A game by Dominique Ehrhard – Illustrations by Arnaud Demaegd – Design by Cyril Demaegd FAQ, forum & 2-player variant: http://www.ystari.com

Contents ●1Rome board ●40tiles(32xBuildings,4xRevenues,4x50 points) ●Approximately40cubesand4markersinfourcolours:blue,red,black,white ●117Res Publicatokens:CivicSpirit(violet),Leisure(green),Health(blue) ●1Faminetoken(yellow) ●40deniercoins(35 x 1 denier, 5 x 5 deniers) ●60cards(40xCharacter,7xGreat Works,10xEvents,3xCrane) ●4screens(1perplayer) ●1turncounter(yellow) ●Thisrulebookandgameaids

Once upon a time…Theyearis79BC.Sylla,theuncontestedmasterofRome,ispreparingtoabdicate.DuringhisreigntheRomansenatehasrediscovered itsgloryandmanyarethepretenderstohissupremepower.ButRomeisaficklemistress;thepeoplearehungryandwantforbreadandcircuses.Onlythemostcunningpoliticianscantakeadvantageofthesituation…

PreparationAdvice: before playing your first game, read the Principles of Play on the next page.

Note: these rules are for a 4-player game. Adjustments for 3 players can be found at the end of this leaflet.●Theboardisplacedinthemiddleofyourplaysurface.TheEcclesiacardisreservedfortheendofthegameandshouldbeplacedtothesideoftheboard.●Buildingtilesaresortedbyletter(A,BandC)andshuffledseparately.Theyarepiled,facedownontheboard,Ctilesfirst,thenBandfinallyA.Thefirst6Atilesareplacedfaceupatthebottomoftheboardbythecolouredlocations.●TheDecadenceEventcardisplacedinthemarkedlocationonthebottomright-handsideoftheboard.TheotherEvent cardsareshuffledandpiled,facedown,ontheboard.ThreemoreEventcardsaredealtandplacedfaceupontherightoftheboard,aboveDecadence.●TheGreat Workscardsareshuffledandpiledfaceupontheboard.Thefirstoneisremovedfromthegame.(AllplayerswillthereforeknowwhichGreatWorkwillnotbebuiltinthegame.)ThenextcarddownbecomesvisibleandwillrepresenttheGreatWorkthatwillbebuiltinthefirstturn.●ThreeRes Publicatokens(oneofeachtype)areplacedinthecentralsquareoftheRes Publicaladderontheboard.Theywillbemarkers.TheotherRes Publicatokensshouldbekeptclosetothegameboard.TheFaminemarkerisplacedonthefirstspaceoftheladder.●Eachplayerreceivesoneofthe4Revenuetiles(numberedItoIV)atrandomandtakesthesetofCharactercardswiththesamenumber.Eachplayersecretlychooses4charactersandplacesthemfacedowninfrontofhim.Whenallplayershavechosen,eachonerevealstheir4characters.AlltheotherCharactercardsareshuffledandpiledonthegameboard,facedown.Thetop6cardsfromthepilearedealtoutandplacedtotheleftoftheboard,faceup.●Eachplayertakesonescreen,allthecubesofonecolourand3deniersplus 1 denier per Merchant, thenplaceshismar-keron“10”oftheRoadtoGlory.Theremainingmoneyisgatheredandplacedbesidetheboard,formingthestockpile.Note: screens are used to hide a player’s money and Res Publica tokens. All other game elements should stay visible for the duration of the game.●Theturncounterisplacedonthecircular“I”ontheboard.Theplayerwiththerevenuetilemarkedwith“I”becomesFirstConsul.

Object of the gamePlayers take the roleofRomansenators in theirquest forglory.TheyusetheirfortunesandtheirconnectionstobuildgreatworksandresolvethepoliticalproblemsoftheRepu-blic.AttheendofthegametheplayerwiththemostprestigewinsandtakescontrolofRome.

Sylla

The development of Sylla was particularly long and painful, passing through many themes, more or less complicated me-chanics and unceasing adjustment in order to perfectly balance the game. It is therefore with enormous gratitude that I would like to thank the following for their patience and good advice: Pascale, Thomas, Guillaume, Michel, Monsieur Phal, Docteur Mops, Eric, Gérard, Josianne, Jean, Violaine and of course Cyril and the whole Ystari team (Thomas, Nath, Re-naud, Dom, Thomas and William) who sacrificed countless sleepless nights to make a better game.

