The Number Pi
Irrational Number
This is my first story, it is in RFC RAND
High Earth Likeness (with a slight modification to "Italy" on the map)
Monarch Difficulty (modified to have much lower inflation and upkeep costs)
Modification: No global warming from nukees.
(No, I am not that good of a player)
I do not know how to post the larger pictures, so I will use thumbnails.
This is inspired by all the RFC stories I have seen recently:
RFC Stories
Here it goes:
Teacher: Good day class, and welcome to World History 101. Out first topic... is Rome. This part of the course will cover the rise of the mighty nation of Rome and how it reached its position of global dominance in the late 1900's, almost 200 years ago, but not how this position has been maintained, that is a future lesson.
Our story begins with the king of the Roman people, Marcus Magnus, founding the city of Roma. He ordered a great lighthouse to be constructed to celebrate the new city and all he believed it would go on to achieve. See figure 1 for a computer model of this.
Expansion over the Italian Penninsula began immediately, to the south, villagers were contacted, and they, under their leader Chief Alaric, agreed to guard the new Roman settlement of Neapolis. Image 2 on your screens displays this.
To the west Rhegium was founded to acess the rich metal desposits in the region. Rome's first contact was with the Greek people, who were friendly enough. Peaceful relations followed. To the east, a hostile village was encountered by a legion sent to explore. See image number 3 please.
Student: Wait a second, Rhegium was too far away to acess the copper and gold, why was it founded there?
Teacher: Marcus Magnus had great foresight, he knew that in time, the settlement would be able to acess all of the resources of the region, as well as the sea. This idea was applied by his successors throughout time, and is still used today on our colonies in Alpha Centurai.
Where was I? Oh yes, the hostile village. The Roman legions were far superior to the barbarian military in dicipline and supply, and they were easily defeated. For a picture of this battle, see image number 4.
This military success, though small, was the first battle fought be the Romans. Naturally, it was exagurated by those that spoke of it, and this made the Romans considered to be the third most powerful civilization in the world at the time, according to the historian Livy. See image 5.
The lighthouse whose construction was started by Marcus Magnus was completed around this time. The architect was Marcellus Maximus. Materials were imported from the arcoss the empire and its neighbors. It was an extremely effective method of navigation in ancient times, and it increased Roman trade by a significant degree. Merchants from around the Mediterranean Sea came to see the lighthouse and trade. The lighthouse still stands today, and is currently a museum. Image 6 contains a good picture of the lighthouse.
As the calander did not exist in Rome yet, we only know the order of events, but not their exact dates. We do know that a medical plant or herb was discovered after the lighthouse's completion and that extensive tests were done to implement it. The scienntist that discovered it was called Julianus Flavius. He laid the foundation for modern medicne, and doctors today still take the Flavian Oath. The origin of this plant and its use in treatment has been attributed by modern historians to the trade that passed through the empire, introducing new ideas and methods of doing thiings. Image 7.
Here we have a strange occourance, artisans refusing to continue to work. The reigning king, Romulus Tiberius, was a very supersticious man, and he wanted an oracle built to consult with. But about halfway through its construction, the srtisand working on it felt that its artistic value had been lost, that it was somehow less origional. An artisan, whose name has been lose, wrote:
Image 8.
Image 9 contains a map of the world known by the Romans, it was drawn by Julius Crassus. The Romans could have easily expanded into this territory, but at the time, expansion was not valued. The mindset of the leaders and people was that the land was not worth the effort, that they already controlled the best land there was. This would later have huge consequences for the Roman Empire.
The explorer Augustus Varro describes a settlement off the Roman and Greek boarder, inhabited by people called Celts. The settlement was called Ak Ink, better known to all of you as Aquincum. See image 10.
In the year 110, calander has been obtained from a distant people, the religion Christanity emerged. It-
BUZZZZZZZZZ
Well, that's all the time for today, homework is to review your notes, there will be a test once this unit has been completed.
Student: *whispering* Can you believe this guy? This is soooo boring, we all know that Rome dominates the world-we live in the capital after all!
