HerrLeutnant
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"It is only the dead who has seen the end of war." - Plato.
The year is 46 BC, reign of Julius Ceasar, with Rome growing ever more powerful as an empire reaching all the way to present-day Israel, it is also growing more dependant upon slaves aswell as living space for retiring legionaries, due to the Marian reforms.
Due to Rome's constantly expanding borders, it needed a constant supply of slaves to work in the mines, farms, road building etc. Since many slaves either become old, die of accidents and diseases or even by the hands of their masters. Some slaves like the Greeks whom were educated were even able to buy themselves out of slavery in time, for some of them worked as accountants and even advisors.
However, the life of a common slave is a short and brutal one, no matter which kingdom binds one's collar, working in a mine is a mere death sentence especially.
Many penalties exist for slaves if they are to break the rules of their masters, most of them include a harsh beating or crucifixion/hanging. Some claimed those who tried to escape, were fed to the tigers of the gladiatoral arena, for mere entertainment.
The Roman society is rather strict and discipline based, where anyone whom is not Roman is shunned, Greeks are looked down upon, despite the fact that they share a more-or-less similar culture, aswell as an identical religion, only difference are the names of their Gods.
Yet, many people under slavery, decided to risk their lives in hopes of becoming free than live their lives as slaves, with little chance of survival.
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And that's the intro! So, if you haven't guessed, you will take the roles of slaves under the Roman rule. Now how you became a slave is entirely up to you. Your character might of been captured during a certain battle with the Romans, or you were an ordinary citizen of a settlement that was enslaved by the Romans after conquest.
But you are not limited to that, even Roman citizens who could not pay off their debts were forced into slavery to pay for it. Whatever you choose, is up to you.
You will be allocated to a large farming estate on the outskirts of Perusia, present day "Perugia" Italy. Your first objective is to get to know your fellow men/women in bondage and escape the whips of your overseer.
But that is not the ultimate goal, your goal in general is to survive in a harsh Roman world, evade pursuing slave hunters, seek some form of respite, even commit acts of murder if it will benefits your character's survival.
The rules for this RP:
- No Godmodding.
- No multi-competent overpowered OCs - If you wish to play as a strong character from Sparta, so be it! But he shouldn't be one a hit killing machine who can masterfuly wield any weapon, even great warriors fall in battle.
- No killing player's character(s) without their permission.
- No fantasy or futuristic elements in this RP.
- No one-liners - Sometimes during the roleplay, there not much to write about, i understand! But please, try write more when there is alot going on!
- No you cannot bring your one of a kind magical spear given to you by Odin.
- And most importantly....Have fun!
- Name:
- Gender:
- Appearance: (You may decribe your character in detail instead of a picture.)
- Age:
- Where is your character from:
- Reason for enslavement:
- Military training: (Leave blank if your character didn't serve in the military)
- Abilities: (Such as knowledge of medicine, knowledge of tool/weapon crafting A.K.A blacksmith, archery, sword handling, horsemanship etc etc)
- Brief bio:
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