Acknowledgements

A

B

CD

EF G

H

JK

L M

N

O

P

R IQ

Principles of PlayPlayerstakeontheroleofSenatorsand,inthecourseofagame,progressalongtheRoadtoGlory(A).

Theyhave toconstantlykeepwatchover thesituation inRome: theRes Publica ladder (B)shows thecurrentstateofthecontentmentofthepeopleinmattersofCivicSpirit(purplemarker),Health(bluemarker),Leisure(greenmarker)andFamine(yellowmarker).TheRes Publicamarkersconstantlyfluctuatebetweencrisis(ontheleft)andideal(ontheright),whereastheFaminemarkerbeginsat0(ontheleft)andmovestotherightasthefamineworsens.Attheendofthegame,theRes Publicatokensthatplayershaveearnedwillbeworthanumberofpointsdependingonthepositionsofthemarkers.Duringthegame,afaminewilllosepointsforplayerswhoareunabletofeedenoughbreadtothePlebeians(thegeneralbodyofRomancitizens).

Playersarehelpedbythefollowingcharacters:Senators(C),Merchants(D),Legionaries(E),VestalVirgins(F)andSlaves(G),ofwhichsomeareadeptsofacuriousreligionfromtheEast,Christianity,whichhasafishasitssymbol(H).Eachturn,charactersassistplayersinbuyingbuildings(I).Inaddition,eachcharacter(withtheexceptionofaSlave)hasauniquepower(J)whichtheymayuseoverthecourseofaturnifthatcharacterhasnotbeenusedtobuyabuilding.

EachturnofthegamerepresentsatimeperiodthatispunctuatedbytheerectingofaGreatWorkandisdividedinto7phases:

I) First Consul:theFirstConsulofthecomingturniselectedbytheplayers.Forthis,eachplayercancountontheirSena-torsandspenddeniersiftheywish.TheFirstConsulcanexercisespecialprerogativesoverthecourseoftheturn.

II) Recruitment:eachplayerrecruitsanewcharacterfromthosevisibleontheleftoftheboard.

III) Buildings:playersmaybuybuildingsthatareputupforsale.Forthistheyusethecolouredhexagons(K)thatareontheircharactercards.Eachcharacterthatisusedtobuyabuildingshouldbeturnedtothesideandtheirpowerswillnotbeavailablefortheremainderofthatturn.Buyingbuildingsallowsplayerstoacquirebenefits(prestige,money,tokens,etc.)thattheymayuseeitherstraightawayoreachturn.

IV) Revenue:playerstaketheirrevenues.IfsomeplayershaveMerchantsthathavenotbeenturnedtotheside,theygetmore.

V) Events:thankstotheirVestalVirginsandtheirLegionarieswhohavenotbeenturnedtotheside,playerscollectivelyfightthreatsthatjeopardizethesafetyofRome.Eachturn,ofthefourEventsinplay,twowilloccurandtwowillbepreven-ted.OneoftheEventswillbecompletelyremovedfromthegame.TherearevariouselementsoneachEventcard:•Politicaltendency(L):indicatesthetypeofRes Publicatokenthatwillbeearnedbytheplayerswhofightthisevent.•Legionary/VestalVirgin(M):indicatesthetypeofcharacter(sometimesboth)whocanbeusedtopreventthisevent.•Negativeeffect(N):indicatestheconsequenceoftheeventifitisnotprevented.AneventusuallyhasanegativeeffectontheRes Publicaladder,orontheplayers’zonesofplay.•Famine(O):certaineventscarryafaminesymbol.Theyaffecttheleveloffamineduringthegame.

VI) Great Works:eachturnaGreatWork(P)iscollectivelyconstructedbythoseplayerswhowishtobuildit.Inordertodothis,playersvoteusingSenatorswhohavenotbeenturnedtotheside,andpossiblydenierstoo.ThosewhodonotwishtotakepartintheprojectcangainprestigebygivingtothePlebeians.GreatWorkscanearnprestige,andcanalsohaveapositiveeffectonthetokensonthe Res Publicaladder.

