Great Imperial Restoration
| Great Imperial Restoration | |
|---|---|
 Spytihnev receives the crown of Terophan — contemporary illustration | |
| Participants | Spytihnev Rozoevsky and the Neo-Tirfatsevid party |
| Location |  Axopol, Great Neritsia (Terophan) |
| Date | 25 Dominy 1701 V: 1:282 Order 58 |
| Result | Spytihnev Rozoevsky enthroned as Spytihnev I, Terophatic Emperor |
The Great Imperial Restoration, the Terophatic Restoration, or the First Restoration, was the election and coronation of Spytihnev Rozoevsky as Standard-Bearer of the Greater West and Terophatic Emperor Spytihnev I on 25 Dominy 1701, or by Vaestic reckoning 1:282 Order 58. The Restoration legitimized Spytihnev's rule over a large portion of Great Neritsia and laid the foundation for early modern Terophan. It is conventionally taken as the date of the foundation of the Terophatic Empire, but its actual historical significance is hotly contested. Until at least the end of the First Crown War, Spytihnev ruled in this position with the primary intention of seizing control of the greater Neritsovid realm as a whole.
The official account of the events of the Restoration runs as follows. After his defeat of Sudovlast at the Battle of Kibish Field on Dominy 11, Spytihnev felt secure enough in his effective power to march from the Neritsovid heartland to the southern city of Axopol, followed by a train of his allies and supporters. He entered Axopol on Dominy 25, where a delegation of southern Scholars kneeled at his feet and offered to proclaim him Emperor of the Vesnites. He refused their offer twice, whereupon they offered him what was claimed to be the crown of the Tirfatsevid Empire. He was brought to the High Mokykla of Axopol and shown the Banner of the Greater West, which he held aloft and brought outside to cheering crowds. The Scholars now universally acclaimed him Terophatic Emperor and Standard-Bearer, and proceeding to the centre of the city he was seated outside and the imperial crown placed in his hands.
Some historians have proposed that either the Banner or the crown—or both—were forgeries, prepared either by Spytihnev's allies or at his personal instigation. Speculation surrounding the events of the Restoration remains forbidden in Terophan.