The Picentian industrial divergence has given rise to new power structures and shifted the roles of traditional Roman institutions.
The House of Gaius #
The central industrial hub and primary testing ground for future technology. Led by the patriarch Gaius Calidius and managed by Marcus.
The Lanifica #
Elite Roman matrons who transitioned from traditional domestic industry to the management of large-scale textile factories.
The Picentian Nobles #
A coalition of regional elites and "Merchant Princes" who provided the capital and political support for the industrial revolution.
The Excavation Team #
The modern-day research body managing the Pompeii site, secretly compromised by the "Shadow Architecture."
The Imperial Legions #
The military force of the Roman Empire, eventually dispatched to crush the sovereign industrial regional state.