VII) Famine and Crisis:duringthisphase,playershavetofeedthepeopleofRomeusingtheirfields(Q).Playerswhoareunabletofeedtheirpeopleloseprestige.Finally,iftheRes Publicatokensareinthecrisiszone(R),crisesmaytakeplace,duringwhichplayerswillhavetoprovetothepeoplethattheyareworkingforthegreatergood,orloseevenmoreprestige.

ThegameisoverafterfiveturnsandplayershavethechancetovaluetheirChristiancharactersandfreetheirslaves.PlayersthenrevealtheirRes Publicatokens,whichearnthemasmanyprestigepointsastherelevantmarkerontheRes Publica ladder.Theplayerwiththemostprestigewinsthegame...

Symbols

Civic Spirit Health Leisure Res Publica Famine Christian

Agameisseparatedinto5turns.Agameturnismadeupof7phases.Aftereachphase,thephasemarkerismovedbytheFirstConsul.

Order of playGame turn

I - First Consul1) ElectionTheFirstConsulof thepreceding turnoffersanumberofvotestoremainFirstConsulforthenewturn.Eachface-upSenatorinhisgamezoneisequaltoonevote.InadditiontotheSenators,playersmayspendasmanydeniersastheywish.Onedeniercountsforonevote.

The other players, moving clockwise, can either pass oroffer a higher number of votes (Senators + deniers) thanthehighestnumberthusfar.Whenallplayershavespokenonce,theonewiththehighestofferbecomesFirstConsul.Hepaysthenumberofdeniersheofferedforvotesintothestockpile(theotherplayerspaynothing)andhebecomesthenewFirstConsul.

2) Res PublicaTheFirstConsultakesoneResPublicatokenofhischoicefromthepileandplacesitbehindhisscreen.Note: all other players must be shown the colour of the to-ken.

3) FamineTheFirstConsulmovesthefaminemarkerasmanyplacestotherightasthetotalofallthefaminesymbolsonthefourEventcardsthatareinplay.Note: the marker cannot go past the last place on the right (6 points).

First Consul: Blue, who picked tile “I”, begins the game as First Consul. He has two Senators and offers 3 votes. Red passes, as does White. Black, who has one Senator, offers 4 votes and therefore becomes First Consul for the turn. He pays 3 deniers to the stock pile (3 deniers + 1 Senator = 4 votes) and takes 1 Res Publica token of his choice.

Recruitment: Black, as First Consul, begins. He chooses a Sla-ve, Blue takes a Legionary, Red a Senator and White a Vestal Virgin. The two remaining cards are placed at the bottom of the Character card pile.

Buildings: Black, as First Consul, offers a Field for sale. As the Field is in the grey zone, the purchase must be made with this colour. Blue offers 2 grey, Red passes, White offers 3 grey and Black decides to pass. White takes the Field, which he places in his zone of play...

II - RecruitmentStartingwith theFirstConsulandmovingclockwise,eachplayerchooses one Character cardfromthosefaceupontheleftoftheboardandplacesitinhiszoneofplay.Whenalltheplayershavechosen,theremainingcardsareplacedatthebottomoftheCharactercardpile.

III - BuildingsNote: the effects of different buildings are described at the end of the rules.

First building:The First Consul selects one of the sixBuilding tiles andoffersitforsale.Thesale colour(red,yelloworgrey)isde-terminedbythetile’spositionontheedgeoftheboard,andonlyCharactersbearingthiscolourcanbeusedtobuythebuilding.Thesale colourdetermineswhichCharacterscanbeusedtobuythebuilding.

Tostart, thepersonwhocomesclockwise after the First Consul passesoroffersanamounttobuythebuilding.Theamountrepresentsthenumberofcharacterswiththerele-vantcolouredhexagononthetopoftheircardthattheplayeriswillingto“spend”(seebelow).

Movingclockwise, andending with the First Consul, eachplayermayspeakonceorpass.

Note : if all players pass, the building is discarded.

Famine: Black, as First Consul, moves the Famine marker. Of the 4 Event cards in play, 2 have a famine symbol (top right of the card). The Famine marker is moved 2 places to the right.

Theplayerwhohasmade thebestoffergets thebuildingandputsitintotheirzoneofplay.ItispaidforbyturningtothesideanumberofCharacter cardsthatfeatureahexagonofthesalecolourequaltothesumoffered.

Note: all Character cards turned this way cannot be used for the rest of the turn, either to buy other buildings or to use a special power (see below).

