Domus Diaspora

The Domus Diaspora is historical term applied to the period of rapid interstellar colonization that began in the early twenty-fourth century. This period of humanity's history saw the mass exodus of huge numbers of colonists, enabled by the discovery of faster-than-light travel, headed for alien worlds beyond the bounds of the Sol system. This explosive growth would result in over 800 habitable worlds falling into the UNSC's sphere of control and, within two-hundred years, billions of people would be living and dying outside of the Sol system. However, this period also laid the seeds of future conflict, creating tensions that would eventually erupt into the Insurrection.

Trivia
"Domus, -ūs" is a Latin word meaning "house" or "household"; while "Diaspora", from Greek, refers to "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland". This is therefore an appropriate name for humanity's period of interstellar travel, as masses of people left humanity's homeland in the Sol system, just as many Jews were forced out of Palestine or Irish out of Ireland in other well-known diaspora.

List of Appearances

 * Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal
 * Halo: Fleet Battles
 * Halo: Ground Command