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Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

'ey mayne I ain't tryna be rude but that was with good reason. We've all done weird shit that made no sense in the past, and turning South America into a supernation was your weird moment.

I, Arabicus: A story of Rome and the rise of Islam

I like that in Rho's post, he's basically scolding Aaron through IC.

I, Arabicus: A story of Rome and the rise of Islam

Hmm, I'm slightly confused. Does each character control an entire nation, along with provincial tribes/officials/noble families, or is there a different player for each region?

@Kho

The Roman players control the top official of whichever region they choose. Arab players control a tribe (and whatever that tribe controls). Persian players control a family (and whatever that family controls).

I, Arabicus: A story of Rome and the rise of Islam

Aaron isn't in control of all the Arabs, by the way. You can sign up as a clan/tribe and do your own thing. Support Aaron or go your own way.

I, Arabicus: An alternate history RP set in Late Antiquity

Alternate History Varangian Guard would be dope.

I, Arabicus: An alternate history RP set in Late Antiquity

This looks good m8

The Dust: Begin Again

It seems there is a bit of a contradiction between the Factions tab for Motum Diversum and the 'Story So Far' tab. One makes it seem as though Motum Diversum is the most powerful faction in the wastes, while the other states it has fallen and been replaced by new nations. Can you clarify?

I think this RP looks pretty great. I'm just a bit overwhelmed by all the information. Still, I'm keeping an eye on it.

NRP Ideas.

The Byzantines called themselves Romans even though they were more Greek than anything. And that is exactly what would happen to the west if it survived. You'd have a bunch of different kinds of people (like Germanics, which were already plentiful in Rome before the empire even collapsed) calling themselves Romans. 'Roman' would no longer be a race, but more of a distant identity that the descendants of Romans, and those of assimilated barbarians and conquered peoples, would take.

In fact, the Roman Empire collapsed largely due to their inability to assimilate migrants.

To quote wikipedia:

The Roman Empire began to disintegrate in the early 5th century as Germanic migrations and invasions overwhelmed the capacity of the Empire to assimilate the migrants and fight off the invaders. The Romans were successful in fighting off all invaders, most famously Attila the Hun, though the Empire had assimilated so many Germanic peoples of dubious loyalty to Rome that the Empire started to dismember itself.

Rome could not survive while also remaining Roman. Eventually, it would either become Roman only in name, or collapse. Byzantium survived, but it was Roman largely in name. They even spoke Greek mostly.

NRP Ideas.

Like others have said, it's the most interesting of the bunch if only because I get to march in formation with big red shields and shout in Latin.

@Nilesapa

Well, no, not really. The Empire survives, but society and technology still changes.

EDIT: To elaborate - Roman military strategy would change to meet the standards of whatever era it survives in. And with former barbarians (and conquered peoples) assimilated into the Empire, you'd be looking at a very multicultural, and multilingual empire that only distantly identifies as Roman.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Seriously, though, that North African purchase was some booshit.