Subsequent buildings:TheplayerwhoboughtthelastbuildingoffersanewBuilding tile for sale.Moving clockwise, eachplayer,starting with the one after him,mayofferasumtobuythebuildingortheymaypass.

Playcarriesonthiswayuntil5 Building tiles havebeenputupforsale.Theremainingtileisremovedfromthegameandplayersmovetothenextphase.

IV - RevenueStartingwiththeFirstConsulandmovingclockwise,playerstaketheirrevenuefromthepileanduseanybuildingswitheffectsthathappeninphaseIV.

Note: each player’s starting tile earns them 3 deniers during each revenue phase.

Inaddition,eachMerchantcardthatisfaceupinazoneofplayandnotturnedtothesideearns1 denierforitsowner(takenfromthestockpile).

V - EventsNote: the effects of different Events are described on the “Events” page.

1) PlacementAllplayersplaceoneoftheircolouredcubesoneachoftheirfaceupVestal VirginandLegionarycharactersthataren’tturnedtotheside.

Startingwith theFirstConsulandmovingclockwise,eachplayermustplaceonecubeupononeoftheEventcardsinplay.Todo this, theymust takenoteof thecharacter typeshownontheEvent card:aVestalVirgincubemaybepla-cedonlyonacardthathastheVestalVirginsymbolonitandaLegionarycubemaybeplacedonlyonacardthathastheLegionarysymbolonit.

Playersproceeduntilallthecubeshavebeenplaced.

Note: it is possible for a player who has more cubes than the others to place a series of cubes one after the other.

2) Allocation of Res Publica tokensForeachofthefirst3Events,theplayerwhohasplacedthemostcubesontheEvent cardgains1Res Publicatokenofthecolourindicatedonthecard.Ifmorethanoneplayerhasplacedthesameamountofcubes,eachgains1Res Publica token.

Note: if no players have placed any cubes on an Event card, no tokens are allocated for that Event.

FortheDecadencecardtheplayer(orplayers)whohaspla-cedthemostcubesgains1prestigepoint.

Buildings: White, to pay for the Field, must turn to the side 3 characters with grey hexagons. He chooses 1 Slave and 2 Mer-chants from his characters. He then offers a new building for sale (and makes his offer last).

Revenue: - Black takes 5 deniers (Revenue + Stall card).- Blue also takes 5 deniers (Revenue + 2 non-turned Merchant characters).- Red takes 3 deniers (Revenue) and chooses to use his Private Temple. He spends 2 deniers to get a Res Publica token (colour of his choice).- White takes 5 deniers (Revenue + Stall card). His Merchants, used in the example above, do not bring him any revenue be-cause they are turned to the side.

1) Placement: players place their cubes on Vestal Virgin and Legionary characters that are upright. White, who has used all of his Character cards, cannot take part in this phase. Black begins by placing his single cube on Decadence. Blue places a cube on the same card. Red places 1 cube (it must be from a Vestal Virgin) on Famine. Black has no more cubes so Blue places his last Legionary cube on Revolt. Red finishes up by placing his last Legionary cube on Decadence.2) Tokens: Red is in a majority on Famine so earns a “Health” token. Blue earns a “Leisure” token because of his majority on Revolt. The Imperial Cult earns tokens for nobody. Finally Red, Blue and Black each earn 1 prestige point because they all have the same number of cubes on Decadence.

3) Event effectsNomatterhowmanycubeshavebeenplacedonthecards,two eventswill occur and twowill be prevented.The twoeventswiththemostcubesonthem(regardlessofcolour)are prevented and will not occur this turn. The two othereventswilltakeplace(seethe«Events»playeraid)andtheireffectsareapplied,withtheeventontophappeningfirst.

Ifeventshavethesamenumberofcubesonthem,theFirstConsuldecideswhicheventsarepreventedandwhichtakeplace,asneeded.

4) Cancelling an effectOfthetwoeventsthatwereprevented,theonewiththemostcubes on it is completely resolved and removed from thegame.Ifthetwoeventshavethesamenumberofcubes,theFirstConsuldecideswhicheventisremoved.

Exception: Decadence is a permanent problem in Rome and cannot be removed from the game. In the case where Deca-dence is the Event that should be removed from the game, the other Event that was prevented is removed instead.

