Originally Posted by
Guils
There is a mistake in the description of the gens Cornelia, about the "30% of the consuls of the Republic belonged to the gens". It is obviously wrong, just look at the list of consuls. Real figure is closer to 10%.
The patrician requirement for Pontifex Maximus should be removed, as plebeians could be pontiffs since the Lex Ogulnia of 300 BC.
Besides, currently pontiffs are ancillaries, whilst they should be a character trait. Most prominent politicians had a religious appointment, so they should appear as traits. There were four of them:
1-pontiffs, open to plebeians and patricians without age requirement, but a gens could not have more than one member in the college. The pontifex maximus should be a pontiff before.
2-decimviri sacris faciundis, read the Sibylline books.
3-augurs.
In addition, it was impossible to be a member of two colleges; the only man known to have been augur and pontiff was Fabius Maximus, the Cunctator. Since he is in the game, he should start with the augur trait (he became such at 16), and it would be possible for him to be pontiff later.
4-The last category of priests were the flamines. The plebeian flamines are almost unknown, but the three patrician flamines held considerable power, especially the flamines of Jupiter and Mars (third one was Quirinus). Problem is the flamines could not leave Rome, although it did not harm their career: Lucius Valerius Flaccus was flamen Martialis, and also consul, censor and princeps senatus. The Cornelii monopolised the flamen dialis. It would be awkward to forbid them to leave Rome in the game though, so perhaps it's best to leave these ones.