a black senator

[Mr. Kim]

in the rome total war prolouge, you will see a black senator. is there a color disfiguration or he is captured in Nubia?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Never played the prologue till the end. Thought it was pretty pointless after you got the game basics....

[Selifator]

Probably a game fault, there are no black diplomats in the game afaik even for factions with black-skinned troops.

[Dafuge]

Yeah, they are usually just covered up in cloth.

[Valerius Tiberius]

do you have a screen of this?

[Mythic_Commodore]

He's right. However, this is accurate. The Roman Empire was very accepting of other cultures - he is a senator by his own merits. There were even Gallic senators!

[Ludens]

He's right. However, this is accurate. The Roman Empire was very accepting of other cultures - he is a senator by his own merits. There were even Gallic senators!

The Roman empire maybe, but the Roman republic certainly not. It took a civil war (the Socii war) for the Romans to even extend citizenship to their Italian allies. IIRC the Gallic chieftains that Ceasar introduced to the senate didn't exactly get a warm welcome either. At the time of the prologue, only an inhabitant of Latium could have been a senator.

[Gromovnik]

He's right. However, this is accurate. The Roman Empire was very accepting of other cultures - he is a senator by his own merits. There were even Gallic senators!

But Gaul was much closer to Rome than sub-saharan Africa.

[Drustan]

He's right. However, this is accurate. The Roman Empire was very accepting of other cultures - he is a senator by his own merits. There were even Gallic senators!

Not really. Freed slaves, men born outside roman citizenship (except maybe in extreme cases) and any others were usually denied Roman ctizenship itself, let alone entry to the senate.

It wasn't until 77 BC that other Italian groups (such as the samnites) got citizenship, even though they had been ruled by rome for hundreds of years.

[Confederate Jeb]

Everytime I get a couple of turns into the prologue the game CTDs. So I wouldn't know.

[Mythic_Commodore]

Ah. Good to know.

[Mr. Kim]

but how do i post a youtube video because i am going to show you the black senator.

[Yojimbo]

There is none I can see.

[Mythic_Commodore]

He's in one of the other shots.

[Yojimbo]

He's in one of the other shots.

rubbish. I watched it three times and saw nothing. Pics or bs.

[][Xyphos][ - Lee]

lol i remember the guy made me chuckle last time i saw it lol his hair was quite funny.

[][Xyphos][ - Lee]

nah definatly is there, i remember watching it with my mate and talking about him.

[Mythic_Commodore]

Forlornhop3 - I don't have a picture, but I do have the next best thing. Go to your Rome - Total War/data/fmv/senate folder. Open up senate_L08.wmv. Go to the time 00:12. He's in the top left corner of the screen.
EDIT: He's also in the prologue movie at minute 1:37

[Yojimbo]

Forlornhop3 - I don't have a picture, but I do have the next best thing. Go to your Rome - Total War/data/fmv/senate folder. Open up senate_L08.wmv. Go to the time 00:12. He's in the top left corner of the screen.
EDIT: He's also in the prologue movie at minute 1:37

Wow so he is! I take it back well spotted mate. I keep trying to take a pic but every time I save it as a jpg it turns into a black square i have no idea why. He is, wihtout a doubt black however.

[Mr. Kim]

and how do you post a video?