Some events have negative effects that take place in aplayer’szoneofplay.(Forexample,PillageforcesplayerstotaketheirStallsoutofplay.)Whenaneventlikethisisremo-vedfromthegame, itsnegativeeffectsceaseandplayersmayreturnaffectedtilesandcardsfaceupintheirzonesofplay.Thesetilesandcardsareoperationalagainfromthenon.

Note: see the “Events” player aid for more details on nega-tive effects.

DrawaneweventfromthepileofEventcardsandplaceitintheemptyslotintherowofEventcards.Playerstakebackalltheircubes.

VI - Great WorksNote: the effects of different Great Works are described on the “Great Works” player aid.During this phase, players together construct the GreatWorkthatisonthetopoftheGreat Workspile,althoughtheymaychoosenottoworkontheproject,infavourofdevotingthemselves to thePlebeians. Ineither case,each face-upanduprightSenatorinaplayer’szoneofplaycountsforonevote,andeachdenierputincountsforonevote.

TheGreatWork isplaced faceupat the topof theboard(revealing theGreatWork thatwill be realized in thenextturn).Eachplayercan,iftheywish,putdeniersintheirhandfromtheirreserve.Eachplayerthenholdstheirfistinfrontofthemwiththethumbouthorizontally.Then,atthesametime,allplayerseitherpoint their thumbseitherup, if theywishtofinancetheGreatWork,ordown,iftheywishtogivetothePlebeians.

1) PlebeiansFor each set of 2 votes (Senators + deniers), the playergains1 prestige point.Thedeniersputinarepaidintothestockpile.

2) Great WorkPlayersmarktheirpointsandpossiblymovethepositionofthemarkerson theResPublica ladder,dependingon thetermsgivenonthe“GreatWorks”playaid.All the deniers used by players are placed in the stock pile.

TheGreatWorkisnowturnedfacedown.

3) Effect: Decadence, with 3 cubes on it, is prevented. Famine and Revolt have one cube on each so Black, as First Consul, may choose. He owns Slaves so decides to prevent the Revolt. So, the effect of Famine is applied (the Famine marker is moved one place to the right) as well as Imperial Cult (the Civic Spirit marker is moved one place to the left).

4) Removal: Decadence, with the most cubes on it, should be removed from the game but because it is impossible to remove this Event, remove Revolt (the other Event that was prevented) instead. Finally a new Event card is put in place of Revolt.

Great Works: the Public Baths card is placed at the top of the board, and the next Great Work is revealed to the players. the players vote to build the Public Baths. Blue has pointed his thumb down and did not use any deniers. With 2 available Se-nators, he has 2 votes and moves up one prestige point.Red, who put in 3 deniers and has 1 available Senator, has 4 votes, same as White (4 deniers). Black put in 1 denier but his Senator is turned to the side so he has only 1 vote.Red and White therefore gain 5 prestige points. Black (third place) gets nothing.In total, the Great Work got 9 votes, so the Health marker is mo-ved one place to the right. With just one more vote the marker would have moved 2 places.The Public Baths card is now turned face down.

VII - Famine & Crisis

End of turn●6new Character cardsareplacednexttotheboard.●6newbuildingsareplacedintheBuildingzoneatthebot-tomofthegameboard.●Characterswhowereturnedontheirsideareplacedup-right.●Thephasemarkerisreplacedon“I”.

End of game

Famine: the Famine marker is situated on “3”. In theory each player should lose 3 prestige points, but White has a Field tile and therefore subtracts 2 from this total. White loses 1 prestige point.

Crisis: on the fourth turn of the game, a Civic Spirit crisis occurs (the Civic Spirit marker is positioned on the far left of the ladder). All the players reveal their Civic Spirit tokens. Blue has 4 tokens, White and Red have 2 tokens, Black has 1 token: Blue gains 3 prestige points and Black loses 3. If the Civic Spirit marker is still in the same position in the next turn, another Civic Spirit crisis will occur.

End of the game: Red has 3 Christian Characters, and therefore gets 6 prestige points. He pays 2 deniers for each of his two Sla-ves and gets 6 more points. Finally, he tallies up his counters in relation to the position of the markers on the Res Publica ladder. He has 8 Health tokens (3 points per token), 5 Leisure tokens (3 points per token) and 3 Civic Spirit tokens (1 point per token).

