SteveTheDestroyeOfWorlds
Just assume it says Destroyer
- Location
- California
1. Magister Equitum Galliarum
2. Magister Praesentalis
3. Magister Militum per Illyricum
2. Magister Praesentalis
3. Magister Militum per Illyricum
Pax Abiit Terris – A Late Roman Empire Management GSRP
- Thread starter Elvish Trickery
- Start date
- OOC Historic
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
1. Court Lady of the Western Theodosian house.
2. Court Lady of the Eastern Theodosian house.
3. Aelia Eudoxia, Empress Consort to Arcadius.
2. Court Lady of the Eastern Theodosian house.
3. Aelia Eudoxia, Empress Consort to Arcadius.
Elvish Trickery
Cynical Fashionista and Ancient History Aficionado
- Location
- Agri Decumates
The positions in the Western Empire are now all officially filled! However, there are quite a few more spots available in the Eastern Empire, which holds its own challenges!
- Location
- Wherever the Beautiful Game takes me
Where can we see what is still available?
bottom of OP: List of playable characters:
- Location
- Wherever the Beautiful Game takes me
Mmm me Mobile had me scrolling past it xD danke
Since there's only 4 left, I'll take anyone at random.
- Location
- Siemianowice Śląskie, Silesian Voivodoship, Poland
Biography for my character:
Flavius Tarquinius f. Constantini Scribus (in his mid40s) - Gens Tarquinia, long-forgotten, is well past its historical glory. An obscure house, with most of its members completely unrelated to old Etruscan Kings of Rome or even senatores of early Republic. The house splitted up, with its members and descendants spreading throughpout the Empire. They were merchants, vigiles, mere legionaries, some of them might have been lawyers or even lower tier officials. So were Flavius' own ancestors. Hailing from Campania, over course of Republic, civil wars following its demise and perpetual unstability in times after demise of Nero or 3rd Century Crisis, they gradually migrated over into Achaia, where they enstablished themselves as members of local equites, merchants and officials. Perceived as unthreatening, they met little hostility and often sought patronage from more prestigious members of local society. Flavius would at first glance remain permanently as such low tier official: calm, phlegmatic and focused entirely on his duties, lacking neither social skills nor cultural refinement of noble patricii nor charisma of politicians, Flavius for most of his life was low tier clerk in relatively peaceful former province of Achaia, where his ancestors settled on. Perceived as harmless by more enstablished elites, thanks to his labour and dutifulness, he advanced over years due to reputation of bookish, boring bureaucrat without any political ambitions, and thus safe pick.
Recently working as vicarius of Illyria in Thessalonike, the city he hailed from, Flavius got promoted to Praefectus Praetorio of Eastern Roman Illyria thanks to patronage he got for himself from his father's friend, who happened to be wealthy patrician to safeguard his career from political clout of elites. He inherited his office of vicarius of his father. As person, he brings respect as wise, just and dutiful person, while at the same time being mocked for lisping, rudeness, bookish attidude and being generally unknown in social circles. As governor, Flavius commited his time mainly to improve lot of people under his rule, as despite being shooed for his unsociability, he was noble man at heart, strickingly contrasting to majority of Roman officials. Not interested in power and mildly interested in wealth and restoring good name of his decaying house, Flavius is nevetherless rather popular governor in his diocese by plebs, while largely ignored by elites. No political risk involved makes him suitable for his position and lack of ambitions beyond that made him having not many rivals among elites in Constantinople. As adult man, Flavius supervises provincial finances, plans out new roads, oversees annonae of bread to the poor and state of aqueducts. He is bilingual - using natively both Greek and Latin, the former to his subjects, the latter to his superiors and other dignitaries.
Edited: Magister militum per Illyricum
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- Location
- Denmark
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I am applying to be Matrona Domus Divinae per Orientem; Court Lady of the East!
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
- Location
- Across the Horizon
Interested in being a backup if spots open.
Player List
Elvish Trickery
Cynical Fashionista and Ancient History Aficionado
- Location
- Agri Decumates
The Imperium Romanum is officially fully staffed and we are almost ready to start! Now, you have until January 15th to work out your bios and send them to me on Discord in your private channels on the server. You will all receive your stats soon, hopefully in the first week of January and after that is all worked out, the IC thread will go up and Turn 1 will start!
