Guest HGray Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 I'm in the midst of creating a board game based around Roman history and was looking for examples of Names for some of my units that would correlate their role in the board game to actual Roman history. thanks for any help.. i need 4 political positions in ascending order i need 4 military positions in ascending order i need 4 social positions in ascending order not including emperor.. and 1 position that is representative of a person w/ influence in all three sections above. for example, my military units right now include , in order: legionary, mercenary, general, centurion. im looking for names that most educated ppl today would somewhat recognize.. so im trying to stay away from purely Latin named postions.. any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated, im not a history buff by any means! holt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 From my persepctive, I much prefer games that are more authentic. I think it adds to feel, especially for a historically related one. Regardless, here are some suggestions... though a time period would help. I'm assuming it is based during the Republic for now... Military Positions: Legion Ranks Your best bet is probably, in order from lowest to highest... Auxilia (non citizen troops, such as Syrian archers or Germanic Cavalry in service to Rome. Not quite mercenaries really, but similar enough. Legionary (really a Milites, but obviously Legionary is more recognizable) Centurion (officer) Legate (General) Political Positions: This depends on what you are looking for of course as there are Senatorial positions and Equite ones. I'll stick with the Senate related Lowest to highest: Senator Quaestor Praetor Consul More reference... Magistrates, Cursus Honorum Social Positions... Now this is tougher, because I really don't know what you're looking for here. Actual titles and roles and general classifications? Here are some ideas though not be taken in any particular order as of yet... Tribune of the Plebes (a representative of the citizen assemblies which can be quite powerful, though actually a political position) Equite (the Roman knight class, required a certain level of wealth to be classified as such) Augur ( a religious role, people who predicted and translated natural events and what they meant) Pontifex Maximus (chief priest of the Roman religion) Patrician (a social or economic status representing heritage related directly to a "founding father") Plebeian (a social or economic status representing the common class) Those are just some basic ideas. Will be glad to help further if I just get a bit more detail from ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HGray Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 First, thank you for the help! Yeah, i agree that the more authentic a game is, the more it adds to the feel.. however, im not intending this game to be a simulation by any means, the rules are 90% complete and the primary purpose is strategic negotiation with the other players, but i do want a solid theme behind gameplay.. i would love to discuss these topics more w/ you in detail as im sure you have 100x more knowlege than me in this area, however, i would rather not in a public forum... simply b/c me and several other have spent 7 months in development, and i do not have it protected legally yet.. if you would u be intersted in private communication, my email is jhgray@bsc.edu.. and my AIM is.. HGray2323 plz dont hesitate to send me ur email or msg on AIM.. thank you again.. holt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Sounds interesting, i hope you will keep us up to date. cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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