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Design: Graeme Davis

Additional Design: Scott Bennie (Soothsayer adventure)

Editing and Development: Spike Y Jones Additional Development and Proofreading: Robert J. Schwalb

Art Direction: Hal Mangold with Marc Schmalz Graphic Design: Marc Schmalz with Hal Mangold

Cover Art: David Leri Cartography: Hal Mangold

Interior Art: Kent Burles, David Griﬃ ths, Joseph Wigﬁ eld, Marcio Fiorito, Richard Becker

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Design: Graeme Davis

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

I NTRODUCTION .........................................................................5

C HAPTER O NE : C HARACTERS ....................................................6

Eras ..............................................................................6

Nationalities .................................................................9

C HAPTER T WO : C HARACTER C LASSES .......................................15

Core Classes ...............................................................15

Barbarian ....................................................................15

Bard ............................................................................16

Cleric ..........................................................................17

Druid ..........................................................................17

Fighter ........................................................................19

Paladin ........................................................................23

Ranger ........................................................................23

Rogue .........................................................................23

Sorcerer and Wizard...................................................23

New Class: h e Gladiator ............................................24

Adventures..................................................................24

Characteristics ............................................................24

Alignment ..................................................................24

Background ................................................................24

Game Rule Information .............................................25

Gladiator Types ..........................................................28

Prestige Classes ..........................................................29

Arcane Archer ............................................................29

Arcane Trickster .........................................................29

Archmage ...................................................................29

Assassin ......................................................................29

Blackguard ..................................................................30

Duelist ........................................................................30

Dwarven Defender .....................................................30

Eldritch Knight ..........................................................30

Hierophant .................................................................30

Horizon Walker..........................................................30

Loremaster .................................................................30

Mystic h eurge ...........................................................30

Shadowdancer ............................................................30

h aumaturgist.............................................................30

New Prestige Class: Crime Boss ...................................31

New Prestige Class: Orator ..........................................32

New Prestige Class: Pankretiast ...................................35

New Prestige Class: Soothsayer ....................................36

New Prestige Class: Vigil (Watchman) .........................38

C HAPTER T HREE : S KILLS AND F EATS ......................................40

New Skill Uses ............................................................40

New Skills ..................................................................41

New Feats ...................................................................43

C HAPTER F OUR : F AME .........................................................49

Fame Points, Modiﬁ ers, and Checks ............................49

Gaining and Losing Fame ..........................................49

Negative Fame ............................................................49

Fame Awards for Adventurers ....................................50

Uses for Fame .............................................................51

Expectations of h e Famous ........................................54

Military Honors ..........................................................55

C HAPTER F IVE : E QUIPMENT .................................................56

Gladiator Weapons .....................................................56

Alternate Names.........................................................56

New Weapons .............................................................56

Armor ........................................................................59

New Armor ................................................................59

Helmets ......................................................................60

Partial Armor..............................................................62

Equipment .................................................................62

C HAPTER S IX : R OMAN M AGIC .............................................64

Spells .........................................................................64

Druid Spells................................................................65

New Spells ..................................................................66

Magic Items ................................................................71

New Wondrous Items.................................................71

Minor Artifacts...........................................................72

Major Artifacts ...........................................................73

h e Evil Eye ................................................................74

Casting the Evil Eye...................................................74

Countering the Evil Eye.............................................75

C HAPTER S EVEN : B ESTIARY .....................................................77

Animals by Region ......................................................77

New Animals ..............................................................78

Standard Monsters ......................................................79

Variant Monsters ........................................................81

New Monsters .............................................................82

Legendary Races .........................................................86

Non-Human Races .....................................................87

Dwarves and Gnomes ................................................87

Elves ...........................................................................88

Halﬂ ings .....................................................................88

Half-Orcs ...................................................................88

Nymphs and Satyrs.....................................................88

C HAPTER E IGHT : T HE E MPIRE ..............................................89

Italy ............................................................................89

Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia ........................................90

Spain...........................................................................90

North Africa ...............................................................90

Mauretania .................................................................90

Africa .........................................................................91