Player List:
Imperial House (West):
Flavius Honorius, Augustus of the West: @Red Robyn
Maria, Augusta of the West: @Qastiel
Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi: @John7755 يوحنا
Matrona Domus Divinae: @Terran Imperium
Imperial House (East):
Flavius Arcadius, Augustus of the East: @SitzKrieg
Aelia Eudoxia, Augusta of the East: @Zincvit
Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi: @UnethicalHumor
Matrona Domus Divinae: @Chehrazad
Military (West):
Flavius Stilicho, Magister Utriusque Militiae: @firespier
Magister Equitum Galliarum: @SteveTheDestroyeOfWorlds
Comes Africae: @Lucienz
Military (East):
Magister Militum Praesentalis I: @DanMan
Magister Militum Praesentalis II: @JosefBelz
Magister Militum per Illyricum: @MurderChicken
Magister Militum per Thraciam: @CT22222
Magister Militum per Orientem: @Pixlel
Civilian Administration (West):
Praefectus Praetorio Italiae: @DavidsonDK
Praefectus Praetorio Galliae: @Easter
Magister Officiorum: @Count
Comes Sacrarum Largitionum: @bookwyrm
Comes Rerum Privatarum: @JbeJ275
Civilian Administration (East):
Praefectus Praetorio Orientis: @Kirook
Praefectus Praetorio Illyrici: @adriankowaty
Magister Officiorum: @DrLucky1
Comes Sacrarum Largitionum: @NSchwerte
Comes Rerum Privatarum: @PLF444
Backup players:
@Astra
@Cetashwayo
@Guderian2nd
@Valleron
Player List:
Imperial House (West):
Flavius Honorius, Augustus of the West: @Red Robyn
Maria, Augusta of the West: @Qastiel
Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi: @John7755 يوحنا
Matrona Domus Divinae: @Terran Imperium
Imperial House (East):
Flavius Arcadius, Augustus of the East: @SitzKrieg
Aelia Eudoxia, Augusta of the East: @Zincvit
Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi: @UnethicalHumor
Matrona Domus Divinae: @Chehrazad
Military (West):
Flavius Stilicho, Magister Utriusque Militiae: @firespier
Magister Equitum Galliarum: @SteveTheDestroyeOfWorlds
Comes Africae: @Lucienz
Military (East):
Magister Militum Praesentalis I: @DanMan
Magister Militum Praesentalis II: @JosefBelz
Magister Militum per Illyricum: @MurderChicken
Magister Militum per Thraciam: @CT22222
Magister Militum per Orientem: @Pixlel
Civilian Administration (West):
Praefectus Praetorio Italiae: @DavidsonDK
Praefectus Praetorio Galliae: @Easter
Magister Officiorum: @Count
Comes Sacrarum Largitionum: @bookwyrm
Comes Rerum Privatarum: @JbeJ275
Civilian Administration (East):
Praefectus Praetorio Orientis: @Kirook
Praefectus Praetorio Illyrici: @adriankowaty
Magister Officiorum: @DrLucky1
Comes Sacrarum Largitionum: @NSchwerte
Comes Rerum Privatarum: @PLF444
Backup players:
@Astra
@Cetashwayo
@Guderian2nd
@Valleron
Sunshine Moon
Red Rider of Donn
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Hi, I'd be interested in being a backup if you're still accepting those. Cheh mentioned the game in a discord server we're in and the setup and time period (and how the mechanics create the feeling of it) all sounded so up my alley I made an SV account to say this, haha.
Elvish Trickery
Cynical Fashionista and Ancient History Aficionado
- Location
- Agri Decumates
Yeah sure, I'd be happy to have you! Hop right on the server!
- Location
- United States
Name: Lucius Marcellinus (Comes of Africa)
Biography:
Lucius was born in the Year 356 in Rome to a prominent senatorial family and was the nephew of Count Flavius Theodosius whose sister was his mother and under whose guidance he rose through the ranks of the Roman Army. His first action would be in 372 when Firmus, a Mauretanian prince, rebelled against Roman rule and plunged the Diocese of Africa into disarray. Although, his uncle would be deployed by Emperor Valentinian, many would note that even at his young age, Lucius displayed an excellent grasp for strategy and was instrumental to his uncle's successful campaign against the rebels in the east of Mauritania; capturing Firmus in 374. As commander of his uncle's cavalry force he would receive a reputation for professionalism and strict discipline but was always wise enough to counterbalance this with generosity in terms of plunder and slaves. All in all, he was well-liked by his soldiers and earned a reputation for being free with rewards and strict with punishment.
This happy time in his life would end in 375, when Emperor Valentinian I suddenly died, and his uncle would be arrested and mysteriously killed within one year of the ascension of Emperor Valentinian II. Acting quickly, Lucius would take control of the legions he had served with for three years but in one of the hardest moments of his life, he would publicly declared his loyalty to the four-year old Emperor Valentinian II despite rumors that it had been the court of Valentinian II that had been responsible for his uncle's death. The imperial court would respond the next year and officially grant him the position Comes Africae. Still, Lucius perhaps never forgave Italy for his uncle's death and over the next four years would slowly sell all of his family's various estates in Italy and Gaul in order to expand and concentrate on his family's estates throughout Africa. Similarly, he would marry a woman from a prominent family in Carthage and over the rest of his life would slowly encourage the extended Marcellinus family to join him in Africa where he would work to integrate them with the local elites.
