Post by Iolanthe on Mar 17, 2007 13:08:12 GMT -5
By no means do we wish to limit your creativity XD but it might be helpful to know what sort of occupations were common during this period.
But first...
The three big cultures involved in this roleplay are Sparta, Athens, and Persia. Feel free to include people from Africa, the Amazon, Asia, Egypt, Corinth (or smaller citystates like Arcadia). Remember that Persia has conquered many countries and Athens is a port city, so ethnicity can be varied.
Assassions, Spies, and Bounty Hunters, naturally, aren't confined to any class, and can be both female or male.
Some special notes -
Senators (highly influential men from noble families)
Soldiers (Especially in Sparta! Were upper class. Captains, in particular, are high ranking and those of Leonidas' inner circle; in Sparta -only- both women and men can be fighters, but they have separate armies.)
The Immortals - (Xerxes' elite and vicious warriors from Asia)
For Women -
acrobat - performed contortionist acts for entertainment
baker - baked bread in brick ovens
concubine - prostitute or mistress, depending on rank
dancer - danced to music at parties
druggist - gathered and prepared herbal medicines
hetaera - organized parties and entertained men
maid - helped with housework
miller - ground grain by hand with stones
musician - played lyre or flute
oracle - only the most beautiful girls were chosen to be oracles
poet - wrote poems
priestess - performed religious ceromonies
royal - self explanatory
seamstress - sewed and repaired clothes
slave - waited on people
spinner - spun yarn or string from linen or wool
weaver - wove material using warp weighted looms
For Men -
actor - memorized lines and performed dramas in theaters
artist - drew pictures
astronomer - kept time and date with the stars and located places and boundaries
bard - wrote poetry and performed it in public readings
blacksmith - forged weapons and metalcraft
carpenter - cut or joined wood
carter - drove a cart
doctor - healed people using surgery or medicine
emissary - messenger for a king or prince
farmer - grew plants or livestock
jeweler - made and sold jewelry
laborer - loaded or unloaded carts or ships, gathered crops.
landlord - owned property that is rented out to tenants
magistrate - enforced community laws
mariner - sailed a ship (particularly in Athens)
mason - layed bricks and stone for buildings
mathematician - calculated with numbers
mentor - in Sparta, an older soldier who helped train a younger
merchant - bought and sold goods
miner - dug minerals from the earth
money changer - changed money from one country to the next
musician - played lyre or flute for hire
painter - painted pictures
philosopher - teacher of advanced knowledge. Also a writer of books on various advanced topics.
pilot - guided ships into harbors
potter - made and fired ceramic pots
priest/prophesier - performed religious ceremonies (Ephors - Sparta)
royal - self explanatory, one of the noble family
scribe - wrote things out
scientist - Classified things and figured out how they worked.
sculptor - carved statues of marble or cast them in bronze
shepherd - watched afted a herd of sheep or goats
shipper - loaded and unloaded ships in the harbor
shipwright - built ships of wood
slave - served a group of persons
slaver - bought and sold slaves
smelter - changed minerals to metal using a furnace
smith - made things out of iron or bronze
sophist - taught people how to speak in public
teacher - educated young men (and, in Sparta, women)
vintner - grew grapes and made wine
warrior - fought battles
writer - Someone who wrote letters, poems, or books for sale
But first...
The three big cultures involved in this roleplay are Sparta, Athens, and Persia. Feel free to include people from Africa, the Amazon, Asia, Egypt, Corinth (or smaller citystates like Arcadia). Remember that Persia has conquered many countries and Athens is a port city, so ethnicity can be varied.
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Assassions, Spies, and Bounty Hunters, naturally, aren't confined to any class, and can be both female or male.
Some special notes -
Senators (highly influential men from noble families)
Soldiers (Especially in Sparta! Were upper class. Captains, in particular, are high ranking and those of Leonidas' inner circle; in Sparta -only- both women and men can be fighters, but they have separate armies.)
The Immortals - (Xerxes' elite and vicious warriors from Asia)
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For Women -
acrobat - performed contortionist acts for entertainment
baker - baked bread in brick ovens
concubine - prostitute or mistress, depending on rank
dancer - danced to music at parties
druggist - gathered and prepared herbal medicines
hetaera - organized parties and entertained men
maid - helped with housework
miller - ground grain by hand with stones
musician - played lyre or flute
oracle - only the most beautiful girls were chosen to be oracles
poet - wrote poems
priestess - performed religious ceromonies
royal - self explanatory
seamstress - sewed and repaired clothes
slave - waited on people
spinner - spun yarn or string from linen or wool
weaver - wove material using warp weighted looms
For Men -
actor - memorized lines and performed dramas in theaters
artist - drew pictures
astronomer - kept time and date with the stars and located places and boundaries
bard - wrote poetry and performed it in public readings
blacksmith - forged weapons and metalcraft
carpenter - cut or joined wood
carter - drove a cart
doctor - healed people using surgery or medicine
emissary - messenger for a king or prince
farmer - grew plants or livestock
jeweler - made and sold jewelry
laborer - loaded or unloaded carts or ships, gathered crops.
landlord - owned property that is rented out to tenants
magistrate - enforced community laws
mariner - sailed a ship (particularly in Athens)
mason - layed bricks and stone for buildings
mathematician - calculated with numbers
mentor - in Sparta, an older soldier who helped train a younger
merchant - bought and sold goods
miner - dug minerals from the earth
money changer - changed money from one country to the next
musician - played lyre or flute for hire
painter - painted pictures
philosopher - teacher of advanced knowledge. Also a writer of books on various advanced topics.
pilot - guided ships into harbors
potter - made and fired ceramic pots
priest/prophesier - performed religious ceremonies (Ephors - Sparta)
royal - self explanatory, one of the noble family
scribe - wrote things out
scientist - Classified things and figured out how they worked.
sculptor - carved statues of marble or cast them in bronze
shepherd - watched afted a herd of sheep or goats
shipper - loaded and unloaded ships in the harbor
shipwright - built ships of wood
slave - served a group of persons
slaver - bought and sold slaves
smelter - changed minerals to metal using a furnace
smith - made things out of iron or bronze
sophist - taught people how to speak in public
teacher - educated young men (and, in Sparta, women)
vintner - grew grapes and made wine
warrior - fought battles
writer - Someone who wrote letters, poems, or books for sale
