In the final resolution at the end of the Julian War (175 to 191), the Imperium awarded a cluster of 12 worlds near Antares autonomous status. Although formerly Imperial possessions, they had been captured by the Julian Protectorate in its drive coreward. In recognition of the cluster's newfound independence, the protectorate withdrew from its bases there. But before so doing, it placed several Antarean families, refugees of the Pacification Campaigns, in positions of power within the cluster. These 12 worlds eventually came to be known as the League of Antares.