Villa of the Albini

[Dirty Chai]

The villa of the Albini, the preferred residence of the current pater familias of that respectable patrician clan, lies just south of Roma, in the rolling hills of Latium close to Ostia. A road of connects the villa to the road to Ostia, allowing easy access to the ports there. It is no coincidence that the first building inside the walls of the compound one sees once coming in from this road is the warehouse and depot.

Family Members of the Postumii Albini

​Aulus Postumius Albinus "the Elder" (wiki)
Patrician
Ranks: Pater Familias, Senator, Flamen Dialis, Ex-consul
Economic Branch: Mercantile
Current Office: no magistracy
Age: 42 in 87 BC, born 129 BC
Spouse: originally widowed; married to Lucretia Tricipitina (born 107 BC)
Traits: Auctoritas +3
+1 Auctoritas for being Flamen Dialis (added by Rhapture)
+2 Auctoritas from buildings

Was second Consul in 99 BC with one Marcus Antonius. A senatus consultum occurred in that year.
Grandson of Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus who was consul in 148 BC, nephew of Spurius Postumius Albinus who was consul in 110 BC, and son of Aulus Postumius Albinus Magnus who was a propraetor in control of the army in Africa in 110 BC. Both Spurius the Younger and Aulus Magnus were condemned by the Lex Mamilia.

Aulus has been made Flamen Dialis since 91 BC.
Was consul again in 89 BC with one Lepidus.

Aulus Postumius Albinus "the Younger" (wiki)
Patrician
Ranks: Homo Novus
Current Office:
Age: 24 in 87 BC, born 115 BC
Spouse: unmarried
Traits: Sea Battles +2

Nephew and adopted son of Albinus the Elder.

Postumia
Patrician
Age: 18 in 87 BC, Born 105 BC
Spouse: Sextus Cornelius Sulla
Traits: Survival +1

Niece and adopted daughter of Albinus the Elder.
Married to Sextus Cornelius Sulla in 90 BC.

Postumia Secunda
Patrician
Age: 17 in 87 BC, Born 105 BC
Spouse: Sextus Annius Milo
Traits: Survival +1

First daughter by Albinus the Elder's first wife.
Married to Sextus Aniius Milo in 89 BC.

Postumia Tertia
Patrician
Age: 14 in 87 BC, Born 101 BC
Spouse: unmarried
Traits: Survival +1

Second daughter by Albinus the Elder's first wife.

Spurius Postumius Albinus
Patrician
Age: 9 in 87 BC, Born 97 BC

Only natural son by Albinus the Elder's first wife.

[Dirty Chai]

Cursus Honorum Information

Blue = Completed step
Green = Current step
Red = Skipped step

Albinus the Elder

Tier I Class A: Be elected as Aedile or Military Quaestor Class B: Patronage (Can be from the same family) Class C: Military service/tribunus militum (optional) Bonus: Gain the rank of Senator, +1 to NPC interactions, +2 if Class C completed) Tier II Class A: Be elected Consul Class B: Be elected Proconsul Class C: Be elected Praetor (optional)* Bonus: Gain the rank of Ex-Consul, +1 to NPC Interactions (stacked with tier I), +2 if Class C completed) *Although appearing last, the praetorship was a step in the cursus before Consul, so in this case Class C should be completed before any of the rest. Tier III Class A: Win a triumph Class B: Annex lands for Rome OR defeat a tribe/enemy/people for Rome. Class C: Become a patron of Rome OR be elected Censor (Build a tier IV building, OPTIONAL) Bonus: become the first among equals. Be warned, this might not be popular. +3 to NPC Interactions, +4 if the Class C condition is met.

Albinus the Younger

Tier I Class A: Be elected as Aedile or Military Quaestor Class B: Patronage (Can be from the same family) Class C: Military service/tribunus militum (optional) Bonus: Gain the rank of Senator, +1 to NPC interactions, +2 if Class C completed) Tier II Class A: Be elected Consul Class B: Be elected Proconsul Class C: Be elected Praetor (optional)* Bonus: Gain the rank of Ex-Consul, +1 to NPC Interactions (stacked with tier I), +2 if Class C completed) *Although appearing last, the praetorship was a step in the cursus before Consul, so in this case Class C should be completed before any of the rest. Tier III Class A: Win a triumph Class B: Annex lands for Rome OR defeat a tribe/enemy/people for Rome. Class C: Become a patron of Rome OR be elected Censor (Build a tier IV building, OPTIONAL) Bonus: become the first among equals. Be warned, this might not be popular. +3 to NPC Interactions, +4 if the Class C condition is met.

Buildings

Temple of Jupiter Indiges and Aeneas (fecit Postumii Albini) - Tier II, Auctoritas +2

Military Units

50 Quinquereme and 1 Hexareme based in the Tyrrhenian Sea

[Dirty Chai]

Finances
Economic Branch: Mercantile
Current Tier: I, C
Bonuses:
- Tier I: -10% Warship construction costs

Week 1 - Sept. 30 & Oct. 5

Starting Mercantile Tier: I,A Starting: 5,000 (starting purse) + 2,750 (Friday September 30 income) Income: 2,750 (Wednesday October 5 income) Expenditure: 5,000 (tier upgrade to I,B on Wednesday) Total at the end of the year: 5,550

Week 2 - Oct. 7 & Oct. 12

Starting Mercantile Tier: I,B Starting: 5,550 (from Week 1) + 2,750 (Friday October 7 income) Income: 2,750 (Wednesday October 12 income) Expenditure: 7,500 (tier upgrade to I,C on Wednesday) Total at the end of the year: 3,500

