GLORY TO ROME
HIRING CLIENTS
REFERENCE
SETUP
Place Camp in front of each player and “Rome
Demands” card in middle playing area.
Shuffle Order cards and deal 4 to each player face-
down plus one Jack.
Place Order cards in middle of table beside Jacks.
Create ‘In Town’ stacks of each Site card type equal to
number of players arranged so number remaining is
visible. Leave unselected in upside-down ‘Out of Town’
stacks beside these.
Deal Order cards for each player into pool. First
alphabetically starts. Deal extra cards to break ties.
Place leader next to first player.
Place face-up orders in middle of table as pool.
GAME PLAY
Leader either:
 “Think” and draw additional cards. Turn ends.
 “Lead” by playing Order card on top of camp.
If leader “Leads” then clockwise players either:
 “Think” and draw cards.
 “Follow” by playing same type of Order.
Leader may perform one action and an additional
action for each client of chosen role.
Clockwise each “follower” gets one action. All players
get an additional action for each client of chosen role.
Move all Orders played as roles into Pool.
Leader passes to player on left.
Jacks: Play as any role except Thinker. Return used Jacks
to pile. Cannot be taken or played as material or clients.
Petitioning: Play any 3 Orders of same role as a Jack. May
not play 3 Jacks as a Jack. Variant: play any 2 orders of
same role as a Jack.
Thinking: Choose one:
Take one Jack (if available).
Draw Orders to fill to maximum hand size (normally
five). Must draw to maximum hand size.
Draw one additional Order if at or above maximum
hand size.
DEMANDING MATERIAL
Patron role: Take a card from Pool and tuck under left
edge of camp so only role name is visible.
Total clientele is limited by current influence.
New clients may not perform roles until next turn.
GATHER MATERIALS
Laborer role: Take a card from Pool (if available) and
tuck under bottom edge of camp so only material is
visible.
BUILDING STRUCTURES
May work on several structures at once. Do not gain
benefit until complete.
Laying Foundation
 Architect or Craftsman role: Place Order from hand
in front of you as foundation. Take ‘In Town’ Site
card of matching material and tuck underneath
bottom of foundation so that diagonal construction
stripes are showing. May not lay foundation if:
 No Site of matching material available.
 Already have foundation or structure of same
name in play (may be same as opponents).
 Out of Town Sites: Must perform two consecutive
Architect or Craftsman roles on same turn.
Adding Materials
 Must already have a Site and foundation. Building
material must match material shown on foundation.
 Architect role: Take matching material from
stockpile and tuck underneath bottom of bottom
card underneath foundation so material is showing.
 Craftsman role: Take matching material from hand
and tuck underneath bottom of bottom card
underneath foundation so material is showing.
Complete a Structure
 Requires foundation, Site, and 1-3 additional
material cards depending on value of foundation.
 Take Site card and tuck underneath top edge of
camps so gold coins are showing. Materials stay with
structure.
 Influence increases by value of completed site. May
hire more clients and store more materials.
Immediately gain structure function.
Legionary role
1) Turn over Order (not Jack) in hand and place entire
hand on Rome Demands Card so chosen material is
showing.
2) Say “Rome demands {name of material}.”
3) Immediately take one card from Pool of matching
color and place in Stockpile.
4) Players to left and right must give you one card of
matching color if possible. Place in stockpile. If not
possible players say “Glory to Rome.”
5) Pick up hand and turn over revealed Order.
Legionary Clients
 Additional actions: reveal all material in any
combination at once. If opponent has only part then
must give it up. If fewer cards in hand than legionary
role cards then extra roles are lost.
 Players must reveal card count if asked.
SELLING MATERIAL
Merchant role: Take one material card form stockpile
and tuck it face-down under right edge of camp (vault).
Number of cards is public information. As is identity
when put into vault but is hidden to all thereafter.
Space in vault is limited by Influence.
ENDING THE GAME
Draw deck runs out (may be counted).
After player uses last ‘In Town’ Site card.
Catacomb is completed.
Player completes Forum and has at least one of each
client type.
All other players agree to ‘surrender’ to a player.
SCORING AND WINNING
In event of Forum or ‘surrender’ victory that player
wins.
Victory Point for each Influence.
Combined value of cards in Vault.
Victory Points for each Merchant Bonus card awarded
for each material type to player with most of that type
in Vault. No card granted for ties.
Any completed structure that grants Victory Points.
Player with most points wins. Tied player with most
cards in hand wins.

BUILDING FUNCTIONS
 May not steal structure with same name as one you own or lay
Bar: When executing Patron role may take additional card from
draw deck as client. Do not need to take client from Pool to
draw, but after drawing may not take client from pool for that
action. Size of clientele is still limited.
Insula: Maximum Clientele is increased by two in addition to
amount gained from completing Insula.
Latrine: May discard an Order from hand into Pool before
executing Thinker role.
Road: May use any material toward completion of Stone
structures. Function available on same turn completed.
