Name |
Properties |
Denarii (Money) |
Special Powers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juppiter Optimus Maximus | 8 fulgur cards | 14,000,000 D | may take on the appearance and power of any numen except Juno and the Fates |
| Juno | 13,000,000 D | oversees the formation and observance of amicitiae and nuptiae; once each aestas may force two players in the same region to fight each other | |
| Neptune | 25 classes; 2 terrae motus cards | 2,500,000 D | oversees all sea travel and the Battle of Actium; may cause terrae motus two times during the Game |
| Amphitrite | 20 classes; 1 terrae motus card | 1,500,000 D | oversees sea travel in the western Mediterranean and assists Neptune at the Battle of Actium; may cause terrae motus once during the Game |
| Oceanus | 20 classes; 1 terrae motus card | 1,500,000 D | oversees sea travel in the eastern Mediterranean and assists Neptune at the Battle of Actium; may cause terrae motus once during the Game |
| Venus | 4,000,000 D | oversees voting and legislative activity in the Senate; must remain in Rome for the entirety of each hiems | |
| Mars | 1 legio ultrix immortalis | during an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia; must be in Rome each hiems to execute the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes | |
| Phobos | 1 cohors ultrix immortalis | during an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia among legiones clientarum; must be in Rome each hiems to assist Mars in executing the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes | |
| Deimos | 1 cohors ultrix immortalis | during an aestas, engages in and encourages proelia among legiones curiales; must be in Rome each hiems to assist Mars in executing the Senate's will concerning imperium, proscriptiones and caedes | |
| Persephone |
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9,000,000 D | oversees Mors |
| Pluto |
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10,000,000 D | oversees Mors |
| Minerva | 10,000,000 D | enforces population restrictions in provinciae/regna; can move one player once each aestas to any region in which there is seating available | |
| Mercury | delivers messages; is unrestricted in movement; may not own or sell properties or oversee proelia; may rescue one player each aestas | ||
| Dionysus | 10 legiones curiales | 4,000,000 D | may have bacchants who fight in his behalf |
| Silenus | 5 legiones curiales | 2,000,000 D | assists Dionysus with his thiasos by watching over his bacchants in his absence |
| Ariadne | 5 legiones curiales | 2,000,000 D | assists Dionysus with his thiasos by watching over his bacchants in his absence |
| Apollo | oversees and announces changes of season; is in charge of executing fulgur and pestis | ||
| Diana | oversees and announces changes of season; is in charge of executing fulgur and pestis | ||
| Tanit | 7,500,000 D | foreign deity; oversees commutatio | |
| Isis | 6,000,000 D | foreign deity; oversees commutatio | |
| Mithras | 4,000,000 D | foreign deity; oversees commutatio | |
| Tyr/Wotan | 15 legiones clientarum | foreign deity; oversees commutatio | |
| The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos) | legiones curiales; legiones clientarum | enforce the rules of the Game and regulate disputes; sell legiones to mortal players; provide change for larger denominations of Denarii when necessary |
Tyr/Wotan and Mars/Phobos/Deimos are the only gods who can engage in proelia on their own; Dionysus/Silenus/Ariadne can fight only through their maenads.
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 selling legiones (curiales and clientarum), the Fates are responsible for answering any questions about the rules and procedures of the Game as written in the rules. Also, when asked for their judgment, the Fates must follow the rules exactly. However, 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.
Mercury and Apollo/Diana move at will throughout the Game. If Mercury ends up in the possession of any properties, he must turn them over to the Fates.
In the event that a numen should fail to appear, Juppiter Optimus Maximus will allot to another numen (or other numina) the properties and special powers assigned to that numen.
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...deos fortioribus adesse. (...The gods are on the side of the stronger.)