Throughout the reign of Emperor Theodosius I, Lucius would regularly campaign and fight against local raids from the Mauri where he continued to demonstrate himself to be an excellent general as well as a long-term strategist but also gained a reputation for moderation. Perhaps recognizing the increasing weakness of the Western Roman Empire and as a student of history, he became known for preferring to fortify key areas and oases in order to force a battle as opposed to chasing his enemies into the desert. He also became known for his stability; even as two civil wars erupted in 387-388 and then 392-394, he never once attempted to claim the purple and would remain steadfast in his loyalty to Emperor Theodosius.
This reputation for loyalty and unusually strict adherence to traditional patronus-cliens relations would serve him well and he would receive a steady stream of honors and rewards from Emperor Theodosius: A bath constructed in his name in Carthage, a tax break for the inhabitants of a town in Tripolitana in his honor, the grant of various imperial estates in Byzacanea, Numidia and Carthage, and so on. By the time Emperor Honorius I ascended to the throne, it was little surprise to anyone when Lucius Theodosius was simply confirmed in his position as Comes Africae. Lucius would subsequently prove his loyalty when he crushed a local Berber revolt under Roman General Gildo and sent his head to Rome in 397-398 with the aid of Stilicho.
Biography:
Lucius was born in the Year 356 in Rome to a prominent senatorial family and was the nephew of Count Flavius Theodosius whose sister was his mother and under whose guidance he rose through the ranks of the Roman Army. His first action would be in 372 when Firmus, a Mauretanian prince, rebelled against Roman rule and plunged the Diocese of Africa into disarray. Although, his uncle would be deployed by Emperor Valentinian, many would note that even at his young age, Lucius displayed an excellent grasp for strategy and was instrumental to his uncle's successful campaign against the rebels in the east of Mauritania; capturing Firmus in 374. As commander of his uncle's cavalry force he would receive a reputation for professionalism and strict discipline but was always wise enough to counterbalance this with generosity in terms of plunder and slaves. All in all, he was well-liked by his soldiers and earned a reputation for being free with rewards and strict with punishment.
This happy time in his life would end in 375, when Emperor Valentinian I suddenly died, and his uncle would be arrested and mysteriously killed within one year of the ascension of Emperor Valentinian II. Acting quickly, Lucius would take control of the legions he had served with for three years but in one of the hardest moments of his life, he would publicly declared his loyalty to the four-year old Emperor Valentinian II despite rumors that it had been the court of Valentinian II that had been responsible for his uncle's death. The imperial court would respond the next year and officially grant him the position Comes Africae. Still, Lucius perhaps never forgave Italy for his uncle's death and over the next four years would slowly sell all of his family's various estates in Italy and Gaul in order to expand and concentrate on his family's estates throughout Africa. Similarly, he would marry a woman from a prominent family in Carthage and over the rest of his life would slowly encourage the extended Marcellinus family to join him in Africa where he would work to integrate them with the local elites.
Throughout the reign of Emperor Theodosius I, Lucius would regularly campaign and fight against local raids from the Mauri where he continued to demonstrate himself to be an excellent general as well as a long-term strategist but also gained a reputation for moderation. Perhaps recognizing the increasing weakness of the Western Roman Empire and as a student of history, he became known for preferring to fortify key areas and oases in order to force a battle as opposed to chasing his enemies into the desert. He also became known for his stability; even as two civil wars erupted in 387-388 and then 392-394, he never once attempted to claim the purple and would remain steadfast in his loyalty to Emperor Theodosius.
This reputation for loyalty and unusually strict adherence to traditional patronus-cliens relations would serve him well and he would receive a steady stream of honors and rewards from Emperor Theodosius: A bath constructed in his name in Carthage, a tax break for the inhabitants of a town in Tripolitana in his honor, the grant of various imperial estates in Byzacanea, Numidia and Carthage, and so on. By the time Emperor Honorius I ascended to the throne, it was little surprise to anyone when Lucius Theodosius was simply confirmed in his position as Comes Africae. Lucius would subsequently prove his loyalty when he crushed a local Berber revolt under Roman General Gildo and sent his head to Rome in 397-398 with the aid of Stilicho.
