The Neighborhoods of Ancient Worlds have been a tremendous site wide challenge, which we have set out to plan and build almost a year ago and finally, on October 3rd and 4th 2004, they have been brought to the general knowledge of all citizens of Ancient Worlds. Many Citizens, Patrons, Scribes and Demigods have been working to bring about all the material with which the Neighborhoods' pages should be filled. Finally, Jot Ariston and Bryce Yupanqui (and...? have I left someone out here I didn't know of?) have provided the means for several among us to fill the pages so that the "Hoods" could be ready on the set dates. And what a work it was!

Especially for The Roman World, a huge task lay ahead, because leading divine powers thought it might be a smashing idea to present the whole Roman Empire at once, i.e. make all its 55 provinces visible on a thumbnail map and make those thumbnails actually link to 55 pages and numerous subpages with tons of information! As if this wish was regular stuff for the Romans who were to work on it, we set out to work on the job. Of course, no one can complete such a task within the few months that this wish was final and the dealine of October 2004 ahead, so we chose to focus on five main areas in each part of The Roman World to be filled first and work on to complete the rest of the famous Empire from there.

The result may be called a total blast and the city builders who worked on the Roman Neighborhoods did a tremendous job! Thanks a lot, all of you city builders and thanks in advance for all the work which is still to appear on the Roman Neighborhoods' Pages! Gratias, gratias, multas gratias vobis agimus!!!

So, where can you go and what will be there to see?

The place to set off is the good old Roman City Page, which is now called the

Page of The Roman World

Here you will find a map of the Roman Empire with its 55 provinces put on the map in colour and, as you hover over the map and point your cursor on a province, a thumbnail will appear and the province will brighten up. Click on it and you will go to the page of the province which is visible next to the thumbnail (e.g. Italia).

Under the map, you will find a list of Featured Places in The Roman World to check out: these places have been completed at the date of issue to present the Roman Neighborhoods. They are really worth while visiting and give good and clear information about the most dazzling places in The World of the Roman Empire!

Underneath the list of Featured Places, you will find the actual list of the 55 provinces in The Roman World. Their placement in the list is quiet randomly, as their pages were created by our Cybergod and Demigods.

Of course, no one can thank the indispensable city builders enough. I want to thank all the AW members who made the Places of The Roman World a reality and will continue to do so! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Haven't you been building a place, city or neighborhood or creating a text for a place, city or neighborhood yet? Would you like to do so? In The Roman World, there is still room enough to be filled with vital information. If you would like to work on a place, city or neighborhood of your choice, which hasn't been made yet, please contact one of the Scribes of Rome or Heraklia Aelius

The Roman World, the City of Rome, The Subura

Some Roman cities have been frequented many times already and people have left articles there as they passed by, enriching these places, for which I want to thank them also! See for an example of this phaenomenon, the cities of Pompeii and Caere.

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