Republic of Latium

This is an unofficial player group. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Zoners.

Republic of Latium
Origin	Latium
Affiliation	Zoner
Alignment	Independent
Recruitment	Click to join
Profile
Date of founding	819 A.S.
Founder(s)	Khassym
Current leader(s)	Khassym
Base of operations	unknown
Identification
Primary ID	Freelancer ID
IFF	Zoner
Tag(s)	[RoL]
Primary role
Founding a new Republic of Latium
Secondary role
Find a new prosperity in sirius
Table of contents

Introduction

Latins are refugees who fled from their home, Latium, after a devastating war against the faction of the Huns. They wandered for the universe, looking for a new home, when they finished in the system called omicron Iota. There, they were attacked by Nomads and split into groups to increase their possibility of survival. One of their convoys went in Omicron Delta through a jumphole. It was almost completely damaged and the enemy ships were reaching it, when a group of Zoner convoys, seeing it in trouble, brought Latins to safety. In gratitude, Latins decided to allied with Zoners and to respect their rules and covenants. They also try to recover the refugees dispersed in Omicron for founding the new Republic of Latium.

History

Our ancestors and the War of Sol

Our ancestors were a coalition of Nova Roma, a sect in Italy, who expressed itself through the Latin culture. The sect was dreaming of a new social order founded on the values ​​of what that was once the Roman Republic in Italy. This sense of renewal is expressed at its peak with the Allieance-Coalitation war. In that period the Italian state was corrupt and decadent, and was attacked by pro-reformist groups and popular revolts, always repressed with the use of the army. Every current reform expressed their ideas in secret meetings with some people and other groups in churcs with the support of the clerics. So were born ties between the organizations, and the Nova Roma took over the leadership of these founding the Circle of the Reformers. At the news of the destruction of the Italian fleet by the Coalition, the population fell into panic and social order seemed on the verge of collapse. It was at this point, with the terror of the imminent end of the earth, that the sect, to the leadership of the Circle of Reformers and with the consent of a small part of the population, made a radical choice. With his influence, they built some ships with which they would traveled in the universe to found a new colony. Two years later, the Alliance attacked the Coalition and the Sect take advantage of the confusion to send its ships into space.

The foundation of Latium vetus

After many years, these ships went to a new system, where the Circle of Reformers, under the leadership of the Nova Roma, founded the first colony, called Lavinium in honor of Aeneas, the main character of Aeneid to which they felt very close. After the first colony, there were other grounds, which were given Latin names of ancient cities, so the system took on the name of Latium. Also the Nova Roma found the first Republic of Latium and assumed control of the colonies, proclaiming the birth of Latium vetus, the territory occupied by them. Ignorance and indifference of the people never allowed the spread of Latin as a language, as the Sect had wanted. In reality, this language continued to belong only to clubs of reformers. The Sect seek to dissolve thes clubs to avoid the risk of an alliance between them against the excessive power which it had obtained. But Holding the power with the illusion of a Republic founded on the will of the people, they did not notice the birth of a new club, the Imperium Society, who secretly sought the leadership of Latium Vetum. While the colonies grew, others were founded and new trade routes were established. Life in the colonies was pacific and stable social order. The sect controlled the Republic through the favor of the people and the temporany leader, a member who had the task of controlling the operations of the Republic.

The expansion of the Latium Vetus and the first social conflicts

After centuries of expansion and colonization, Latium Vetus was formed by three systems, of which the first colonized and placed at the center was the Latium Centralis, while in the sides were situated the other two systems, called, respectively, Latium Ulterior and Latium Citerior. Each of these systems contained rich colonies with raw materials and outposts on major trade routes. Around the three main systems, however, there were other colonies, located in more remote areas where Latins were able to reach, but these areas were poor of primary resources and far from Latium Centralis, the center of territorial power, and then left to themselves. But despite this, the expansionist impulses of the Latins led them to populating these territories, creating a distinction between the rich and powerful internal colonies, and the poorer outer colonies, with fewer political rights and less economic possibility. Since outsiders thought that the internals wanted to keep them in that condition of poverty and backwardness, as reaction they developed a neo-Sabellic culture and a separatist sentiment against the Roman ideology and centralized of the Republic. This caused the end of the Latin expansion and the social conflict between the two movements,the first one being centralist, the second one being separatist.The political movement of the outer colonists was designed to create a federation, separated from the power of the Republic and with recognition of their civil and political rights. This led them to establish the systems of Campania and Samnium, in line with their new Sabellic culture, and created a new economic and social organization. Also, after a long period of indifference to their demands by the internals, the outsiders secretly prepared a military division in order to declare war on the Republic and definately secede from it, but the arrival of the Huns stopped their plan.

The meeting with the Huns and our collapse

During the Latin expansion and the social conflict between external and internal colonies, the following years were marked by the meeting with a faction of pirates who refused any kind of diplomacy and attacked the outer settlements. We gave them the nickname of Huns. The Imperium Society saw the collaboration with the Huns an opportunity to directly attack the Nova Roma and take command of Latium Vetus. So they organized a conspiracy against the Republic. They helped the Huns to place their ships in strategic locations, away from the watchful eye of the colonies to attack the Latin fleets by surprise. In return the Imperium Society would gain control of the colonies. In 814AS pirates attacked the Latin fleets and colonies. Before long, the Republic collapsed and the Imperium Society conquered with force the Latium Vetus. Thus began the persecution of Nova Roma members and they, with the part of Latin population still loyal to them, together with the most desperate parts of external society, tried to escape with some transports in search of a new home.

