Roma Immortalis
"Romulus shall uprear
and on his Romans his own name bestow.
To these I give no bounded times or power,
but empire without end."
- Jupiter, Vergil's Aeneid 1:276-279
and on his Romans his own name bestow.
To these I give no bounded times or power,
but empire without end."
It is the year 1000 after the founding of the city of Rome, or 247 AD according to our calendar. The Senate of Rome rule a vast empire, stretching from India to the Caribbean, and inhabited by countless peoples and species.
Rome owes this greatness to the advanced knowledge gained when they conquered Atlantis, and to a race of shark women created in the image of an Atlantean goddess, the sagatlae, whose rise to power served as a vital counterweight to the ambition of Rome’s leaders.
Roma Immortalis is an alternate history biopunk setting that combines three of my favorite subjects: ancient history, science fiction, and anthropomorphic animals.