High Earth Likeness (with a slight modification to "Italy" on the map)
Monarch Difficulty (modified to have much lower inflation and upkeep costs)
Modification: No global warming from nukees.
(No, I am not that good of a player)
I do not know how to post the larger pictures, so I will use thumbnails.
This is inspired by all the RFC stories I have seen recently:
RFC Stories
Here it goes:
Teacher: Good day class, and welcome to World History 101. Out first topic... is Rome. This part of the course will cover the rise of the mighty nation of Rome and how it reached its position of global dominance in the late 1900's, almost 200 years ago, but not how this position has been maintained, that is a future lesson.
Our story begins with the king of the Roman people, Marcus Magnus, founding the city of Roma. He ordered a great lighthouse to be constructed to celebrate the new city and all he believed it would go on to achieve. See figure 1 for a computer model of this.
Expansion over the Italian Penninsula began immediately, to the south, villagers were contacted, and they, under their leader Chief Alaric, agreed to guard the new Roman settlement of Neapolis. Image 2 on your screens displays this.
To the west Rhegium was founded to acess the rich metal desposits in the region. Rome's first contact was with the Greek people, who were friendly enough. Peaceful relations followed. To the east, a hostile village was encountered by a legion sent to explore. See image number 3 please.
Student: Wait a second, Rhegium was too far away to acess the copper and gold, why was it founded there?
Teacher: Marcus Magnus had great foresight, he knew that in time, the settlement would be able to acess all of the resources of the region, as well as the sea. This idea was applied by his successors throughout time, and is still used today on our colonies in Alpha Centurai.
Where was I? Oh yes, the hostile village. The Roman legions were far superior to the barbarian military in dicipline and supply, and they were easily defeated. For a picture of this battle, see image number 4.
This military success, though small, was the first battle fought be the Romans. Naturally, it was exagurated by those that spoke of it, and this made the Romans considered to be the third most powerful civilization in the world at the time, according to the historian Livy. See image 5.
The lighthouse whose construction was started by Marcus Magnus was completed around this time. The architect was Marcellus Maximus. Materials were imported from the arcoss the empire and its neighbors. It was an extremely effective method of navigation in ancient times, and it increased Roman trade by a significant degree. Merchants from around the Mediterranean Sea came to see the lighthouse and trade. The lighthouse still stands today, and is currently a museum. Image 6 contains a good picture of the lighthouse.
As the calander did not exist in Rome yet, we only know the order of events, but not their exact dates. We do know that a medical plant or herb was discovered after the lighthouse's completion and that extensive tests were done to implement it. The scienntist that discovered it was called Julianus Flavius. He laid the foundation for modern medicne, and doctors today still take the Flavian Oath. The origin of this plant and its use in treatment has been attributed by modern historians to the trade that passed through the empire, introducing new ideas and methods of doing thiings. Image 7.
Here we have a strange occourance, artisans refusing to continue to work. The reigning king, Romulus Tiberius, was a very supersticious man, and he wanted an oracle built to consult with. But about halfway through its construction, the srtisand working on it felt that its artistic value had been lost, that it was somehow less origional. An artisan, whose name has been lose, wrote:
For months my fellow artisans and I have laboured on this great monument, toiled to build [the king's] greatest monument. But suddenly, where satisfaction with the work once was, only emptiness remains, we cannot continue.
Image 8.
Image 9 contains a map of the world known by the Romans, it was drawn by Julius Crassus. The Romans could have easily expanded into this territory, but at the time, expansion was not valued. The mindset of the leaders and people was that the land was not worth the effort, that they already controlled the best land there was. This would later have huge consequences for the Roman Empire.
The explorer Augustus Varro describes a settlement off the Roman and Greek boarder, inhabited by people called Celts. The settlement was called Ak Ink, better known to all of you as Aquincum. See image 10.
In the year 110, calander has been obtained from a distant people, the religion Christanity emerged. It-
BUZZZZZZZZZ
Well, that's all the time for today, homework is to review your notes, there will be a test once this unit has been completed.
Student: *whispering* Can you believe this guy? This is soooo boring, we all know that Rome dominates the world-we live in the capital after all!
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