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#1 RalofTyr Apr 22, 2009 16:54:46	I'm considering creating various ancient cities of Roman and Hellanistic era. I would like to put this in D&D historical, but I can't find it. The Roman-Cornithian Canal: What the Romans completed the canal? The canal is very deep and is canyon like with a bridge over it. The citizens are mostly Roman freed men as Cornith was destroyed a century again by Augustus. Roman-Cyrenacia: The former Greek colony is now a Roman province. However, the city is located in the mountains and there will be an important port city too. There's a mix of all nationalities here, from Roman, Greek, Phoenician, Jewish, Egyptian and Anatolian. Not to mention Berber. The Panion: A massive structure that serves as the HQs for a league of Greek Mages in Ionia in a pre-Alexander Greek world. The Panion will dominate Mileteus. The Island: An island, one side dominated by the Phoenicians, the other, the Greeks in a Greek Colonial world. That game will be absolutely brutal as there can be only one winner on the island. Not to mention the Italianish tribes that are native to the island. They will be pawns in this struggle. Ancient Crete: Knossos: The island will be ruled by an immortal who lives at Knossos. His primary threat are the Mycenians of the North. The Greek Island Chains: A collection of Greek islands that will be like city-states who will be locked in a game of politics and war with each other. The General and the Pharaoh: In a pre-Christian Roman East, two cities dominate, a Egyptian where the Governor has achieved a kind of immortality and in Anatolia, where the Governor has achieved something similar and they will fight for control of the East. Each has erected monuments to themselves. The Pharaoh, a pyramid and the General, a colossus to his ego. This first started out as a Roman conqueror erecting a statue of himself to remind the Germans who conquered them. Roman London: Really, a classical setting for classical D&D style games To create these cities, I will use video game graphics from Civ 3, Caeser 3, AoE and Zeus and Pharaoh games.
#2 Macarius Apr 22, 2009 20:13:18	A good reference book for ancient Rome is G.U.R.P.S "Imperial Rome". It's a gurps 3rd edition book, so I'm not sure how easy it would be to get a print copy. But, it should be possible to get a pdf from the e23 site. the rules part is worthless, but the info on the roman empire is quite exceptional.