominant Euphranor Charalampos Spiros of Magra which were named the Kleolaikos Union, each of the Kyriarchía would elevate themselves to Kingdoms to be on par with the Kingdom of Ventora.

Kleolaikos Union spent most of its time creating a unified army to attack and crush Ventora and occupy the steppes which were headed by the now King Eugenios Aristarchos Megalos of Iasassa.

Causes and prelude
All wars in the Kleolaikos-Ventoran wars were caused by Iasassa's aggressive behaviour in controlling the Kanakan steppes and crushing the Kingdom of Ventora. Encouraged by being part of Kleolaikos Union, Iasassa claimed the entirety of the steppes for itself and had constantly been attempting to press its claim with the union's support.

First war
The union declared war against the kingdom after Iasassa's proclamation that the entire Kanakan steppes belongs to Iasassa, all three kings of the union participated with each leading an army and descended on the underprepared nobles and capturing vast territories, however, they had trouble in Aurelia. Once King Frebos heard of this he assembled his army and marched north, but it would take a while and the situation gets worse by the day.

[NAME] 'Kleoca' Pozaro offered his service to King Nicanor Philadelphos Giannopoulos of Aytussae that is fighting the Aurelia front in exchange for helping him get Aurelia for himself. With Kleoca's help, the union started winning in Aurelia too. King Frebos arrived and helped stabilize the situation on all fronts, but he wasn't able to reconquer lost territories, however, he managed to convince Kleoca to betray the union and fight for the kingdom and recaptured lost territories in Aurelia. After a few months of stalemate, peace was agreed upon where the union kept the territory it occupied and both sides released all prisoners.

Prominent figures
Ropar Falega Tume in the 3rd war helped manage supply lines into the Kanakan steppes, which helped him become friends with many merchants.