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Rome (Austin's Campaign)
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flavius belisarius
https://youtu.be/ZPOHiFTQDyc
Setting the scene:
https://youtu.be/zMK-zbBLIQk
The eastern Roman Empire:
https://youtu.be/PER9oUrWDPI
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Puls or porrage, bread, sheep cheese, vegetables, fruits and nuts, olives, olive oil and wine. Cake bread, made with milk and lard, oyster bread, water or spongey bread, Picennum or bread made with nuts and honey. the cheapest and most basic meal is to dip bread in wine. Or dip bread in olive oil. Moretum or a cheese spread for bread. sheep, goat and cow cheese. But Romans like sheep and goat cheese. Even a famous smoked cheese. Cheese is expensive item. Romans had salads and salad dressing. Cows were most common from Germania. Meat was most expensive and romans really enjoyed pork. Pork was eaten in a stew or sausage. Fresh fish was used to impress important guests.
white bread is most beloved and most expensive
dark bread or coarse bread
slave bread))
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Qz0...
tabernae are found often in the first floor of apartment building or in the baths or in markets. They sell food and beverage services to eat in or to go.
40% of the citizens owned a Tabernae
Stores are decorated with pictures of what they sell.
porridge, nuts, beans for 1 copper
fancy porridge, produce, cuts of meat, eggs and cheese, seafood for 2.5 copper each
stew, skewers, sausages, wraps and sandwiches. for a bit more
for drinks wines are most common
posca, conditum for one copper for a bowl and for 2 copper you can buy a pitcher 5 copper and you could buy a bottle wine.
1 copper to drink wine
2 copper drink the best
4 copper drink imported wines
Garum or fish Sause is very common. Black pepper is enjoyed and honey is used to sweeten food and drink.
Menu is listed on the wall. Pay by fixed price or pay by weight.
Bench or stool, bigger shops might have a table. to go bags are made of paper, sometimes the fate of bad poetry.
Inns served food and drink, and more floor space and had prostitution. No violence is tolerated. Elites dislike inns.
Rotten meat is banned from being sold.
Different food vendors:
Caesars Grill
Cato's salt shop
Mark and Cleo's bakery))
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https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/roman-e...
Also a Talent was roughly 6,000 Denarii.
1 aureus = 25 denarii
1 denarius = 4 sesterce
1 sesterce = 2 dupondius
1 dupondius = 2 as
1 as = 2 semis
1 semis = 2 quadrans
1Denarii=
Dupondius (copper)
8.00
Sestertius (Electrium)
4.00
Quinarius (Silver)
2.00
Denarius (gold)
1
Cistophorus
0.33
Quinarius (platnium)
0.08
Aureus
0.04
Talent
.0001667
DND currency
1 silver = 10 copper
1 electrum = 5 silver
1 gold = 10 silver
1 platinum = 10 gold
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The governor’s son thinks he can run the region better than his father so he forms a conspiracy to conduct a coup on his father with trusty officers and loyal men.
The son is young only in his early 20’s if his coup is successful a centurion will announce it while he stands back and a tear rolls down his face. The son is a quiet man. A thinker who only speaks when it is needed.
The coup starts at night as the conspiracy kills the guards then marches into the palace and into the map room where the governor stands looking over maps. While more of the conspiracy slaughter servants and slaves that might eat out the conspiracy.
Before they finally confronts the governor and stab him, each legionary stabbing him once. Then as the father reaches to his son the son backs away letting his father die as blood pools under him and the son circles him.
While the party follows a trail of blood to a woman who was stabbed and slowly crawling away while her two attackers kill the rest in the room. Upon seeing the party the head legionary being the one that knocked out Marion both attack the party and try to kill them.
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The bells ring warning everyone that they are under attack.
“We don’t stand a chance the enemy outnumbers us.” Screams a centurion
“Here comes the marines.” As the marines land on the south to support the defenders
“The enemy has been sighted moving in from the north.”
