Romans Ethnicities

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Salve, EB Fans. As alot of you know, the Romani Groups team is hard at work on implementing Roman ethnicities into a future version of Europa Barbarorum. We believe this will add a new depth and realism to your Roman familiy members, allow for better role-play and immersion, and satisfy some people's intrest in the Roman Houses of the period. We are trying to implement a fair number of both Plebian and Patrician households, but unfortunately the Plebian houses do not have much standing among our historians' records.

Below I will present a format for the Roman Ethnicities (Hereby known as Gentes), and give you a sample Household. If any of you have a nomination for a Plebian household to be included, please write it up in the following format and post it herein, and you could see your favorite household included in the game.

Thanks for all your patience and help in advance guys.



Gens Ivlia
Patrician Romani
Family Names--Caesar, Ivlvs, Mento

This man is of the Ivlian Clan, an important patrician family within our beloved Res Publica, who supposedly are descended from Ivlvs--Ascanivs, and thus from the goddess Venvs--mother of legendary Aeneas whom all Romans descend from, and are the heirs of Alba Longa. The Ivlii are prestigious and proud, and rose to great preeminence early in the days of the Res Publica. It was a Ivlii who saw the risen Romulus before his ascent into the Heavens, spreading the word of his deification as Qvirinivs to the saddened Romans.

The Ivlii are perhaps the most arrogant of the Patrician gentes, they are descended from a goddess, after all. They are more likley to be vain, proud, and stoic. The Ivlii are skilled leaders and charismatic politicians, builders, traders, and tax collecters. Thier method of rule is fair but rigid.