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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 4978951" data-attributes="member: 16991">Im starting research into a 500 AD game - with the PCs eventually getting a commission to retake Italy for Emperor Justinian. The city of Constantinople was obsessed with chariot racing.  By 530ad the city was so divided into blue and green factions that much of Justininan's Empress's time was taken balancing and playing the two groups against each other- she also ran a enormus spy network on behalf of her husband. Iran & parts east of the holy land was owned by the Sassanian Empire.An eventually powerful state that spent a lot of time doing internal roadbuilding and internal pacifications.  They were worshipers of Zoaster - a fire god and believed in a heaven/hell duality. A lot of religious practiced had devolved into "Mystery Cults"  with the secret rites and beliefs known only to a few - Isis, Demeter, the Thricefold Hermes (or Thoth), Dyonices.  The roman military mostly worshiped Mithran (a Sun/protection god).   Justinian stomped them out pretty hard, even closing the Athenian Academy of Plato in 529. Im going very greco-roman centric.  No one else is even human. Goths = Orcs, franks are goblins, and there are dwarves in scandinavia.  Albion still has a colony of humans.  Gnolls rome North Africa.  Persians are elves, halflings are from Egypt. there are gnomes living under the Alps, capital city is Zurick.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />The Far Orient - is actually owned by dragons.  Few humanoids of any kind live there. Im also declaring a moratorium on Monothesism, it just isn't as fun.  Polytheism rules! How good is the rome sourcebook?  It might help me a lot. I have from "stone to steel" for techs and equipment avalibility,  but in order to contrast the iron age campaign i am currently running, I will be taking liberties with armor.</blockquote>

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