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107BC Research Needed
#1
I'm currently working on a project "In my signature" which requires accurate information regarding allies, and other nations during the time of the Republic in 107BC. Anybody have an accurate map of the world outlining boundaries, and a list of nations that would have been around during this time?.. Also tribal/cultural/religious information as well. (Which would be non-Greek/non-Roman)

The thing is I'm working on an online MMORPG based on a Roman Theme and it requires a lot of research all the help I could get would be greatly appreciated.
Jason
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#2
There aren't much maps of that time. You see the maps that reached us today do only represent the world in the time of Caesar's death, in 44 BC, or in the truly known Empire. We know that there were many germanic tribes either allied to Rome or not, but nothing more than that. Mostly there were the Ptolemies, in Egypt, and if I'm right the Parthians, in the East. Then there was Pontus, that powerful kingdom which fought against Rome in the reign of Mithridates VI, and Armenia, a kingdom probably not yet allied to Pontus in that time. A small part of the coast of Asia Minor and that region known as Cilicia were dominated by the romans, as well as a very straight territory in Northern Syria. In Judaea, there was civil war between the Jews. In Africa, there were the Numidians, whose kingdom was most probably allied to Rome but that then, with the usurper Jugurta, were declared enemies of the Roman People and later defeated by Marius.
There were also pirates around the Mediterranean, mostly the Cilician Pirates. They sacked many cities in the coasts of the Mediterranean, and they were only truly defeated by Pompey Magnus, much later than 107 BC.
There were also thracians and dacians in the Balkans, surrounding that territory that they (and we) called of Greece. There isn't much more about that time, and maps isn't just what you can find! There are some maps in [url:29ts1z94]http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Maps/Periods/Roman/home.html[/url], which are most useful. I can't tell you much more, but search that link. You can also search for Plutarch's life of Marius, which can barely indicate how was the world at the time when Marius rised to power (around 107 BC).
Marcus Manlius Varro, born in the Province of Lusitannia
(Antonio Araujo)
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#3
Much helpful thank you. I have mostly everything organized so far reigning kings and such... the MMORPG game I'm doing focus' on Rome. So GM's have to play the other (NPC Kingdoms) so far I have finished most research regarding the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empire.

Ruler of the Ptolemaic Empire Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyros

Antiochus VIII Grypus of the Northern Seleucids. However, his cousin Antiochus IX Cyzicenus controls a separate domain in the south fracturing the empire. If you want you can check out the project in the works we currently have a wiki to record "player" profiles and nation history. http://www.RiseofRome.org/wiki

Note: It is still very early on as I have just uploaded the site the other day.
Jason
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#4
The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 9 could be very helpful. Unfortunately I don't know of any electronic versions of their maps, though. I could have sworn I've seen some CAH in google books, but I can't seem to find anything at the moment.
David J. Cord
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#5
I visited your site, it's really cool. I'm going to subscribe as soon as you finish it. But just one thing: Brutus wasn't a gens. The gens ot the Brutii family was the Junii.That mistake ocurred in the PC game Rome: Total War, but I'm just warning you about that.
I advise to place all the roman magistracies: the quaestors, the two plebeian aediles, the two curulian aediles, the praetor peregrinus (the one who is in charge for Italy), the four praetors (one for Hispania Ulterior, one for the Citerior, one for Sicily and another for Corsica/Sardinia) and the ten plebeian tribunes. You can also put both censors, who are essencial in the public life. I just don't say senators because there were 300, but as soon as you have enough players it should work. At last, there were many proconsuls, or governors, and you have to count the provinces to number them. I only remember the following provinces (excluding Spain, Sicily and Corsica/Sardinia):
- Transalpine Gaul;
- Cisalpine Gaul;
- Illyria et Dalmatia;
- Macedonia;
- Epirus;
- Greece;
- Asia Pr.;
- Cilicia;
- Syria;
- Crete & Cirenaica;
- and Africa.
It's only an advise which, in my opinion, could be good for your work.
Marcus Manlius Varro, born in the Province of Lusitannia
(Antonio Araujo)
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