Editing Oldtown (section)

===Wars of Conquest===
At the time of [[Aegon's Conquest]], Oldtown was the greatest city in Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}} The [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] advised Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] to yield Oldtown without conflict, so the city was open to King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] when he marched south after the [[Field of Fire]] and the submission of King [[Torrhen Stark]]. Two years after [[Aegon's Landing]], Aegon the Conqueror's reign is dated from his coronation by the High Septon in the [[Starry Sept]]. Hundreds of lords attended the event in the sept, and thousands of people cheered the new king as he flew through the city on [[Balerion]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

Oldtown's walls repelled an attack by Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]] during the [[First Dornish War]], but the [[Dornishmen]] burned farmland and villages in the vicinity of the city before returning to the [[Red Mountains]].{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

King Aegon visited Oldtown many times during his [[royal progress]]es,{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} and he visited the Starry Sept during each visit.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}