III. Cast of Players

Imperatores (Generals). Imperatores begin the Game in the locations cited below.

Name	Location	Financial	Political	Military
-	-	D = Denarii (Money)	Suffragia (Votes)	Cur = Legio Curialis Cle = Legio Clientarum Classis/es (Fleet/s)
Gaius Octavius Caesar (Octavian)	N. Italy	600,000 D	10 Suffragia	3 Cur; 1 Classis
Marcus Antonius (Antony)	Asia Minor	400,000 D	10 Suffragia	4 Cur; 1 Classis
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus	Spain	900,000 D	10 Suffragia	3 Cur
Marcus Junius Brutus	Greece	500,000 D	10 Suffragia	2 Cur; 2 Classes
Gaius Cassius Longinus	Greece	600,000 D	10 Suffragia	3 Cur; 1 Classis
Sextus Pompey Magnus Pius	Sicily	300,000 D	10 Suffragia	3 Cur; 2 Classes
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa	N. Italy	None	10 Suffragia	3 Cur; 3 Classes

Senatores(Senators). Senatores begin the Game in whatever region they wish where there is seating available; a senator may become an imperator by acquiring a legio.

Name	Financial	Political	Military
-	D = Denarii (Money)	Suffragia (Votes)	Cur = Legio Curialis Cle = Legio Clientarum Classis/es (Fleet/s)
Marcus Tullius Cicero	500,000 D	80 Suffragia	1 Classis
Aulus Hirtius	1,200,000 D	10 Suffragia	1 Classis
Gaius Vibius Pansa	1,100,000 D	20 Suffragia	1 Classis
Decimus Brutus	1,000,000 D	30 Suffragia	1 Classis
Publius Ventidius	1,100,000 D	20 Suffragia	1 Classis
Lucius Munatius Plancus	900,000 D	40 Suffragia	1 Classis
Asinius Pollio	900,000 D	40 Suffragia	1 Classis
Servilius Isauricus	700,000 D	60 Suffragia	1 Classis
Lucius Marcius Philippus	1,000,000 D	30 Suffragia	1 Classis
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus	1,000,000 D	30 Suffragia	1 Classis
Quintus Fufius Calenus	800,000 D	50 Suffragia	1 Classis
Lucius Antonius	800,000 D	50 Suffragia	1 Classis
Lucius Cornelius Balbus	1,100,000 D	20 Suffragia	1 Classis
Gaius Maecenas	700,000 D	60 Suffragia	1 Classis
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus	1,000,000 D	30 Suffragia	1 Classis
Publius Cornelius Dolabella	1,100,000 D	20 Suffragia	1 Classis
Marcus Lucius Crassus	1,200,000 D	10 Suffragia	1 Classis
Quintus Pedius	1,100,000 D	20 Suffragia	1 Classis
Marcus Messala Corvinus	800,000 D	50 Suffragia	1 Classis

Virgines/Matronae/Amazones (Vestal Virgins/Matrons/Women Warriors). Mortal women start the Game as virgines. If they marry, they become matronae. If a matrona divorces her husband or he dies, she may remarry or become an amazon. An amazon is a female imperator subject to all the rules and rights of imperatores. Virgines and matronae cannot possess suffragia or participate in proelia (VII.B); amazones can. Virgines and matronae can, however, be killed through caedes (VIII.C.4). Virgines begin the Game in Rome.

Name	Financial	Dos (Dowry)	Military
-	D = Denarii (Money)	D = Denarii (Money)	Classis (Fleet)
Servilia Caepionis	2,000,000 D	1,000,000 D	1 Classis
Livia Drusilla	1,000,000 D	2,000,000 D	1 Classis
Atia Balba Caesonia	1,500,000 D	1,500,000 D	1 Classis
Octavia Thurina	None	3,000,000 D	1 Classis
Scribonia	500,000 D	2,500,000 D	1 Classis
Antonia	2,500,000 D	500,000 D	1 Classis
Calpurnia Pisonis	1,000,000 D	2,000,000 D	1 Classis

Reges (Foreign Rules). Reges begin the Game in their respective kingdoms; all reges except Cleopatra/Ptolemy have the right to flee once during the Game to their homeland from wherever they are (VI.F.1).

