The glory of the Rome, the Republic. It is 100 BC and Rome is at war. At war with stinking Gaul. Gaul, not to mention also the Spanish, and the Germanic tribes of Germania. And also trying to conquer Greece, the Athenians and their navy from Athens are worthy adversaries, the Spartans are little more than a nuisance, we must send a thousand men to conquer this city state of Sparta. The Greek peninsula can be dealt with later, now we must conquer Gaul, Spain, and Germania, and all who stand in our way!. Mars will smile upon us for centuries to come!
Rome, it was the greatest empire on earth, lasting from 9th century BC to 4th century BC, two thousand years. The empire originated from a small city-state called Rome on the Italian peninsula. Rome had many enemies, from Hannibal and his Carthaginians, to Gaul and their Gaulic people, to the Huns and the Visagoths and Ostrigoths. Rome was the center of the civilized world. Having plumbing, running water, public baths, and paved roads, to sewer systems. The coliseum didn’t begin till about 45th BC, when the Caesar wanted to control the population from revolts and revolutions. To contrary belief, gladiators rarely died, for it was too expensive to replace a gladiator slave. In the early days of Rome it was a monarchy, where two kings were voted into office, for the rest of their lives, two kings to make sure the other didn’t get too powerful. Then it went to a oligarchy republic, in which they used religion and republic-democracy to rule, when Julius Caesar came ‘round, he turned it into a dictatorship, or Emperor - Caesar is Latin. At this point in the rp it’s still a republic.
Military:
The Roman army is a marvel of discipline; it is the best army of its time but not for any normal reasons. There are many enemies of Rome. Rome faces enemies who have better skilled warriors than the Roman Legionnaire, some of these enemies even have the advantage of superior numbers; but yet the Roman Legionaries win through. The Roman army owes a lot of its success to its brilliant generals, but no general can command an army that doesn't obey him.
Roman legionaries have comparatively less skill at fighting than most of their opponents, they also have less of the impetuous spirit that make their Celtic enemies so fearsome. But with their little swords and unwieldy shields they can defeat all but the most fearsome and determined of barbarian tribes.
Military Terms:
Hastati- The youngest Roman soldiers, equipped with the most basic of equipment.
Weapons: Bronze short sword of about 20-24 inches long, and 3 pila, or javelin to throw before a charge.
Armor: The most basic and weakest of leather armor, usually studded leather, and hardened. Tower Shield to block against arrows and help form the Testudo formation. And a bronze helmet, with no faceplate, standard roman helmet.
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Principes- A step above the Hastati, these are the men who are more experienced in fighting than the Hastati. These men have better equipment.
Weapons: A shortsword, and four pila.
Armor: usually leather armor breastplate, with an outer bronze metal shell, a tower shield, and basic roman helmet.
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Triarii- The most skilled of Roman warriors during 100-50 BC, armed with the best equipment.
Weapons: An iron shortsword, and a wooden spear, with a bronze point, usually about 61/2 - 6’8’’ long, for a Phalanx formation against cavalry.
Armor: Bronze breastplate, standard roman shield, and helmet.
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Roman Cavalry- Light but tough cavalry soldiers. Fast but not very well armored.
Weapons: A short sword, and usually a 7 foot spear.
Armor: A small round wooden buckler, and leather armor like what Hastati would wear. No helmet.
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General’s Bodyguard- Consists of the most skilled and the most loyal of the general’s troops, the same unit that guard the general. Usually mounted on horse, and using spear weapons, they have the best equipment that the triarri don’t have.
Weapons: a 2’4’’ shortsword, and a seven foot spear.
Armor: leather tunic, with a leather breastplate. A bronze large round shield, and standard roman helmet.
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Peasants- These men are forced into the military, and are usually used to push siege towers, or rams into position. These men aren’t brave, and don’t have any military training. They must arm themselves, and usually wear cloth, sometimes weak chain mail.
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Centurion- leader of a legion or a hundred men, sometimes less men.
Legion: Usually 82-101 men, one of each number is the Centurion. Sometimes it’s only 32 men in a legion.
Caesar- Emperor of Rome.
