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# Parameter Registry
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### TheRON — OTIVM / CIVICVS / TESSERA Stack
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### Status: Living document — parameters added as established, never removed
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### Date: 2026-04-28
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---
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## 0. Purpose
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This document is the authoritative registry of all simulation parameters across
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all layers. It sits between the prose documents (scenarios, actor backgrounds,
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city substrates) and the SQL schema. It prevents the schema from prematurely
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flattening complex concepts into simple integers.
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Every parameter here declares four structural fields before any values are given:
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```
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token: canonical code identifier (snake_case, period-neutral)
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scope: actor | city | scenario | relation | derived
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layer: roman | mesolithic | universal
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maturity: canonical | provisional | research_needed
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```
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**scope** — where the parameter lives in the architecture:
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- `actor` — per-player, drifts with decisions, lives in per-player SQLite
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- `city` — shared across players, changes with events, lives in city substrate
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- `scenario` — exists within a scenario's active window only
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- `relation` — cross-layer dependency or derived interaction
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- `derived` — computed from other parameters, not stored independently
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**layer** — which cultural period the parameter belongs to:
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- `roman` — Roman-specific, approximately 1st c. BCE to 1st c. CE
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- `mesolithic` — Mesolithic-specific, approximately 10000–4000 BCE
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- `universal` — exists across all periods with different expressions
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**maturity** — confidence in the parameter's definition:
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- `canonical` — fully defined, passes all three admission tests, schema-ready
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- `provisional` — defined but awaiting research confirmation or design decision
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- `research_needed` — identified as necessary, definition incomplete
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**On uncertainty:** parameters marked with `observable: partial` or
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`observable: hidden` must not be stored as clean point values. They carry
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epistemic status — the actor does not know their precise value, only signals.
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The schema must preserve this. A hidden parameter has a true value (server-side)
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and a perceived value (actor-side). These are different records.
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---
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## 1. Actor Parameters
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Parameters that live in the per-player database and drift over time as the
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actor makes decisions. These are the twelve canonical parameters from
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CHARACTER-FRAMEWORK plus extensions identified through scenario development.
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---
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### AVCTORITAS
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```
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token: auctoritas
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Social capital with legal and commercial consequences. Not a
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reputation score — a social reality that other actors respond to. Accumulated
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through correct conduct, reliable commercial behaviour, appropriate OTIUM,
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and maintained CLIENTELA. Lost through failure, disgrace, or unmet obligations.
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**Type:** ordinal scale, not a precise number
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**Unit:** none — expressed as a band (low / medium / high / distinguished)
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**Observable:** partial — the actor infers their own AVCTORITAS from social
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signals, not from a ledger. The harbour master's speed, the factor's promptness,
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the willingness of witnesses to sign — these are the observables.
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: completed ventures, correct OTIUM, CLIENTELA maintenance,
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successful FAENUS recovery, public witness of reliability
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- Decreases with: defaulted obligations, visible commercial failure, association
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with disgraced parties, FAENUS seen as predatory, prolonged absence from
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social obligations
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- Lag: changes are not immediate — AVCTORITAS shifts over weeks, not days
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**Uncertainty:** the actor's perceived AVCTORITAS may differ from their true
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AVCTORITAS. A recently failed magistrate may not yet know how damaged his
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standing is. A freedman may not know how much his practical reputation has grown.
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**Background starting values:**
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- Former Legionary: medium
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- Freedman Trader: low
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- Noble Younger Son: high
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- Failed Magistrate: medium (falling — true value lower than perceived)
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- Camp Logistician: low
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- Guild Scribe: low
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---
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### CLIENTELA
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```
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token: clientela
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** The network of mutual obligation between the actor and their
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clients and patrons. Generates social access and information quality. Consumes
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OTIUM to maintain. A MERCATOR with strong CLIENTELA receives better information,
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better terms, and more reliable witnesses. One who neglects it finds doors closed.
