Game Updates

Draft images of the Royal Hall of the Emperor on the Palatine Hill from the upcoming game. We’ve been modeling buildings from the Imperial Palaces that were built on the hill. This building was originally the throne room of Domitian. We’re trying to make the Ancient Roman parts of the game as realistic as possible so that when you’re playing it will be like you were actually living in Ancient Rome. The mythology and fantasy parts of the game will give us more artistic...

Draft image of the western end of the Roman Forum. Visible are the Basilica Julia (top left), Arch of Tiberius (middle left), Rostra (lower left), Milliarium Aureum (just right of the Arch of Tiberius) Temple of Saturn (top middle), Temple of Vespasian (middle), Tabularium (top middle background), Temple of Concord (right background), Umbilicus Urbis (right foreground), and Arch of Septimius Severus...

A portion of a Roman Legion on detached duty as a temporary task force, carried a standard called a Vexillum. These detached units became know as vexillatio derived from the name of the standard they bore. Vexillum comes from the Latin word velum, meaning sail, curtain, or awning. The vexilla (plural of vexillum) were ‘little sails’ or flag-like standards. In contrast to modern day flags, the vexilla were attached to a horizontal crossbar suspended from a staff. The flag usually contained the parent legion’s...