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	Provincia Australia Nova Roma
	D. Aurelius Ingeniarius legatus pro praetore C. Sempronius Scepsis Agricola Quaestor Provinciae Australiae PROVINCIA AUSTRALIA PRAETORIUM EVENTS CITIZENS HISTORY

Events and activities are hosted at the international Nova Roma level, the provincial level, and the local Municipium (Municipal Council) and Vicus (City Council) level. If a local group exists near you, you can seek information about joining from the Provincia Australia Forum.

Provincial Events

Listed here is a collection of provincial ongoing or readily available activities you can participate in or request hosted on-demand sessions. In most cases, events are organised from the availability of staff. Should you wish to see an activity hosted or otherwise assist in hosting one, please contact the Consilium Provinciae.

I. Republic of Rome Board Game Online

Cover of Republic of Rome by Valley Games (2009).

A bird's-eye view, zoomed out of the Republic of Rome by Valley Games (2009), board game hosted on Roll20.

Hosted and facilitated by D. Aurelius Legatus Pro Praetore, an open invitation is made for all to join him in a Roman themed board game. Played via the Roll20 online interface, players will get to experience the political intrigue and challenges of managing the ancient Roman Republic.

Description

The Republic of Rome is an abstraction of over 250 years of history. It simulates the politics of the Roman Senate during the republic. The players take the part of various factions vying for the control of the senate. They control the various powerful families of the time, who compete for state offices, military command, economic concessions and new adherents. To win the player must get their faction to become the most powerful in Rome. While doing this, however, a balance must be maintained. A hostile world situation, and the vagaries of the public of Rome means that the players must also cooperate so that Rome herself doesn't go down under this pressure. If Rome does not last, neither does the senate, and all players lose!

Players make proposals to the Senate which other players then vote on. A player's ability to make proposals is determined by which Offices his/her Senators hold. A player's influence in votes is determined by the number of Senators they have recruited and the level of influence those Senators have obtained. Proposals may include assigning Senators to governor provinces (generating revenue), recruiting an army to fight an external foe, addressing the concerns of the Roman people, assigning offices or prosecuting previous office holders. Players have to co-operate to overcome the various threats that the game sends against Rome (wars, famine, unrest, bankruptcy) whilst working to build their own Senators' and Generals' positions and undermine that of their opponents. A powerful General or an influential Senator may become Emperor (thus winning the game) but equally may suddenly fall to the plague or an assassin's blade.

Read more about the game itself on the Board Game Geek page.

Current Game

There is currently no live game. To apply for the next session, please email us at austnovaroma@outlook.com.

You can watch the most recent finished game on the Australia Nova Romana YouTube Playlist for ANR session 01.20 playthrough.

The live game sessions were hosted from 9.30am (Rome Time, +1 GMT) or 7.30pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, +11 GMT), Monday evenings. For those wanting to watch, a live stream was hosted via the Australia Nova Romana Twitch channel.

II. Live Roman Content - Twitch

Hosted by various citizens, D. Aurelius Legatus Pro Praetore has initiated a Twitch streaming channel to bring Roman themed content to interested viewers. The stream is hosted on the: Australia Nova Romana Twitch channel. Be sure to watch and click the 'Follow' button to support the channel.

The intent is to build a large enough following to become an associate with Twitch, where subscription proceeds will go back to helping grow Nova Roma.

Seeking Channel Hosts

If you would like to host your own segment on the channel, have a look at the available segments on this Google Calendar. Streaming as a host is open to all Nova Roma citizens. Applications for hosting requests can be sent to austnovaroma@outlook.com.

III. Greetings with the Governor

These are relaxed sessions hosted online where fellow provincial citizens can come together and socialise. Citizens can just audio call in, or video call in as the majority do. Attendees are afforded the opportunity to share ideas, collaborate and speak directly with the Governor who, of course, attends these meetings as well. The Governor will often share their ideas and direction for the coming months and can use this time to also present awards among other news.

Next Event

The next Greetings with the Governor session is not yet scheduled.

To receive updates on the next upcoming event, watch for invites on our Provincia Australia Facebook Group or email us at austnovaroma@outlook.com.

IV. QuizUp - Ancient Rome

QuizUp is a mobile app that presents short little quizzes across a range of categories. You can play solo or challenge your friends!

Ancient Rome Quiz

Of course, we recommend the Ancient Rome quiz!

Nova Roma Citizenship Test

A project of ours is an unofficial fun citizenship test, Res Publica Nova Roma, for both new and old Nova Roma citizens to test their knowledge of Nova Roma.

How to Play on PC

QuizUp is only designed for a mobile device, and as such you cannot physically do the quiz games on PC. However, using a mobile device emulator, you can login and play your favorite quizzes on a PC or laptop. We recommend you download and install BlueStacks to do this. You will login then with your Google or Apple account and download the QuizUp app.

V. Paper Soldiers

A first century Roman camp made by D. Aurelius. Paper Soldiers designed by Peter Dennis.

Paper Soldiers provide an affordable and exciting way to enter the world of tabletop wargaming. Printing or photocopying designs produced from coloured booklets or PDF files, you can create nearly any sized army you want. Get the reward of still building a tabletop force but without the hassles of painting or the cost of plastic or metal figurines. Once you have your force, you can verse other players using special rulesets for any era you choose!

Sourcing Paper Soldiers

The world leader in paper soldier design is non other than Peter Dennis. Peter Dennis is a well-known illustrator of History subjects. Military History has been his passion for as long as he can remember. He has completed over 200 books and other projects for Osprey Publishing and works on box art for many of the major Wargame miniature manufacturers. He lives in Nottinghamshire, the hub of wargames figure production in the UK.

Peter provides both fixed playable book sets for various time periods through the Helion & Company Source Book Series as well as an assortment of individual sheets for terrain and various armies from his main website, Peter's Paperboys. You can reach him and his passionate community via the Paperboys Page on Facebook.

Next Event

The next Paper Soldiers event is not yet scheduled.

To receive updates on the next upcoming event, watch for invites on our Provincia Australia Facebook Group or email us at austnovaroma@outlook.com.