Quote Originally Posted by konny View Post
This would be Imperial. During Republican times the FMs would represent the highest magistrates. After two generations you usually have enough to fill all posts from the two Consuls down to the four Aediles and most of the Quaestors. Roleplaying them sometimes means that you leave an office vacant even though you have unemployed FMs when none of these has either the inluence, the qualification or the prominent relatives to be elected to this office. In this case the office in question is held by the ever-present Caivs Romanvs Anonymvs.
He's a very, very rich shipping magnate who won the post in a game of dice from the military man elected to that office, isn't he?