Cyrenaica ...................................................................91

Egypt ..........................................................................91

h e Middle East ..........................................................91

Arabia .........................................................................91

Judea ...........................................................................92

Syria............................................................................92

Mesopotamia ..............................................................93

Asia Minor .................................................................93

Asia.............................................................................93

Cicilia, Pamphylia, and Lycia......................................94

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Cyprus ........................................................................94

Galatia and Cappadocia..............................................94

Armenia......................................................................94

Bithynia and Pontus ...................................................94

h race and Macedonia................................................95

Greece ........................................................................95

Epirus and Achaea......................................................95

Crete ...........................................................................96

Rhodes........................................................................96

h e Danube Frontier ...................................................97

Moesia ........................................................................97

Dacia ..........................................................................97

Pannonia .....................................................................97

Noricum .....................................................................97

Rhaetia .......................................................................97

Illyricum .....................................................................97

Germania....................................................................97

Gaul and Belgica ........................................................98

Britannia .....................................................................99

C HAPTER N INE : R OMAN H ISTORY ....................................100

Ancient Italy .............................................................100

h e Founding of Rome.............................................100

h e Kingdom of Rome (753–510 BC) .........................101

h e Early Republic (496–133 BC) ..............................102

h e Gauls .................................................................102

h e Conquest of Italy ...............................................102

More Samnite Wars..................................................103

h e Pyrrhic War .......................................................103

h e Punic Wars ........................................................104

Expansion of Roman Rule........................................106

h e Late Republic (133–27 BC) .................................106

Further Expansion ....................................................108

More Trouble in Gaul...............................................108

h e End of Marius ...................................................109

h e Rise of Sulla.......................................................109

h e First Triumvirate ................................................110

h e Second Triumvirate............................................112

h e Early Empire (27 BC–69 AD) ..............................113

Augustus ...................................................................113

Tiberius ....................................................................114

Gaius (Caligula) .......................................................114

Claudius....................................................................114

Nero..........................................................................115

h e Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD) ..................115

h e Middle Empire (69–235 AD) ...............................115

Vespasian ..................................................................115

Titus .........................................................................116

Domitian ..................................................................116

Nerva ........................................................................116

Trajan .......................................................................116

Hadrian ....................................................................116

Antoninus Pius .........................................................117

Marcus Aurelius .......................................................117

Commodus ...............................................................118

Septimius Severus.....................................................118

Caracalla ...................................................................119

Elegabalus and Alexander Severus ...........................119

h e Anarchy .............................................................119

Diocletian and Maximian .........................................120

Constantine ..............................................................120

h e End of Empire ....................................................121

Roman Timeline .......................................................122

C HAPTER T EN : R OMAN C ULTURE ......................................124

Roman Society ..........................................................124

Social Classes............................................................124

Women .....................................................................125

Childhood ................................................................126

Patrons and Clients ...................................................126

Careers and Oﬃ ces...................................................126

h e Calendar ............................................................128

Days of the Week .....................................................128

Hours........................................................................128

Holy Days and Festivals ...........................................129

Housing ...................................................................131

Fashion .....................................................................131

Money ......................................................................132

Foreign Currency......................................................132

Roman Names ..........................................................132

h e Army ..................................................................133

h e Legions ..............................................................133

Auxiliaries .................................................................133

h e Fleet...................................................................134

Law Enforcement .....................................................134

Bread and Circuses ....................................................135

Food .........................................................................135

h e Games................................................................135

Literature and the Arts .............................................137

C HAPTER E LEVEN : R OMAN R ELIGION ................................138

Cosmology ...............................................................138

Olympus ...................................................................138

h e Underworld .......................................................138

h e Gods ..................................................................139

Minor Gods and Spirits ...........................................142

Imported Gods .........................................................143

T HE S OOTHSAYER .................................................................145

Junius Servilius Strabo ..............................................146

h e Errand ...............................................................146

Strabo’s Estate ..........................................................146

h e Road to Cumae..................................................147

Cumae ......................................................................149

Concluding Prophecies .............................................153

Consequences ...........................................................154

B IBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................155

Ancient Sources ........................................................155

Modern Sources .......................................................155

Games ......................................................................156

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