The Roman Online Society was founded in late January 1997 by Pete Bonanto, Tom Hamilton, and Dan Thompson. They started the society in the hopes of having a free, fun, and wonderful role- and gaming society for everyone with a truly Roman Empire theme. Still going strong, the society strives to bring together Online Friendship, and Role-play. We as members continue that goal.

• Bae (Owner)
• David (Site Admin)
• JayM (GM)

The Board of Directors will direct the society and basically act as the people who are the caretakers of Rome behind the scenes. New implementations on the page and other things will be directly controlled by the Board.

• Gnaeus Sabaco
• Baerana Sabaco
• Tacitus Julius Flavus
• Neos Dionysos (Phillip)
• Herodus Otho Disius
• Janus Transpectus (Joe)
• Claudius Justius Varro
• Pompeius Septimus Varro
• Pontus Annius Veno
• Sarius Lepidus Vitellius
• Dominus Augustus Varro
• Cassius Romulus Julianus (Rick)

The above people have contribued to the future of the Roman Legion by generously giving cash donations to support upkeep, admin and hosting fees.

Role play is a large part of the Roman Online Gaming Society. We simulate the existence of a pseudo-ancient Roman society. If you are to be involved in a role-play scenario an e-mail will come to you from secretscenarios@yahoo.com with explicit instructions for you, and often important decisions for your Roman Character to make. Remember, in Rome, you have two identities...you are whomever you are in real life, but you are also who your character is. How you define who you are is how you act, are you a polite or impolite person? From a good family? Who did you marry? What is your rank? Who are your friends? Do you show proper respect for authority? What decisions do you make in scenarios? Do you participate in Role-play and if so what roles do you play? All of those things are your decision and your choices but they determine who your Roman persona is and what is expected of them and how they are perceived by the general NPC population and fellow Human character Romans. It is extremely crucial to make decisions not just for what you think is right, but also in following who your Roman is and what their individual identity is. Keep in mind, many people could not tell the difference between say Emperor Perseus Varro in the old group (see library for histories) and Pete in real life. The same could be said of Tomidius Servo or Tom H in real life. It is important to know that often one's character in Rome is not who they are in real life...in fact more often than not.