1) FamineThepositionoftheFaminetokenontheResPublicaladdershowsthecurrentleveloffamine.

Eachplayerlosesanumberofprestigepointsequaltotheleveloffamineless2pointsperFieldvisibleintheirzoneofplay.

Notes : - Players may not have less than 0 prestige.- A player with enough Fields to go above the famine level does not gain prestige points.

2) CrisisIfaRes Publicamarker(Health,CivicSpiritorLeisure)isintheCrisisZone,thattypeofpoliticalcrisisoccurs.

Allplayersmust revealall theirRes Publica tokensof thecolourconcerned:●Theplayerorplayerswiththemost tokensimmediatelygains 3 prestige points(thepeopledonotconsiderthemresponsibleforthecrisis–quitetheopposite).●Theplayerorplayerswith the fewest tokens immediatelyloses 3 prestige points(thepeopleconsiderthemrespon-siblefor thecrisis).PlayersthenreplacetheirRes Publica tokensbehindtheirscreens.

Thegameendsat thecloseof thefifth turn.AsixthGreatWork(Ecclesia)isrealized,withthefollowingeffects:● Advent of ChristianityEach ChristianCharacter(fishsymbol)thatisfaceup(evenifitisturnedtotheside)inaplayer’szoneofplayearns2 prestige points forthatplayer.● Freeing of slavesPlayersmay freeallSlaves thatare faceup (even if theyareturnedtotheside)bypaying2 deniers per Slave.EachSlavethatisfreedearns 3 prestige pointsforthatplayer.●Political outcomePlayers all reveal their Res Publica tokens. The positionoftherelevantmarkerontheRes Publica ladderindicatesthenumberofprestigepointsthateachtokenisworthtoaplayer.Note: Surplus money does not earn prestige.

TheplayerwhoisthefarthestalongtheRoadtoGlorytakescontrolofRomeandwinsthegame.Incaseofatieforfirstplace,allof theplayersarevictorious.Theywillshare thedestinyoftheRepublicforbetterorforworse!

3 playersA3-playergameworksinexactlythesamewayasa4-playergame,butthefollowingadjustmentsshouldbemade: ● Inthepreparationstage,playerschoose6Charactersinsteadof4fromtheirsetofcards.● IneachphaseII,playersrecruit1 Character cardfromachoiceof5thatareplacedfaceup,insteadof6.● IneachphaseIII,playersmaybuy4buildingsinsteadof5.Asaconsequence,thelast2buildingsareremovedfromthegame.

Buildings

Stall: each Stall that a player ownsearnsthem2deniersduringphaseIV(Revenue).

Field: eachField that a player ownsreducesby2thenumberofpointsthattheplayerlosesineachphaseVII(Fa-mineandCrisis).

Crane: whenaplayergainstheCrane tile, they discard it immediately andreplace itwithaCranecard that theyplace, on its side, among their Cha-racters.StartingwiththenextturntheymayuseitasaCharacter cardduringphaseIII(Buildings).Note : Cranes may be affected by the Flood event.

Private Temple: ineachphaseIV(Re-venue),theownerofaPrivate Temple mayspend2deniers toobtainaRes Publicatokenoftheirchoice.

Tavern: during phase IV (Revenue),theownerofaTavernmaymove theRes Publica markeroftheirchoiceonestep.However, theymaynotmoveamarker that has already beenmovedbyanotherTavern during that phase.ItispossibletouseaTavernto“block”a Res Publica markeratitshighestorlowestvalue.

Insula: whenaplayergainstheInsula tile, they discard it immediately andtake 2 Res Publica tokens to placebehindtheirscreen.

Triumphal Arch: whenaplayergainsthis tile, they discard it immediatelyandgain6prestigepoints.

Statue:whenaplayer gains this tile,theydiscarditimmediatelyandgain4prestigepoints.

Bank: whenaplayer gains theBank tile, they discard it immediately andgain5deniersfromthestockpile.

Events

Epidemic: theHealthmarkerismovedoneplacetotheleft.

Eruption: the Leisure marker is movedoneplacetotheleft.

Famine: theFaminemarkerismovedoneplacetotheright.

Imperial Cult: the Civic Spirit marker ismovedoneplacetotheleft.