Pila- Javelin
Gladius- Short sword.
Gaul- Gaul engulfs the now modern day country of France.
Germania- Germania is roughly the same place where Germany is today.
Spain- same as today.
These three cultures are barbarians.
Greeks- The greeks at the moment are unified and are in a stalemate with Rome. The Spartans and the Roman legions gain and lose ground.
Roman Empire, currently just the Italian peninsula.
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Numbers:
1
unus, una, unum
2 duo, duae, duo
3 tres, tres, tria
4 quattuor
5 quinque
6 six (The real word in Latin, is inappropriate in English.)
7 septem
8 octo
9 novem
10 decem
100 centum
200 ducenti, ducentae, ducenta
300 trecenti, trecentae, trecenta
400 quadrigenti, quadrigentae, quadrigenta
500 quingenti, quingentae, quingenta
600 sescenti, sescentae, sescenta
700 septingenti, septingentae, septingenta
800 octingenti, octingentae, octingenta
900 nongenti, nongentae, nongenta
1000 mille
2000 duo milia
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Metals:
Bronze: Made by mixing tin and copper, to make a more durable and pliable metal. A sword many than 3 feet long is very brittle, and breaks easily.
Iron: Hard to forge, but is possible. Only the most skilled troops possess iron weapons, usually are heavy two handed longswords.
Calindornyte: A reddish-orange metal, extremely light, and very hard, it keeps its edge forever, and is only given to someone by the gods, or by a dragon. It is able to make certain gems and rocks, and minerals so they enchant the weapon to do many different things when socketed into the pommel or blade. This metal, when forged cannot be re-forged or melted.
Cats Eye Agate: lets its bearer see in the dark.
Ember: Gives the sword or weapon the abilitiy to cut through many things, and the wielder the ability to control the element of fire.
Sapphire: Give the wielder the ability to control the element of water.
Gold: Give the weapon an electrical Discharge, and the wielder to control lightning.
Obsidian: Gives the wielder the ability to control the earth element.
Silver: Gives the weapon a silvery glow, much more common than cats eye agate.
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Sorcery: A rare but useful practice, most commonly called alchemy. Makes many potions to do many things.
Blacksmith: Forger of weapons and armor, you are usually have high rank or high in the social structure for this.
Politician: A person to deal with politics, usually a senator.
General: Commander of about six or more legions.
Common soldier: A legionnaire in a legion.
Commoner: A common citizen of Rome.
There are many more, like carpenter, leather worker etc etc.
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Class structure:
Roman society was strictly hierarchical, with slaves (servî) at the bottom, freedmen (liberî) above them, and free-born citizens (civçs) at the top.
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Races:
Humans: Humans are the most common.
Half Gods: Are rare, and far apart. Some having the strength of twenty men, some having some other super human power. Have immortal life, but can be mortally killed. PM me to play as one.
Half Dragons: These people look completely human except for a few abnormalities, such as Odd hair color, and eye color usually color of their dragon parent. They DO NOT breathe fire. Other than strange hair and eye color they look completely human. But they usually have the strength of four men, and their skin is as tough as the toughest of leather armors. They are widely accepted into any culture, for they are essential to have in an army, any general commanding a lot of legions wants at least one half dragon. For these people have immortal life, but they can be mortally killed. Since they are normally born from eggs, dragon eggs to be precise, they usually have many brothers and sisters. Normally wielding Calindornyte weapons, they are formidable opponents.They sometimes use the metal for armor, but can only use it as breastplates. PM me to play as these.
I’m not allowing dragons as a race, as they’re too powerful.
Centaur: These are creature that have a human torso, and head where a horse's head should be on a horse's body, they can run faster than all the other races, and can carry just as much as a horse, but when it comes to wielding weapons they're just as strong as a normal human. They live in forests and plains.
Satyr: Having the body of a human, and the legs of a goat, these things are peaceful, usually using the pipes instument. Or a small harp. Their instruments are usually enchanted to befriend animals, or put something to sleep. They are good spies. The only race that their enchantments don't work on are Half Dragons.
