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Post by Coconut on Mar 8, 2009 12:59:53 GMT -5
Rome. The very name itself seems to speak of power, culture, intrigue and betrayal, the various factions and elements that compose it. The mightiest Empire in the world, the hand of Rome extends over what is almost all of the known world. The strange, foreign culture of Palestine in the East to the Iberian Peninsula in the West; it all falls under the dominance of this mighty Empire. It seems strange, then, that one man, one Emperor, can wield complete dominance over the lives of so many. Yet it is so.
The work of the Gods.
The Emperor Trajan's work, spreading the dominance yet further, annexing yet more land has brought such hope to the Roman people, in this Golden Age of Rome. Invincible, the Roman Empire seemed, invincible! Can there be any defeat of such might? Can they be stopped? For even the conquests of Alexander pale before Rome's, as Rome looks set to conquer the lands even Alexander could not reach. It is a glorious age for Rome.
Or, at least, it was.
Now, it is a different matter. Trajan's death saw the current troubles in the Empire begin to seed. Now, the Emperor has been assassinated. With no clear legacy, no clear successor, the Empire is wracked by the struggles for power. Legions return to fight under the banners of individual men, as Generals seek to rise to power along with the politicians and Senators who all clamour for the position. Yet it is not just the Romans who are stirring; the Germanic and Gaelic tribes have risen to fight against their former oppressors in this vacuum of power. Rebellion in the Roman provinces looks likely. Rome needs unity more than ever.
And yet it is divided.
Canonically, the Emperor who was assassinated was the Emperor Severus. The Third century crisis is the focus of this RP, although history after this will have no real relevance I can see on this RP. We'll need a few tribes, although not enough to get out of hand, and the various Roman elements. Keep it sensible, however there is freedom in this, such as freeing lands from Roman/tribal control, or conquering new land, etc. This is by no means finalised. Discuss changes/additions/whatever to the storyline here, so we can all have a good RP.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Mar 8, 2009 15:52:18 GMT -5
For the Germanic Tribes I suggest we use visigoths and maby Lombards with own cheiftans as for the Gaelic I am guessing we may want to include a Chirstan group here as well even though we are very close (like 20 years after the end of this war) close to Rome becomeing Chirstian we still are. Also I think we should include a group of Persian as the Romans had them to deal with during this war..I suggest that the Germans don't come in later till their spies or something learn that the main Roman forces are distracted by the Persians which they are.
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Post by Coconut on Mar 8, 2009 16:00:45 GMT -5
For the Germanic Tribes I suggest we use visigoths and maby Lombards with own cheiftans as for the Gaelic I am guessing we may want to include a Chirstan group here as well even though we are very close (like 20 years after the end of this war) close to Rome becomeing Chirstian we still are. Also I think we should include a group of Persian as the Romans had them to deal with during this war..I suggest that the Germans don't come in later till their spies or something learn that the main Roman forces are distracted by the Persians which they are. Okay, we have a vast pick of German tribes; Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Suebi, etc. As for the Christians, there weren't so many of them at this time at all. Persians wouldn't be particularly realistic, either, as they were heavily defeated and occupied at these times, too much so to really fight.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Mar 8, 2009 16:28:56 GMT -5
For the Germanic Tribes I suggest we use visigoths and maby Lombards with own cheiftans as for the Gaelic I am guessing we may want to include a Chirstan group here as well even though we are very close (like 20 years after the end of this war) close to Rome becomeing Chirstian we still are. Also I think we should include a group of Persian as the Romans had them to deal with during this war..I suggest that the Germans don't come in later till their spies or something learn that the main Roman forces are distracted by the Persians which they are. Okay, we have a vast pick of German tribes; Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Suebi, etc. As for the Christians, there weren't so many of them at this time at all. Persians wouldn't be particularly realistic, either, as they were heavily defeated and occupied at these times, too much so to really fight. mmk I think we should definatly use the Goths whether its the one or even both. Oh also I think we should do a Fall of Rome RP as that would be fun ..we don't even have to make that one historicaly accurate ethier . If this become popular we should do other periods of history such as the Greeks, Medevil, Colonisation of the Americas..etc.
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Post by Coconut on Mar 8, 2009 16:31:16 GMT -5
Okay, we have a vast pick of German tribes; Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Suebi, etc. As for the Christians, there weren't so many of them at this time at all. Persians wouldn't be particularly realistic, either, as they were heavily defeated and occupied at these times, too much so to really fight. mmk I think we should definatly use the Goths whether its the one or even both. Oh also I think we should do a Fall of Rome RP as that would be fun ..we don't even have to make that one historicaly accurate ethier . If this become popular we should do other periods of history such as the Greeks, Medevil, Colonisation of the Americas..etc. I'm not sure if the Goths were around at this time. I should check that. And this may very well turn out to be the Fall of Rome, depending on how the RP goes, mate. And yes, if this is successful we could branch out further. Nice ideas.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Mar 8, 2009 16:55:57 GMT -5
mmk I think we should definatly use the Goths whether its the one or even both. Oh also I think we should do a Fall of Rome RP as that would be fun ..we don't even have to make that one historicaly accurate ethier . If this become popular we should do other periods of history such as the Greeks, Medevil, Colonisation of the Americas..etc. I'm not sure if the Goths were around at this time. I should check that. they were around way before this trust me I did a project on Ancient German History and they large enough to do this as well at this time I believe..if not by them selves then at least with an allience with another Germanic Tribe.
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Post by Coconut on Mar 9, 2009 12:28:43 GMT -5
I'm not sure if the Goths were around at this time. I should check that. they were around way before this trust me I did a project on Ancient German History and they large enough to do this as well at this time I believe..if not by them selves then at least with an allience with another Germanic Tribe. Oh, I'm sure they were around, however they may not have been a major power at the time. My suggestion is that we have two main Romans vying for control of the throne, who'd have generals and the likes beneath them, as well as two main tribe leaders, so as to keep things under control. If we all have a Roman and a Barbarian, we'll have a good RP going, eh?
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Post by Niner on Mar 9, 2009 22:06:00 GMT -5
What about having a slave uprising?
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Post by Coconut on Mar 10, 2009 13:05:21 GMT -5
What about having a slave uprising? There wasn't really one at the time. Although such a thing could happen as the RP develops.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Mar 13, 2009 16:49:18 GMT -5
so uhh when do we start or do we still have things to decide?
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Post by Coconut on Mar 14, 2009 2:53:06 GMT -5
so uhh when do we start or do we still have things to decide? If Ryan and Danny are happy to be the leaders of two barbarian tribes, and Indy's prepared to be the other main Roman vying for power, we can start it pretty much now. I'm already working on a profile.
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Post by Shadow on Mar 16, 2009 1:01:03 GMT -5
I'm going in for leader for the Visigoths.
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Post by Coconut on Mar 21, 2009 6:33:21 GMT -5
Character profiles, please, Cassy and Ryan. Indy too, if possible.
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Post by Apollo on Mar 28, 2009 13:08:51 GMT -5
f**k damn I wish I had a mind for dates. :<
Could I be Celtic slavers? :3
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Post by Coconut on Mar 29, 2009 1:36:40 GMT -5
Sure.
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