The attack of the Nomads and the new beginning

Traveling through the universe, after 5 years, the convoys reached Sirius. There were 20 ships, all transports. They were finished in the system called omicron Iota and there, they were attacked by the Nomads. Since they were totally helpless, they split into groups to increase their possibility of survival but only a group went in Omicron Delta through a jumphole. The convoy was almost completely damaged and the enemy ships were reaching them, when a group of Zoner convoys, seeing them in trouble, hit Nomads with a massive attack and brought them to safety. In gratitude, they decided to became allied with Zoners and to respect their rules and covenants. They also decided to start in Sirius the foundations to give a new prosperity to their faction. Their new Lead Consul Lucius Aurelius tooks the task of finding the remaining members lost in omicrons and found the new Repubblic of Latium. Latin members received control of the military and political branches of the new state, while Sabellics received the reins of the economy.

Goals

Our primaly roule is founding a new Republic of Latium. To meet this roule, we need to comply six goals:

1. Find our missing comrades in omicrons.

2. Exploring Sirius to see our new home and establish relationships with factions who live here. We explored Omicrons and Omega systems, so we're heading in the House spaces.

3. Accumulate wealth with commercial traffics.

4. Building outposts to facilitate commercial traffics.

5. Provide consumer goods and capital goods to our people living in Freeports.

6. Because we lost all our technology, we need to access to a new one. We'll try get it with our diplomacy.

7. To secure our people by nomads, destroy their ships in omicrons.

Diplomacy

Because we are new in the political scene, our diplomacy may change. Now we are allied with Zoners, so we will try to be friendly with all their allies, but we also want to create our own diplomacy.

Faction	Relationship
Zoners	Allied
Everyone else	Neutral
Nomads	At War
Wilde	At War

Ranking structure of the new Republic.

The new Republic is led by the triumvirate, formed by three members representing the will of every section assigned to them. The sections are seperated into three departments:

Military, Commerce, Diplomacy and Development.

Every member who representing the departmets is choosen by the members of his department with a votation.

The departments was formed by three categories:

Latin army, which fight for our safety.

Senate, which work as diplomats for the development of the faction.

Sabellic corporation, which commerce and export/import products.

Latin army

Auxiliary, Military rank trial

Legionary, Secondary Latin soldier

Centurion, First Latin soldier

Pilus Prior, Secondary Officer

Praefectus, First officer

Legatus, Leader of the Latin army and Triumvirate's member

The senate

Scribe, Senate rank trial

Scholar, Initiated member of the senate

Censor, Senate member

Aedile, Magistrate of the bases

Quaestor, Second Leader of the Senate

Consul, Leader of the Senate and and Triumvirate's member

Sabellic corporation

Miricatud, Merchant

Mamertine, (son of Mars) backbone of the Mamertine army but locked until the Sabellic corporation will not depend on the military protection of the Latins. Besides being the Military force, he will also escort the merchants.

Meddiss Degestasios, Second Quaestor

Meddiss Aticus, First Quaestor

Meddiss Toutiks, Director of the bases

Embratur, Leader of the Sabellic Corporation and Triumvirate's member

Special ranks

latin structure

Praetorian, soldiers with special authority and skills deployed as a personal guard or special task force for legion activities.

Seniority Equivalent: Centurion

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Legionary

Primus Pilus, the most senior of all the Pilus Prior. Commands the army if there is no Tribune, Preafectus or Legatus present. The peak rank for anyone not looking to enter high command and an extremely well-respected station.

Seniority Equivalent: Pilus Prior

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Pilus Prior

Tribune, a rank in both the political and military structure, giving authority to both. Generally young officers appointed by the Senate to serve as officers in the army. The senior tribune of any army is technically the 2nd in command after the Legatus. In battle however the Praefectus would normally command due to greater military experience.

Seniority Equivalen: Praefectus

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Senate Appointment

Equites, wealthy and of high standing, the equites not only trade and administer their fortunes, but also serve a military role utilizing heavy transports and liners to serve as military suppliers, battle escorts and when needed a specialty strike force.

Seniority Equivalent: Pilus Prior

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Legionary or Mercator

Structure rank of the leaders

The triumvirate is formed by the Legate, Consules and Embratur.

Legate have great military power and small diplomatic power respect the Consul = Military/diplomacy.

Consules have great diplomatic power and small military power respect the Legate = Diplomacy/military.

Embratur have great commercial power and small diplomatic power respect the Consul = Commerce/diplomacy.

Legate and Embratur have an equal diplomatic power = Legate (diplomacy) = Magister (diplomacy)

Every member of the triumvirate represents the will of his department.

Above the triumvirate is placed the leader of the whole faction:

Lead Consul, Faction Leader

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Elected

The triumvirate also has the task to oppose Lead Consul's decisions because as Republic the choices must be shared by all. In case of dispute, the consul of the Senate should act as a guide for all other latin members against the Lead Consul.