I very much like this and think that it works great in both a narrative and storytelling perspective. I can also see some future documentary actually saying something like this as it looks back on the Roman history.
By the way, have you ever throught to create various offshoot bits of info...
Very nifty and very cool, I especially like what is going on. The various socio-polticial classes are quite interesting and provide a depth and nuance to this story that makes it more than simply "Rome Survives, so deal with it." Seriously, the fact that while they will survive but taht its...
I'm curious when the political crisis will explode into action. Because somebody has to die soon, there is no way that the Emperor can allow such an upstart to his rule remain in existence.
All in all, very entertaining, and very awesome. I like.
Well things are going down, as rifts form between senate and emperor. Eventually matters will move to the point where the Emperor will be forced to act or he will loose credibility and authority, and maybe his right to Imperium. So, because of this, he will be forced to strike down this...
I like it, and am always following new posts. :)
The story was entertaining and interesting. I find how it always rains in your stories to be an interesting aspect of the universe, and makes me wonder about weather patterns. lol Beyond that, its pretty cool.
I really liked the recent...
aww, there is a Roman split, how unfortunate. I rather have a single unified empire.
Still, your thoughts on the future are very intriguing to read. I really do like how you have written comments in say the first year of the Empire which represent what will occur centuries later.
By the...
One of the traditional Roman figures that I have a lot of respect for is Hadrian, and the Emperors directly around him. They took a faltering empire and provided some new life into it, which prolonged its existence. Now obviously there is not need for them to do the same exact thing, but as an...
I very much like the way you have written out the relations between China and Rome. I think the slow increase in connection and the spread of ideas and trade is a way to go. As well as the fact that it might make many realize the two places are not really that different. All this could aid in...
Navy!!! Rome's going to have a NAVY? Like a real, honest to god, awesomely respected and honored force, of a Navy? Awesome.
I love Rome. I really like most things about them, and I am not even bothered by some of their worse features. But the fact that the navy was never really respected in...
With so many names being thrown around (which adds to realism so I'm not complaining much) its sometimes hard to figure out which person one is talking about.
So, for example, I hadn't realized that this was Octavian Octavian, you know the one who in real history made the empire while in...
I'm curious about when it will become ROME IN SPACE!!!! hehe
Seriously, yeah, it should be interesting to read when the foreign ambassador arrives in Rome.
Also I like the various technological and cultural and legal changes that you have wrought and described. I think its pretty cool and...
How dare you plead ignorance!!!!
Just Kidding, seriously, just kidding. :)
The amount of research that you do for your setting and timeline and story, well its marvelous. If only the smallest things fit through the cracks of your research, then that is pretty awesome.
Great job on it...
You know, you mention balancing Rome out. But this doesn't have to equate to equal land. It could also cover something else, say political will or industrious resources or just cultural expectations. Something might occur that makes the Romans want China to be an independent state, and something...
Wow, I hadn't even realized that this was still being updated. For some reason I hadn't been getting emails which is weird and surprising. But I saw it again and I read through it again, and I love it.
I don't comment much in your current posts because in all honestly I have seen it before...
I love this, I loved it when it first came out and I love it now. The way you organize each year into various entries that tell about the culture, politics, war and all such thing is great. I also like the way you provide hints of future events, they make it so real.
As a note, I must say I...