Name	Location	Financial	Military
-	-	D = Denarii (Money)	Cle = Legio Clientarum; Classis (Fleet)
Cleopatra/Ptolemy	Egypt	100,000 D	2 Cle; 5 Classes
Bogud	Mauretiania	200,000 D	4 Cle; 2 Classes
Ariovistus	Germany	None	6 Cle
Pacorus	Parthia	1,200,000 D	3 Cle

Numina (Deities). Numina begin the Game in whatever region they wish where there is seating available. All numina (except Mercury, Juventas or Cybele) may oversee proelia during which they may acquire legiones; if so, they may dispose of these legiones at will, i.e. confer them upon or sell them to players who have enough money to purchase them; if a mortal player with sufficient funds and the right to own legiones curiales or legiones clientarum asks to buy a saleable property that a numen has in his/her possession, the numen must sell it. [Names in square brackets next to numina represent divine gemini and have the same powers as their counterparts. These are to be used only after all primary numina roles (i.e. unbracketed names) have been filed.]

Name	Properties	Special Powers
Juppiter Optimus Maximus¹	20 Cur; 14,000,000 D	May take on the appearance and power of any numen except Juno and the Fates; dispenses justice and rules on disputes among players; sells legionum curiales (XIII.C.1)
Juno	15 Cur; 13,000,000 D	Oversees the formation and observance of amicitiae (XI) and nuptiae (XV); once each aestas may force two players in the same region to fight each other (VII.F); sells legionum curiales (XIII.C.1)
Neptune [Poseidon]	20 Classes; 2,500,000 D; 10 NL	Oversees sea travel (VI.E) and the Battle of Actium (XVII); sells classes (XIII.D) and bestows naves longae (XVII.B.2)
Amphitrite	15 Classes; 1,500,000 D; 5 NL	Oversees sea travel in the western Mediterranean (VI.E) and assists Neptune at the Battle of Actium (XVII); sells classes (XIII.D) and bestows naves longae (XVII.B.2)
Oceanus	15 Classes; 1,500,000 D; 5 NL	Oversees sea travel in the eastern Mediterranean (VI.E) and assists Neptune at the Battle of Actium (XVII); sells classes (XIII.D) and bestows naves longae (XVII.B.2)
Venus [Aphrodite]	4,000,000 D	Oversees voting and legislative activity in the Senate (VIII); must remain in Rome for the entirety of each hiems
Mars²	1 legio ultrix immortalis	During an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia (VII.E); must be in Rome each hiems to excecute the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes (VIII.C)
Phobos²	1 cohors ultrix immortalis	During an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia among legiones clientarum (VII.E); must be in Rome each hiems to assist Mars in executing the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes (VIII.C)
Deimos²	1 cohors ultrix immortalis	During an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia among legiones curiales (VII.E); must be in Rome each hiems to assist Mars in executing the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes (VIII.C)
Bellona	1 cohors ultrix immortalis	During an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia (VII.E) in the western Roman world (Mauretania, Spain, Gaul, Germania, S. Italy, N. Italy, Sicily)
Ares	1 cohors ultrix immortalis	During an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia (VII.E) in the eastern Roman world (Greece, Asia, Parthia, Syria, Egypt)
Saturn/Ops	7,000,000 D	During an aestas, monitors and enforces sedes (IV.A; VI.D.3.b)
Fortunus/Fortuna/Tyche	1 rota fortunae	During proelia (VII.K), may add to or subtract from the total on a player's roll of the dice
Vulcan [Hephaestus]	1 legio fabrilis; 5 Cur; 5,000,000 D	Bestows the legio fabrilis on a mortal in combat during aestas (VII.J); sells legiones curiales (XIII.C.1)
Vesta	14 virus; 10 Cur	Oversees Vestal Virgins (XII.A), virus (XV.A.1.c) and the execution of wills (XIV.B.2)
Persephone	9,000,000 D	Oversees mors (XIV.A-C; controls the Ring of Gyges (VII.H)
Pluto	10,000,000 D	Oversees mors (XIV.A-C; controls the Ring of Gyges (VII.H)
Minerva [Athena]	15 Cur; 10,000,000 D	Can move one player once each aestas to any region in which there is seating available (VI.D); sells legiones curiales (XIII.C.1)
Mercury³ [Hermes]		Delivers messages (X); is unrestricted in movement; may not own or sell properties or oversee proelia; may rescue one player each aestas (VI.G)
Juventas/Cupid³		Restores youth and vigor to chosen mortals; may give mortals properties or Denarii which she has requested and procured from other numina (XIII.F)
Dionysus² [Bacchus]	10 Cle; 4,000,000 D	May have bacchants (X) who fight in his behalf
Silenus²	5 Cle; 2,000,000 D	Assists Dionysus with his thiasos by watching over his bacchants in his absence (X)
Ariadne²	5 Cle; 2,000,000 D	Assists Dionysus with his thiasos by watching over his bacchants in his absence (X)
Tanit	10 Cle; 7,500,000 D	Foreign deity; sells legiones clientarum (XIII.C.2)
Apollo/Helios³	10 Cur	Oversees and announces changes of season (V and VI.B; also Appendix 1); is in charge of executing pestis (XVI); sells legiones curiales (XIII.C.1)
Diana³ [Artemis]	10 Cur	oversees the manus liberorum (“band of children”) who assist or attack other players; sells legiones curiales (XIII.C.1)
Cybele	5,000,000 D	Foreign deity; protects provinciae/regna; no proelia, including those in progress, may occur in her presence (VII.G)
Isis	10 Cle; 7,500,000 D	Foreign deity; sells legiones clientarum (XIII.C.2)
Mithras	10 Cle; 7,500,000 D	Foreign deity; sells legiones clientarum (XIII.C.2)
Tyr/Wotan/Montu/Ishtar²	15 Cle	Foreign deity; sells legiones clientarum (XIII.C.2); may participate in proelia (VII.I)
Pazuzu	15 Cle	Foreign deity; may possess a living mortal character for one season and controls that character’s choices and actions (VII.L); (sells legiones clientarum (XIII.C.2); may participate in proelia (VII.I)
Pan	15 Cle	Foreign deity; may cause panic and force the winning side to flee the provincia in which a proelium is taking place and leave one or more legiones (at Pan’s discretion) behind for the enemy to capture
Pythagoras	10 Cur; 8,000,000 D	may reincarnate an imago in a different role (14.E); sells legiones curiales (XIII.C.1); may participate in proelia (VII.I)
Pythia (Delphi) / Sibyl (Cumae)	10 Cur	issues prophecies and answers mortals’ questions about the Game; allots coronae aureae (III.F)
Fata (The Fates)⁴		Enforce the rules of the Game and regulate disputes; provide change for larger denominations of Denarii when necessary; execute virus (XII.B.2); may double or triple tributum (IX.C)

