“date a roman” suggestions

ancient-rome-au:

date a roman who…

• upholds the mos maiorum
• is cool with worshiping your gods, too
• can tell you everything the Romans have ever done for your province
• can tell you everything your province has ever done for Rome
• doesn’t laugh at your accent when you speak Latin
• makes an equal effort to learn your language
• is committed to resisting barbarian invasions
• doesn’t participate in palace coups or civil wars
• performs his/her civic duties gladly
• pays his/her taxes
• has ascended
  suo anno

  through the entire cursus honorum
  

• will instinctively form a testudo with two dozen other random countrymen if you give them tower shields and start shooting arrows at them
• favors the same color as you at the chariot races
• has an education in the trivium and the quadrivium