Christian Persecution: eachplayerturnsoneoftheirChristian Charactercardsfacedown.ThatCharacterhasnoeffectaslongas this Event remains in play. Once theEventisremovedfromthegame,allCha-ractersarereturned,faceup.Exceptions: if Senate Purge (or Slave Re-volt) is visible, Christian Senators (or Chris-tian Slaves) must stay face-down even after Christian Persecution has left the game.

Senate Purge: each player turns one oftheirSenatorcards facedown.ThisCha-racterhasnoeffectas longas thisEventremainsinplay.OncetheEventisremovedfromthegame,alltheaffectedCharactersarereturned,faceup.Exception: if Christian Persecution is vi-sible, Christian Senators must stay face-down even after Senate Purge has left the game.

Flood: eachplayerturnsoneoftheirBuil-dingtiles(includingCrane)facedown.ThisbuildinghasnoeffectaslongasthisEventremains inplay.Once theEvent is remo-ved from thegame, all affectedBuildingsarereturned,faceup.Exception: if Pillage is visible, Stalls must stay face-down even after Flood has left the game.Note: a player’s starting revenue cannot be touched by floods.

Slave Revolt: each player turns one oftheir Slave Character cards face down.ThisCharacterhasnoeffectaslongasthisEvent remains inplay.Once theEvent isremoved from the game, all the affectedCharactersarereturned,faceup.Exception: if Christian Persecution is visi-ble, Christian Slaves must stay face-down even after Slave Revolt has left the game.

Pillage: each player turns oneStall facedown.ThisBuildinghasnoeffectas longas this Event remains in play. Once theEventisremovedfromthegame,allaffec-tedStallsarereturned,faceup.Exception: if Flood is visible, Stalls must stay face-down even after Pillage has left the game.

Decadence: themarkerormarkersfurthesttotherightoftheResPublicascalemoveoneplacetotheleft.Notes : - Famine may not move as a cause of this Effect.- it is possible that all 3 markers (Civic Spirit, Health and Leisure) are affected. In this case, all are moved down the ladder.

Great Works

Pantheon: the player with the mostvotes gains 10 prestige points. Se-condplacegains6prestigepointsandthirdgains2.Inthecaseofadraw,allplayerswiththesamenumberofvotesgain the points relevant to their posi-tion.

Temple:allplayerswith8votesgain10 prestige points.All players with 5votesgain6prestigepoints.

Public Baths: theplayerwiththemostvotesgains5prestigepoints.Secondplace gains 3 prestige points. In thecase of a draw, all players with thesamenumberofvotesgainthepointsrelevanttotheirposition.Health: addupthetotalvotesofalltheplayers who participated in the reali-zationofthePublicBaths.TheHealthmarkerismoved1placetotherightforeachsetof5votes.

Granary: theplayerwiththemostvo-tes gains 5 prestige points. Secondplace gains 3 prestige points. In thecase of a draw, all players with thesamenumberofvotesgainthepointsrelevanttotheirposition.Famine: addup the total votesof allthe players who participated in therealization of theGranary.TheFami-nemarkerismoveddown1placeforeachsetof4votes.

Colosseum: theplayerwiththemostvotesgains5prestigepoints.Secondplace gains 3 prestige points. In thecase of a draw, all players with thesamenumberofvotesgainthepointsrelevanttotheirposition.Leisure: addup the total votesofalltheplayerswhoparticipatedintherea-lizationoftheColosseum.TheLeisuremarkerismoved1placetotherightforeachsetof5votes.

Senate:theplayerwiththemostvotesgains5prestigepoints.Secondplacegains3prestigepoints.Inthecaseofadraw,allplayerswiththesamenum-berofvotesgainthepointsrelevanttotheirposition.Civic Spirit: addupthetotalvotesofall theplayerswhoparticipatedintherealizationof theColosseum.TheCi-vicSpiritmarker ismoved1place totherightforeachsetof5votes.

OfthesixGreatWorks,oneisremovedatthestartofplayandwillneverbeconstructed.TheChurch(Ecclesia-notshownhere)isauniqueGreatWorkbecauseitisautomaticallybuiltattheendofthegame.Note: apart from the case of the Church, players always have the possibility of not participating in a Great Work, instead making a gift to the Plebeians (thumb pointing down). In this case, they gain 1 prestige point for each 2 complete votes (Senators + deniers).