In the event that a numen should fail to appear, Juppiter may allot to another numen (or other numina) the properties and special powers assigned to that numen;
Tyr/Wotan/Montu/Ishtar (VII.I) and Mars/Phobos/Deimos/Bellona/Ares (VII.E) are the only gods who can engage in proelia on their own; Dionysus/Silenus/Ariadne can fight only through their maenads (X);
Mercury, Juventas and Apollo/Diana can move at will throughout the Game; if Mercury or Juventas ends up in the possession of any properties, s/he must turn them over to the Fates;
The Fates may operate collectively or individually; if they operate individually and a disagreement arises or if there is no Fate available, the judgment of Juppiter will prevail; in addition to providing change and overseeing virus (XII.B.2), the Fates are responsible for the following:
1. Answering any questions about the rules and procedures of the Game as recorded here; when asked for their judgment, the Fates must follow the rules exactly as stated here;
2. If the rules of the Game are unclear, the Fates may consult with Juppiter or make their own judgment by which all the gods (including Juppiter) must abide;
3. At will, the Fates may encourage or force players to engage in games of chance of their choosing; the odds and stakes are up to them.

Imagines. See below, XIV.
Heroes. Mortal players who are graduate students may appeal to the Fates for a corona aurea which provides them the right to appeal to any numen to become that numen’s hero. If chosen, the hero may appeal to the numen for resources in the numen’s possession. In return for such favors, the hero must obey any order the numen gives which does not exceed that numen’s powers. Heroes may then make alliances with mortal players and fight alongside them. In that case, the hero and mortal roll their dice at the same time and the total of their two throws counts together against their opponent’s single throw in each concursatio of a proelium. A hero may fight alongside only one mortal at a time.
Liberi. Players under the age of 13 may join the Game as liberi (“children”) who roam at will under the tutelage of Artemis/Diana, the protectress of the young. Liberi may influence play by assisting or attacking other players. They must follow the rules of combat like any other mortal, but they do not die if left unprotected.