Week 3 - Oct. 14 & Oct. 19

Starting Mercantile Tier: I,C Starting: 3,500 (from Week 2) + 7,500 (Friday October 14 income) Income: 7,500 (Wednesday October 19 income) Expenditure: 1,080 (Quinquereme construction on Friday) + 600 (fleet upkeep) + 1,300 (Tier 1 Temple construction, Wednesday) + 10,000 (tier upgrade to II,A on Wednesday) Total at the end of the year: 5,520

Week 4 - Oct. 21 & Oct. 26

Starting Mercantile Tier: I,C Starting: 5,520 (from Week 3) + 10,000 (Friday October 21 income) Income: 10,000 (Wednesday October 26 income) Expenditure: 2,900 (fleet upkeep) + 3,420 (fleet construction on October 20) + 10,000 (Tier II Temple construction, Wednesday) Total at the end of the year: 9,200

Week 5 - Oct. 28 & Nov. 2

Starting Mercantile Tier: I,C Starting: 9,200 (from Week 4) + 10,000 (Friday October 28 income) Income: 10,000 (Wednesday November 2 income) Expenditure: 2,900 (fleet upkeep) Total at the end of the year: 26,300

[Lord William]

Marcus arrived at the gates to visit the house of albini

[Dirty Chai]

Marcus arrived at the gates to visit the house of albini

[OOC: Seems I missed this or forgot about entirely. Do you still want to visit even though the voting season is over? I have my doubts]

[Dirty Chai]

Aulus Postumius Albinus the Younger returns to Latium, the war having cut short his mercantile pursuits in the south.

[The Mad Skylord]

An Iulus requests the honour of the Flamien Dialis.

[Dirty Chai]

He is welcomed into the home of the flamen, where Albinus the Elder meets him in the vestibulum (entrance hall). No pointed apex sat his head, since he was under his own roof, but his toga praetexta's hood was pulled over his head in a fashion of capite velato.

"Salve," the flamen said, nodding politely to the visitor

[The Mad Skylord]

The young lad bowed quietly. "Salve. I am Octavius Julius Iulus, youngest son of the Consul. I am hoping to begin my political career this Elections, and I had thought we could could benefit from an alliance with each other."

[Oznerol]

The young man with a mop of brown, curly hair Albinus had met arrives to his villa, seeking a meeting with the senator.

[Dirty Chai]

The young man with a mop of brown, curly hair Albinus had met arrives to his villa, seeking a meeting with the senator.

An attendant meets him in the vestibulum, and leads him deeper into the domus to a room where Albinus the Elder sat behind a desk of sorts, looking over a scroll.
As the young Milo entered, he looked up from his work and smiled politely.

"Salve, Sextus, welcome. What brings you to my villa this day?"

[Oznerol]

An attendant meets him in the vestibulum, and leads him deeper into the domus to a room where Albinus the Elder sat behind a desk of sorts, looking over a scroll.
As the young Milo entered, he looked up from his work and smiled politely.

"Salve, Sextus, welcome. What brings you to my villa this day?"

"Ave, flamen dialis"

Said the young man, respectfully.

"I hope omens are benign of late. I must congratulate you for your recent wedding, hope your wife is in good health"

He smiled.

"Senator, you might know I run for quaestor this year, while my dearest brother runs for consul, none less. Alas, I lack the extensive relations of Quintus and thus decided to know better his acquaintances"

[Dirty Chai]

"Come in, sit with us," the purple-striped hierophant led him into the domus, to where the pool of water sat in the middle.
A dark haired girl visibly younger than Octavius took a seat as they joined her; she was dressed in a woman's equivalent of what Albinus wore, her hair tied up with a purple string. The Flaminica Dialis. She sat quietly, averting her eyes in a shy, obedient fashion.

"How old are you this year, Octavius?" Albinus the Elder's eyes glanced over his guest's clean-shaven face.

[The Mad Skylord]

"I turn 21 this year, but I have long since been given a large responsibility in the running of our farms."

[Dirty Chai]

Same age as my son, Albinus thought.
"And you wish to enter the Cursus Honorum this year? Pray tell by which magistracy?"

[The Mad Skylord]

"I do, by the Quaestership. I wish to do Rome, my family and my father honour by my service."

[Dirty Chai]

"Quaestors are usually in their late twenties at the very least." Albinus tilted his head curiously.
"What makes you so precocious?"

[The Mad Skylord]

"My brother was taken prisoner at Tifernus. We do not know if he will return alive or in a sound enough state to follow the cursus. It is my filial and fraternal duty to fulfill his role and place.

[Dirty Chai]

"I can sympathize. We must do our familial duty as Jupiter commands," the flamen concluded.

Silence. He turned to glance at his young wife.
"My dear, go see what my daughters are up to," he told her gently, giving her an excuse to leave his side.

Watching her go, Albinus turned back to his guest with a pensive look.
"The quaestorship you say... A friend of mine's younger brother seeks that magistracy.. " his mouth curled into an amused smile as he spoke, ".. he is a roudy young man, that one."

[The Mad Skylord]

Octavius cocked his head quietly. "Luckily there are two spots for Quaestership, but, unfortunately, you can only back one."

Octavius scratched his cheek and continued. "I am not rowdy, per say" he said thoughtfully and politely "Although I have had my moments. I am not a friend so much as an acquaintance. What I am is experienced in monetary matters and I will remember the men who become my friends once I take up office. Be it this year or in the future."