The half strength foderati move to man the baracade
The marines move to reinforce the half strength foderati as the marines arrive the godansmen, godan’s chosen and scaled clubmen come within range of javelins
The Germans “come on stand like a man” as they are pelted with javilins
Godansmen and godan’s chosen attack the baracade and try to destroy it. While the foderati and marines poke and prode. The sagittarii shoot their arrows at those attacking the baracade in the north west of the acropolis
“Strike low, strike low into their bellies.” Says the German warriors as metal clanks
The baracade breaks apart and a melee begins. The foderati are quickly overwhelmed and run for their lives as the scouts engage the Germanic archers. The marines are quickly overwhelmed as well as the German noble swordsmen join the fray
“God keep me alive for a moment longer for revenge.” Says the foderati standard bearer as he flees
At the same time in the north eastern entrance to the acropolis the full strength unit of foderati are overwhelmed by two units of German warbands and horse hewers. The foderati run for their lives
“God protect me, for there is still wine to drink.” A fleeing foderati legionary
In response the limitanei move from blocking the south entrance to block the northwest entrance. But then the foderati find their resolve and reform. Making Flavius order the limitanei back to reinforce the faltering foderati. Who are now on the norther wall. All the while the scouts route the German archers. Then attack another archer unit.
“God listen, I want to live.” A fleeing foderati soldier.
Limitanei then engage a German warband in front of the chapel. While the foderati are charged behind the chapel. The horse hewers charge into the limitanei in the south flank. While the last of the foderati break and flew for good
The sagittarii are charged by horse hewers just as the scouts are cut down by arrow fire and break and flee.
Then the limitanei and sagittarii break and flee at the same time. The whole battle lasting 5:26 minutes. Western foderati flee the town to the north east.
The garrison is 510. They lost 372 with 138 escaping.
While the invaders came with 2340 and lost 470 with 1870 remaining.
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It has military jetties with light marines galley, Roman skirmished marines, Greek fire dromon with eleite Byzantine heavy marines, Greek fire dromonarion Byzantine marines.
A cattle farm and a Latin shrine.
With skutatoi spears, skutatoi, armored sagittarii, scout equites.
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Rank 1
Armicustos: makes recruitment of soldiers cheeper by 10 to 20% and half percentage for ammo
Personal combat: +20% of killing the target
Training: +30 experience points
Provision: +4% replenish rate
Tactics: harass army to +5% casualties
Glory: +1 recruitment capacity
Rank 2
Sabotage: sabotage building
Skirmishing: assault unit
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Numerous is 1k to 1.5k men
command armies
Limitani are commanded by Dux in a local command role
Andreas wins a personal duel at the battle of Dara
"Royal purple makes a noble shroud."
30,000 die in the Nica riots, 1 in 20 of the city population.
"Although it is men who do the fighting, it is God who judges the contest"
Belisarius is famous for punishing his soldiers who commit illegal acts
Belisarius peacefully occupies Carthage.
Bellisarius is roman consul for 535
Salona= split Croatia
Naples is sacked by the roman army until Belisarius can restore order
Population of Rome is 100,000, It is reconquered in 536
The seat of the Roman senate and pope
Belisarius prepares Rome for a siege, a motte is dug and all males are conscripted into the guard
"For as long as Belisarius lives, it is impossible for him to relinquish Rome"
In early spring the Goth king leads an army of 30,000 men down the highway for the city of Rome itself
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The Goths build towers and ladders, they use oxen to pull the towers and ladders. After the romans shoot the beasts, the towers are left stranded. The Mausoleum of Hadrian, converted into a fortress comes under heavy pressure.
The Assaults' fails and the romans celebrate. Both sides prepare for a siege and Belisarius lifts moral personally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7wwf...
