Looking Forward, Looking Back

Julilla Sempronius, AncientWorlds

I remember the day as if it were yesterday. On the 10th of January, 2002, I received a short note from Jot, intimating that he'd spent the final months of 2001 cobbling code together for AncientWorlds, "taking the best of what was learned over the past five years and leaving behind what wasn't working."

It is two years now since that brief note electrified me and my sister-goddesses, Cornellia and Heraklia, and, as the word spread, more and more familiar faces appeared, and plunged in to fan the flickering flame to life.

Today, we've grown from a handful to nearly 11,755 citizens, many of whom have made the community what it is today. The many ideas and dreams have germinated into fruitful soil indeed. We've even been lucky enough to persuade Bryce Yupanqui to double our team of programmers (it's been Jot, solo programming for the past two years).

We've been incredibly fortunate to have been rewarded with the dedication of many volunteers, chief amongst them our wonderful city scribes. I'd like to take another opportunity to recognise the following scribae emeriti, many of whom have served in the trenches from those early days two years ago:

• Maximius Flavius, Rome
• Caius Livius, Rome
• maia Nestor, Rome
• Aulus Sergius, Rome
• Ioannis Nestor, Athens
• Aphrodite Theocritos, Athens
• Marie Siduri, Babylon
• Vortigern Aedui, Celtia
• Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Germania
• Xolotl Huascar, Machu Picchu

Carrying the flame into this year, let us not forget our continuing and new scribae:

• Justina Cassius, Rome
• DianthaLivius, Rome
• Tanaquil Sergius, Rome
• Athenia Glaucon, Athens
• Louisa Agis, Athens
• Onions Hatshepsut, Egypt
• Hapshetsut Nebet, Egypt
• Mirjam Nebet, Egypt
• AzureEyes Ramesses, Egypt
• Voluptua Amytas, Babylon
• Apiladey ApilSin, Babylon
• Leah Enkidu, Babylon
• CathBran Niall, Celtia
• Aifa Niafer, Celtia
• Flidais Niafer, Celtia
• Ahtaswintha Chattian, Germania
• Yngvildr Scylding, Germania
• ChanChan Tupac, Machu Picchu

So what can we expect in 2004? Jot has locked himself into his temple on Olympus, working through the bug reports that have been submitted via Bryce's excellent bug tracker. Before we locked him in, Chat rooms were implemented at patron's homes, all cities and groups.

Neighbourhoods will start to appear, perhaps as early as Spring. And, of course, the big news, a new AW city, The Orient, will be founded. Be sure to read more about the progress of this new city in this edition.

Last, I find myself at the helm of the Acta, looking forward to keeping up with Hap Nebet and Vort Aedui, who really do all the work, and back to the days long, long ago, when I cobbled together the AncientSites newsletter all by my lonesome.

We've made tremendous progress over the years, and it's gratifying to see the talents of our citizens displayed in this month's edition. Read on!

Looking Forward,
Looking Back
Julilla Sempronius, Editor

 Julilla Sempronius, AncientWorlds

History

Features

Mirjam Nebet, Egypt
Laurels Curius, Rome
Sankhkare Thutmose, Egypt
Vortigern Aedui, Celtia
Heraklia Aelius AncientWorlds

City/Group News

Tanaquil Sergius , Rome
Louisa Agis Athens
Hapshetsut Nebet , Egypt
Justina Cassius , Rome
Decius Aemilius , Rome
Julia Manach , Babylon
Caileadair Etana , Babylon
Fenian Niafer , Celtia
Thiudareiks Gunthigg , Germania
ChanChan Tupac , Machu Picchu

Diantha Livius, Rome
Hapshetsut Nebet, Egypt
Tobius Tullius, Rome
Bryce Yupanqui, Machu Picchu