Harpy: Looking like a cross-breed of a bat, a human, and a bird. These things are vicious and down right mean. Instead of arms they have bat-like wings, their feet are like that of humans but with elongated toes with talons, they can pick things up with their feet and they're covered with sacles and feathers. They are normaly evil.
Mer People: Having the torso of a human, and the tail of a fish, these people live under the water. They tend to seduce sailors, or save them depending on the mermaid. Mermen are the warriors and will often come out of their watery homes and onto land, taking human form and using their tridents to raid towns and villages. Mermaids are also called Sirens, the only races they cannot seduce are half gods and half dragons.
Gorgon/Medusas: These things are hideous, having the torso of a human, the tail of a snake, and snakes for hair. these things have scales, and fangs. The mere look of one can turn a man to stone. They are all female, they are rare, and cursed by Hera, a greek goddess when the woman says they're more beautiful than herself. PM me to be this kind of character. The race not affected by their gaze are Half Gods.
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Mounts can be any realife or mythical creatures ranging from horse to Pegasus.
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Roman Mythology:
Gods & Goddesses:
Apollo: God of the Sun.
Bacchus: God of Wine
Ceres: Goddes of the Earth
Cupid: God of love.
Diana: Goddes of the moon and hunting
Fortuna: Goddes of fortune
Janus: God of Doors
Juno: Queen of the Gods.
Jupiter: King of the gods
Mars: God of War
Mercury: Messenger god
Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom
Neptune: God of the Sea.
Venus: Goddess of Love
Pluto: King of the underworld
Saturn: god of agriculture
Vulcan: god of Smithing.
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Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Deity:
Proffession(Smithy, leatherworker etc etc.):
Appearance:
Attire:
Armor:
Weapon:
Military standing (If your in the military):
Citizen standing (If you’re a citizen of Rome):
Personality:
Other (Anything I forgot goes here):
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Pics:
Centurion on the left, normal soldier on the right: en:Image:Roman army in nashville.jpg
more to come.
Name: Maximus Demicratus
Age: 120
Race: Half Dragon
Gender: Male
Deity: Mars
Proffession(Smithy, leatherworker etc etc.): Smithy, leatherworker, and tailor (Must know these things to repair his equipment)
Appearance: Standing at 6'3'' tall, he has silvery-white hair, and silvery colored eyes. He has absolutely no body hair. He has handsome features, and a strong build, increasing his already amazing strength of three men. His hair is long, almost to his shoulders, but the bangs are cut so his hair doesnt get in the way, the hair he has is usually flattened down from wearing his helmet a little too much.
His skin is pasty white, even when he's out in the sun all the time, giving a surreal air about him. He usually walks with a graceful stride, like an elf would.
Attire: Wears a loose linen shirt, and pants, pants is uncommon for anyone, but he wears them anyway. He usually wears a red cloak over his armor. He always wears leather boots.
Armor: Leather tunic, covering his torso and arms, and leather pants, and leather boots. Also he has a Calindornyte breastplate, which has saved his life more than once. Wears a Centurion helmet, made of common bronze. And a Calindornyte large round shield with the Letters forged into the metal 'SPQR' or 'Senate and People of Rome'
Weapon: A calindornyte Scimitar about 35 inches long.(
http://www.melbar.de/Blankwaffen/Englis ... /scims.jpg ) In the pommel, is socketed an ember gem, cats eye agate, and gold.
Military standing (If your in the military): Centurion commanding 82 men, the best legion in General Gaius Publius's army. His presence his a big morale booster to all his men.
Personality: A kind-hearted, but at the same time brutal and merciless person. All in rome's way will feel his wrath, all who get out of the way are left alone. A man that would rather fight than debate, and charge rather than lay in wait. He is a good friend with everyone in his legion, and a friend to all the other centurions, and can always be counted upon to be there in battle when someone is in dire need.
Other (Anything I forgot goes here): Always carries a sheep's bladder full of healing salve for his soldiers who are badly wounded. (Yes they used to use sheep's bladders for jugs to carry liquids.) and a smaller jug/canteen made of leather full of water. He rides a normal horse, it's black with a white mane.
I liked that one....
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