Circus: May play 2 non-Jack cards of same role as Jack. Variant:
play any role as Jack when leading or following Architect.
Dock: In addition: When executing Laborer role may take card
from your hand and place in Stockpile as material. Do not need
to take material form Pool to take additional card.
Market: Maximum Vault size is increased by two in addition to
increase from completing Market.
Palisade: Don’t lose cards to players executing Legionary role.
May optionally give up cards. Once given up cannot take back.
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Academy: May execute one Thinker role after turn in which
you execute the Craftsman role – even if it’s only with a client.
Archway: When executing Architect role may take building
material from pool instead of Stockpile. When executing more
than once may take from either or both. Cannot use cards from
Pool as foundations.
Atrium: When executing Merchant role may take Orders from
deck instead of Stockpile and place in vault without looking.
When executing more than once may take from either or both.
Bath: When you perform Patron action to gain a new client
may immediately execute the role associated with each client.
Foundry: Upon Completion: immediately perform one Laborer
action for each point of influence including foundry.
Gate: Gain Functions of Marble structures as soon as their
foundations are laid. Do not gain Influence until completed.
School: Upon Completion: immediately perform one Thinker
action for each point of Influence including school.
Shrine: Maximum hand size increased by two.
Amphitheatre: Upon Completion: immediately execute one
Craftsman role for every point of influence including this.
Aqueduct: Maximum clientele (including Aqueduct) is doubled. structure with same name as one stolen. Any “Upon
In addition: Take a client from hand each Patron action. Do not completion” effects are triggered for new structure owner.
need to take a client from pool to take additional client.
Bridge: In addition: When executing legionary role may
demand materials from every opponent even those that own
palisades. Must give you a matching material from their hands
and from their Stockpile. Players who own Walls are protected. Sewer: At the end of each turn may place Orders played to lead
Senate: At the end of each turn may take any number of Jacks
played by opponents into hand. Function available on turn
completed. Multiple Senates functions are activated in current you use an Architect role to put a material into the Villa.
turn order.
Storeroom: Each client in Clientele may act as Laborer at any
time.
Tower: May use Rubble towards completion of foundations.
May lay foundation on out of town Site for one Craftsman or
Architect action. Function available on turn completed.
Vomitorium: May discard all the cards form hand to pool
before executing Thinker role.
Wall: At game end gain Victory Point for each two materials in type in stockpile required to win. Required with Petition variant.
Stockpile, rounded down. In addition to points gained from
Influence. Not required to lose cards to opponents performing
Legionary action. May still choose to give up cards, but once
surrendered cannot get back. Opponent’s bridge does not
circumvent Wall.
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Catacomb: Upon completion: the game ends immediately.
Circus Maximus: Whenever you lead or follow gain an
additional action from each of your clients of that role.
Coliseum: In addition: When executing Legionary role may
take matching client card from opponents and place into your
Vault. May only take if room in Vault. Taken clients do not
provide role this turn. Palisades and Walls protect against.
Bridge expands the reach.
Garden: Upon completion: Immediately execute one Patron
role for each point of Influence including Garden. New Clients
do not provide additional roles this turn.
Prison: Upon Completion: Immediately choose opponent’s
completed structure and place on Prison. Gain benefit of stolen
structure as if just completed. Opponent loses benefit. Give
three Influence to original owner by giving up the Prison’s Site
card. Original owner’s structures, hand, clients, and material in
Vault are not affected. May steal previously stolen structure.
Scriptorium: May complete any structure by using Craftsman
or Architect action to add a Marble to it. Function available on
turn completed.
or follow into Stockpile.
Villa: Early Completion: complete Villa foundation whenever
Basilica: In addition: When executing Merchant role may take
card from hand as material into vault. Do not need to move
material from stockpile to vault to take card. Do not reveal
material of additional card to opponents.
Forum: Win immediately when you have a client of each type.
With Ludus Magna each Merchant client may count as any one
role. With Stairway tied player with highest score as determined
normally wins. With Storeroom any client may count as laborer
toward Forum victory, but not as both. Variant: also one of each
Fountain: When executing Craftsman role may take a card
from draw deck instead of hand and choose to: 1) lay it as a
foundation. 2) Spend another action to lay foundation as out of
town site. 3) Take the card into hand. Function available on turn
completed.
Ludus Magna: Each Merchant client in Clientele counts as
every type of client. Function takes effect immediately.
Palace: May lead or follow with any number of cards of the
same role including Jacks and execute one role for each.
Stairway: My use Architect action to move appropriate
material into opponent’s completed structure to immediately
grant function to all players. Players already owning public
structure do not get duplicate function. Any “Upon Completion”
effects do not trigger again.
Statue: May select any site when playing a Statue foundation.
May be completed with material matching the Site or Marble.
Only number of material equal to Site value are needed to
complete. Influence for completing equal to Value of Site. If
complete at game end gain three extra Victory Points in
addition to influence victory points gained.
Temple: Maximum hand size increased by four.