Juvenal's Journal

[Juvenal]

This AAR describes my Casse campaign in EB1.0. I suppose I can tout this as a true work of antiquity now since I played the campaign about a year ago.

I have decided to let my namesake give you this AAR. He was a Roman Poet of the 2nd Century and is noted as a satirist. I have attempted to introduce a modicum of satire myself, and a smattering of historical references for verisimilitude. I am not a scholar, so you will probably find many gaffs in this account – please be gentle with it. There are also some silly puns which you can ignore unless you have a pathological fascination with the '70s.

A Note on Dates: This AAR takes the form of a journal, so it has to have dates. My protagonist Secundus, being Romani, uses the Roman calendar. The calendar was quite complex and prone to political interference. Romani years are measured from the founding of Rome (ab urbe condite). The Romani year starts with Martius, and ends with Februarius.

There are three named days of each month: Kalends (1st), Nones (5th or 7th) and Ides (15th or 17th). Other days are counted back and inclusively from the next named day. For example 5 ante diem Ides Ianuarius means "4 days before the Ides of January". I will put in the BC date equivalent at intervals.

Post Script. This AAR actually starts before the EB start date so that Secundus can arrive in time for the action to start.

Post Post Script. There is some colour coding in case it isn't obvious which of my split-personalities is speaking. I, the mysterious poster speak in italics. Decimus speaks like this, Secundus is a more sombre blue.