Hellenic War

The Hellenic War (1265-1267) was a conflict between prominent royal houses and internal factions in the north of Cattala, centred around the Ionian Islands of Cattala during the reign of King Francis III. The war was fuelled by the capitulation of House Maietta in the Roumelese Wars and the War of the Vine, two wars that humiliated the islands and depleted their financial and naval power. The war ended with the defeat of Ionian rebels and the installation of House Bonnecelli, Crown loyalists, as rulers of the islands.

Background
Throughout the early 13th century the Hellenic Islands had built up the strongest naval force in the islands and pursued an expansionist programme through war, including capturing Roumeli in the First Roumelese War. However growing fragility in Ionia and political infighting weakened the power that House Maietta could exert and the War of the Vine signalled to the rest of the kingdom that Hellas was fracturing and without leadership after the Maiettan War of Succession and assassination of King John the Red in 1259.

The Roumelese Civil War just one year later saw the overthrowing of House Maietta's skeletal garrison on the island and a vicious counter attack by the Ionians was crushed by a Celestinian invasion force. The Crown had openly defeated the Hellenic army, despite the Maiettan's having pledged fealty to the monarchy. The nobility collapsed and a violent rebellion began almost immediately as law and order broke down in the main city and port, Ionia.

Aftermath of the War
This would be the last major war in northern Cattala until the 16th century, when the Golden Revolution threatened House Celestine's control over the kingdom and saw the islands captured from House Bonnecelli for the first time.