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Germanic warband 155
Germanic hunters 51
Germanic hurlers 56 for 120
Germanic mounted warband 129
Germanic brigands 197 for 60
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8 denarii per kg of wheat and 1 denarii for the baker to make good bread.
12-40 denarii depending on how good quality of olive oil
7.4 denarii per kg of broad beans, lintel, chick peas, kidney beans
4 denarii a bundle for; cabbage, lettuce, beats, leaks, onions, apples, peaches.
liter of ordinary wine for 16 denarii
wheat beer for 8 denarii
1 denarii per egg
cheese is 2 denarii for 200 grams
meat and fish cost 6-12 denarii for 600 grams
cheapest farmer sandals cost 50 denarii a pair
good tunic costs 500 denarii
average soldier salary is 3600 denarii for the year for 69 denarii a week.
soldier receives a food pension of 600 denarii a year
two 5000, denarii bonus from the emperor each year.
the residence must give him one third of the house along with oil wine and other minor commoditiaites.
not all of this comes as money, it might be extra rations, weapons or armor.
only half in coin
chicken for 30 denarii
1kg of beef for 24 denarii
700 kg of boar meat for 32 denarii
oyster for a denarii each
kg of sardines for 48 denarii
1 liter of first quality wine from pycnidium for 90 denarii
cheapest made itialian cloaks cost 4000 denarii
6 denarii for dying clothes
4 denarii for sitiching
tunic with purple bands for 2,000 denarii
plane tunic costs 1,250 denarii
quality military boots are worth 100 denarii
glass cup worth 24 denarii
leather water skin for 25 denarii
5 denarii for public baths
fit farmer slave costs 30,000 denarii
educated and skilled slave costing 60,000 denarii
strong horse for pulling a carriage is 36,000 denarii
cheapest 4 wheeled wagon costs 1,500 denarii
freight wagon for 3,500 denarii
silk dress with purple bands costing 135,000 denarii
fattened hen pheasant 100 denarii
3 kg of beef sausage for 108
3 kg of lamb for 108 denarii
4 kg of gazelle meat for 144
fattened goose for 200 denarii
hare for 150 denarii
3kg of river fish is 108 denarii
3kg of sea fish is 216
1 peacock for 300 denarii
3 kg of spiced salt for 48 denarii
2 liters of best quality honey for 160 denarii
200 olives for 40 denarii
live bear is 25,000 denarii
male lion is 150,000 denarii
osterage for 5000 denarii
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conquest, war, famine, death
So far the party has only encountered war.
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When you are ready. Your girl will be having lunch after church with the local Christian community in the town. You are all having lunch in the church courtyard.
Post your post here when ready:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVGW8...
The Picts drank wine, practiced trade and metal working, their language is closest to the Brittonic people who were on the island before the romans conquered them.
They raised cattle and hunted with dogs and falcons. Meat and milk was their staple foods.
The people are known for having many tattoos. It is thought to be a matriarchal society. They worship both many pagan gods and also are converting to Christianity. As they are merging with the local Gaelic cultures.
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It is a port town
With fishing jetties
A guard house and a vineyard
There are two units of 120 man skutatoi spears
And two units of 120 man skutatoi
120 armored sagittarii
60 scout equites
A liburnian light galley with Roman light marines
A liburnian skirmisher with Roman skirmisher marines
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To the north of the acropolis is an amphitheater. To the north of the amphitheater is the small public baths.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnDiA...
in 520 ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Aba...
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120 skutatoi spears
2x120 skutatoi
2x 120 armored sagittarii
60 scout equites
Buildings:
Urbs
Muster grounds
Latin patriarchal basilica (st. Peter’s basilica)
Food store house
Are we still doin this campaign?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3YTf...
This is the setting for our dnd game. It is historical so don’t expect to be walking around as a dragon born. We are looking for new members. If you don’t know anything about history or dnd. No problem I’ll teach you. Otherwise if you know about either we are happy to have you. Looking for new members to keep the story alive.
Come check out our group:
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