Sunshine Moon
Red Rider of Donn
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Name: Flavius Andronicus (Andronikos)
Office: Magister Militum per Illyricum
Age: 32
Biography: Andronikos grew up in Thrace, of common origin--to hear his detractors whisper, his forebears might include Goths, Scythians, or infames. If any of this is the case it would be news to him, but certainly his immediate family were simply very ordinary Greek-speaking Roman farmers. Upon joining the military, however, he quickly outshone all expectations and soared through the ranks. On his own abilities, attaining a notable enough rank to direct a part of the empire's fortunes might have been doable, but could've taken decades; his progress was accelerated by the fortunate patronage of one Gaius Artorius Sypretes, with whose financial support and influence at his back Andronikos was able to seize on the opportunity created by Alaric's Goths causing chaos in Illyria. Troops from Thrace were transferred to reinforce the depleted Illyrian army, and after performing admirably in battle almost immediately, the post of Magister Militum for the area--Alaric's own former title--and with it the task of stabilising the region, practically fell into Andronikos' lap.
A steadfast, clean-nosed and self-serious man and a devoted Nicene Christian, Andronikos attracts admiration from those under him as a commander who can actually relate to them, though those above him tend to turn up their noses at this farmer's son in noble regalia. He has a proven aptitude for winning a battle, but his ability to organise a lasting peace and making that victory matter has yet to be truly tested. There is also some slight embarassment from the whispers around the nature of his relationship with Artorius, who is everything Andronikos is not--a soft-handed layabout in his inherited estates, self-styled pagan philosopher, a classic old money party-fiend (his gens, though successful now, was actually once plebeian back in the days of the Republic, but you'll never hear him admit it). Opposites attract, perhaps? The rumours of the extent of their closeness are not themselves the concern, so much that as the client in the relationship, the fact that Andronikos now greatly outranks his ostensible patron presents something of a tangle for Roman values of clear-cut, vertical personal dynamics.
Regardless, from a combination of this patronage and his new position, Andronikos has managed to acquire modest estates to free up his family from farm work or awaiting a cut of his salary in the mail, and married a woman--Anastasia--one might almost think was carefully chosen to not be either so high in rank as to cause a fuss given his low origin, or so low in rank as to cause a fuss given his current high station. If one were that cynical. But they seem perfectly happy together, so surely not.
Andronikos now faces a challenging new phase to his career. He sits on more power than he has ever known--more than he could have ever imagined as a child in the countryside--but he stares down the recently-stilted Goths under Alaric, and his territory remains among the most beleaguered in the empire. But hey, they say his Latin barely has a noticeable accent these days.
Office: Magister Militum per Illyricum
Age: 32
Biography: Andronikos grew up in Thrace, of common origin--to hear his detractors whisper, his forebears might include Goths, Scythians, or infames. If any of this is the case it would be news to him, but certainly his immediate family were simply very ordinary Greek-speaking Roman farmers. Upon joining the military, however, he quickly outshone all expectations and soared through the ranks. On his own abilities, attaining a notable enough rank to direct a part of the empire's fortunes might have been doable, but could've taken decades; his progress was accelerated by the fortunate patronage of one Gaius Artorius Sypretes, with whose financial support and influence at his back Andronikos was able to seize on the opportunity created by Alaric's Goths causing chaos in Illyria. Troops from Thrace were transferred to reinforce the depleted Illyrian army, and after performing admirably in battle almost immediately, the post of Magister Militum for the area--Alaric's own former title--and with it the task of stabilising the region, practically fell into Andronikos' lap.
A steadfast, clean-nosed and self-serious man and a devoted Nicene Christian, Andronikos attracts admiration from those under him as a commander who can actually relate to them, though those above him tend to turn up their noses at this farmer's son in noble regalia. He has a proven aptitude for winning a battle, but his ability to organise a lasting peace and making that victory matter has yet to be truly tested. There is also some slight embarassment from the whispers around the nature of his relationship with Artorius, who is everything Andronikos is not--a soft-handed layabout in his inherited estates, self-styled pagan philosopher, a classic old money party-fiend (his gens, though successful now, was actually once plebeian back in the days of the Republic, but you'll never hear him admit it). Opposites attract, perhaps? The rumours of the extent of their closeness are not themselves the concern, so much that as the client in the relationship, the fact that Andronikos now greatly outranks his ostensible patron presents something of a tangle for Roman values of clear-cut, vertical personal dynamics.
Regardless, from a combination of this patronage and his new position, Andronikos has managed to acquire modest estates to free up his family from farm work or awaiting a cut of his salary in the mail, and married a woman--Anastasia--one might almost think was carefully chosen to not be either so high in rank as to cause a fuss given his low origin, or so low in rank as to cause a fuss given his current high station. If one were that cynical. But they seem perfectly happy together, so surely not.
Andronikos now faces a challenging new phase to his career. He sits on more power than he has ever known--more than he could have ever imagined as a child in the countryside--but he stares down the recently-stilted Goths under Alaric, and his territory remains among the most beleaguered in the empire. But hey, they say his Latin barely has a noticeable accent these days.