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Bob the Lethargic has sent to us a very, very useful document, where all 40 cities of the Empire are listed with all their raw materials, their farming possibilities, the trade routes, the fishing conditions and the maximum housing level achievable...
Check it out, or print it for yourselvesright here:

On the other hand, Emperor Tomek has made en Excel spreadsheet with the best way to plan a Luxury Palace settlement; where water, space and entertainment venues are planned to its best...!!! Have a look by clicking on the little house:

Thanks to both, and check out forum number 7, as both forumers might have broader explanations of their work in there...

Real cool stuff today here...!!!
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The Animation went to the Funny Screenshots Page, and here we'll have a little new feature from now on: every week we'll portrait a roman ruler. King, general, emperor or simply an important personality. Whether grandiose or evil, charismatic or insane, they will all find a place on this page. After all, they all were part of  the cities we play, weren't they? So enjoy yourselves with the first ruler of our choice: Nero...!!!

To read what we have to say about him, go to the bottom of this page...

A harp! I need a harp...!!! A burning city for a harp...!!!
Angel Abelius

Meantime, let's see what the so publicized E3 convention brought us about Pharaoh in the city's aspect:

There will be no water transport other than the water-carrier, who will bring the precious liquid from the river to the inland, probably as far as he can. The new city structures we can say the game will have, are: a stone mason, a papyrus workshop (education), a brick workshop (essential for monument building), an embalmer for the dead and a hunter lodge...

Isn't this cool...??? Tomorrow, new details from the interview, but if you are looking for more details right now, head over here...!!!

How about a sand workshop?
Maybe there was no sand over there...??? lol...
Angel Abelius

Hey, thought we forgot this page..? No way, and here we are with a new announcement: after the Olympics are over, we'll make a nice compact of the best cities player have created during the different events. From Emperor Tomek's Massillia to Zack's Byzantium to MartyParty's Rome, it's all going to be there by just downloading one zip file...! You'll be able to see the different techniques of making a city, whether preparing it to boost into six-digit-denarii patrician towns; invincible fortresses or booming megacenters of culture and religion...!!!...

A zoom function would make this game a joy to see...!!!
Angel Abelius

Today we've been browsing around the net again, and look what we've found! This is a little, cute screenshot of a city in a game called "Corsairs", and the demo is on our PC since this afternoon. The nice details are that even birds, clouds and the water follow the wind's direction, and ships go slower if sailing against mother nature...

A zoom function would make this game a joy to see...!!!
Angel Abelius

Nero (AD 37-68), fifth emperor of Rome and the last of the Julio-Claudian line.

Born Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus on December 15, 37, at Antium and originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero was the son of the consul Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (died about 40) and Agrippina the Younger, great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. In 49 Agrippina married her uncle, Emperor Claudius I, and the following year she persuaded him to adopt her son, whose name was then changed. Later, Claudius married Nero to his daughter Octavia and marked him out for succession, bypassing his own son, Britannicus. On Claudius's death (54), the Praetorian Guards, under their prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus, Agrippina's agent, declared Nero emperor at the age of 17.

The initial five years of Nero's reign, guided by Burrus and the philosopher Seneca, Nero's tutor, were marked by moderation and clemency, although Nero had his rival Britannicus poisoned. In 59 he had his mother put to death for her criticism of his mistress, Poppaea Sabina. In 62 he divorced (and later executed) Octavia and married Poppaea. Burrus died, possibly poisoned, and Seneca retired.

In July 64, two-thirds of Rome burned while Nero was at Antium. In ancient times he was charged with being the incendiary, but most modern scholars doubt the truth of that accusation. According to some accounts (now considered spurious), he laid the blame on the Christians—few at that time—and persecuted them. He sheltered the homeless, however, and rebuilt the city with fire precautions. The building programs, like the spectacles and free grain he provided for the populace, were financed by plundering Italy and the provinces. Viewing himself as an artist and a religious visionary, he scandalized the army and aristocracy when he appeared publicly as an actor in religious dramas.

Meanwhile, the empire was in turmoil. Nero established Armenia as a buffer state against Parthia, but only after a costly, unsuccessful war. Revolts broke out in Britain (60-61) and in Judea (66-70). In 65 Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against the emperor; 18 of the 41 prominent Romans implicated in the plot perished, among them Seneca and his nephew, the epic poet Lucan. Poppaea was kicked to death by Nero, and he married Statilia Messalina after executing her husband. In 68 the Gallic and Spanish legions, along with the Praetorian Guards, rose against him, and he fled Rome. Declared a public enemy by the Senate, he committed suicide on June 9, 68, near Rome.