Rome (CofD)

Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire in classical antiquity, and was a major political zone for both mortals and Kindred. It served as the birthplace of the Camarilla, and when Rome fell, so did it.

History
The history of Rome in the World of Darkness is analogous to the real-world Rome. They share the same creation myths involving Romulus and Remus, shared the same historical events, and even the same historical figures. The one piece that sets the difference is the Propinqui, or the native-born Roman Kindred. As Rome's senate began to falter, its Kindred equivalent lay in the Camarilla, the ultimate governing body for the ancient vampires. The Kindred of Rome would continue to ebb and flow along with the city, staying in step with its peoples.

Foundation of Kindred
The legend of Romulus and Remus plays a part in some Kindred creation myths. After Romulus has killed Remus and left him for dead outside of the city walls, Remus is visited the following night by a Strix with a concord; the Strix will raise Remus and his line to greater than that of his brother's, if only that Remus will pay the Strix and its family due respect when the time comes. Thus, the Kindred are born into Rome. While the Kindred of Rome know that vampires also reside in places such as Egypt and Gaul, they are not Kindred and viewed as foreigners.

The night of Romulus' theft of the Sabine women, Remus found a distant cousin of Romulus', Aulus Julius. Remus found Julius alone, having been unable to procure a wife for himself. Presumably here after listening to Julius' complaints, Remus turned Julius into Kindred. As the number of Kindred rapidly grew from both Remus and Julius, a a dark analogue of the city above grew in the catacombs below. Here the Necropolis (VTR) was founded and populated by the Kindred of Rome, and where they survived into the nights before the fall of Rome.

One hundred years after Remus' disappearance, the Strix came back to collect on the debt that Remus' descendants owed them. Julius, unwilling to bow to the demands of the Strix, rallied together his Kindred allies and they not only defied the Strix but put an entire clan to Final Death. The unnamed clan was accused of being traitors by Julius, who claimed that they were spared the interests of the Strix for they served them. The unnamed clan was destroyed, and Julius broke Remus' concord with the Strix.

The Camarilla
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Geography
Circa 360, Rome had around thirty unique locations in itself, many of which were Kindred haunts. Below is a map of Rome from the period.