Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Legiones (Legions): used in combat; one die represents one legio.
1. Legio Curialis (Senatorial Legion), represented by a white die, may be owned only by imperatores:
a. given at the beginning of the Game, or may be purchased from a numen or transferred to an imperator by the vote of the Senate;
b. Cost = 200,000 Denarii;
c. reges may not possess a legio curialis; if a rex captures a legio curialis in battle, he must pay 200,000 Denarii to convert it to a legio clientarum or forfeit it to the deity overseeing the battle (see Proelia).
2. Legio Clientarum (Client Legion), represented by a red die, may be owned by imperatores and reges :
a. assigned to reges at the beginning of the Game, or purchased by an imperator or rex from a numen;
b. Cost = 400,000 Denarii.
3. Legio Ultrix (Vengeance Legion), represented by a yellow or orange (or in Mars' case, a special) die:
a. owned only by imagines and Mars;
b. acquired by imagines upon death from Persephone.
4. No individual player may own or control more than ten (10) legiones (curiales/clientarum) at one time; an imago may own only one (1) legio ultrix. A numen who apprehends a player in possession of more than ten (10) legiones will confiscate all legiones but ten.
Classes (Fleets): used in transporting legiones and delegates overseas; represented by blue cards.
1. Classes allow a player to move directly between any regions, except Germania and Parthia.
2. One classis can transport only one legio at a time and/or any number of players during a movement phase.
3. Cost = 300,000 Denarii.
4. Classes may be transferred to other players at any time or willed to a heres (heir) upon death. (see Death)
Denarii (Money): used to purchase legiones and classes during a delectus.
1. Denarii come in three (3) denominations: a white chip represents 100,000 D; a red chip represents 500,000 D, a blue chip represents 1,000,000 D.
2. Denarii may be transferred to other players at any time.
Suffragia (Votes): used in voting during a senatus consultum.
1. Suffragia are unalienable but can be temporarily transferred to amici and must be returned upon request;
2. they may be transferred permanently only upon death to a heres (see Death).
Dos (Dowry): Used to formalize nuptiae (see marriage); represented by a yellow card.
1. The face value of a dos varies according to individual matronae (seeMatronae).
2. Upon the death of a matrona, her dos becomes the property of Juno
Naves Longae (Warships): used only at the Battle of Actium (see Actium); represented by a dark die
1. Cost = 3,000,000 Denarii (or the equivalent).