Assassinating senators

[Quirinus]

What happens if all family members of SPQR die before the civil war erupts? (Say, by assassins.) Does Rome become a rebel city? Will Senate missions still exist?

[Caeser The III]

it doesnt turn into a rebel city.Someone else in the royale SPQR family wil take the old ones place,soooooo, you'll still get tasks

[Quirinus]

No, I meant what if all of them get scythed by Pluto? With other factions, you normally get a 'Faction Destroyed' scroll, and any remaining cities and troops turn rebel. Does it happen with the SPQR?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Nope, peculiarly, if all the males die then I believe the faction simply carries on living without any living member of the senatorial family to run it. Their family tree does have the possibility of regrowing though, so long as there are unmarried females in the family - this allows suitors to marry in and continue the line.

[Barbarian]

A new family members are being spawned for them. I killed all Senate (did this to remove opponents for senate ranks at first) and every family member. They still had a faction leader and faction heir all the time. I just kept on assassinating them, killed some 8 leaders and 8 heirs.

Maybe, the problem was, that I had only 3 high level assassins, so I probably didn't kill them in the same turn. Or more believable: they have no leader and heir for the present turn, but int the next turn, a new pair appears.

PS: I got all the senate offices after that

[Quirinus]

I see... what happens if some faction, like, say, Gaul swooped down and conquered Rome? What happens to the Senate then?