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**Type:** network strength — breadth and depth
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**Unit:** none — expressed as low / medium / high / extensive
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**Observable:** partial — the actor knows who they know, but not always whether
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those relationships remain active and reciprocal
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: OTIUM spent in social engagement, fulfilled obligations,
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reciprocal favours, successful introductions
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- Decreases with: neglect, failed obligations, social disgrace, prolonged travel
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away from home base
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- Lag: slow to build, faster to erode
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---
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### LIQVIDITAS
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```
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token: liquiditas
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Liquid capital available for immediate deployment — denarii in
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hand, not goods pledged or debts owed. Distinct from total wealth. A MERCATOR
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may be asset-rich and liquidity-poor. LIQVIDITAS is what actually governs
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whether a venture can be initiated.
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**Type:** quantity
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**Unit:** denarii (as integer)
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**Observable:** full — the actor knows exactly what liquid capital they hold
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Decreases with: venture cost, ITER expenses, PORTORIUM, personnel wages,
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HORREUM fees, FAENUS principal deployed
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- Increases with: venture profit, FAENUS interest received, asset liquidation
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- Immediate — no lag
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---
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### FAMA
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```
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token: fama
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Public reputation — what is generally said about the actor.
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Distinct from AVCTORITAS (which is earned social capital) in that FAMA is
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more volatile, more vulnerable to rumour, and more sensitive to recent events.
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A single public failure can damage FAMA severely before AVCTORITAS is affected.
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**Type:** ordinal with valence
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**Unit:** none — expressed as low / neutral / mixed / good / distinguished
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**Observable:** partial — the actor hears what is said about them, but not all
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of it, and not always accurately
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Volatile — responds quickly to visible events
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- Affected by: public success or failure, rumour, association with other actors,
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behaviour in visible social settings (BALNEA, forum)
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---
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### DISCIPLINA
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```
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token: disciplina
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Operational reliability — the actor's capacity to execute
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plans consistently, manage personnel, maintain schedules, and function under
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pressure. Not military discipline specifically — commercial discipline. The
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ability to show up, follow through, and not improvise when improvisation is costly.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full — the actor knows their own operational habits
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Stable — changes slowly through repeated behaviour patterns
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- Increases with: consistent venture execution, reliable scheduling
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- Decreases with: erratic behaviour, frequent plan changes, personnel failures
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---
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### MERCATVS_SCIENTIA
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```
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token: mercatus_scientia
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Commercial knowledge — understanding of prices, goods,
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markets, seasonal patterns, and the logic of supply and demand. Determines
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whether the actor recognises opportunity, correctly prices ventures, and
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anticipates market movements.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full — the actor knows what they know, though not what they
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don't know
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: completed ventures, market exposure, information from CLIENTELA
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- Background-specific: Freedman Trader and Camp Logistician start high;
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Noble Younger Son and Former Legionary start low
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---
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### ITINERIS_SCIENTIA
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```
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token: itineris_scientia
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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**Definition:** Route knowledge — familiarity with roads, sea lanes, waypoints,
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hazards, seasonal constraints, and the practical logistics of movement. Affects
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ITER duration estimates, ability to avoid delays, and recognition of route
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disruption.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: completed ITINERA, especially novel routes
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- Former Legionary and Camp Logistician start high
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---
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### IVS_ACCESSVS
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```
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token: ius_accessus
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Legal access — the actor's practical ability to use the Roman
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legal system: to enforce contracts, recover debts, obtain witnesses, and resist
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legal pressure from others. Not just knowledge of law but standing within it.
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A freedman may know the law perfectly and still lack access.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** partial — the actor knows their formal standing but not always
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how it will be applied in a specific dispute
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: AVCTORITAS growth, CLIENTELA with legal contacts, successful
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contract enforcement
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- Noble Younger Son and Failed Magistrate start high
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---
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### PERICVLVM_TOLERANTIA
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```
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token: periculum_tolerantia
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Risk tolerance — the actor's willingness and capacity to accept
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exposure to loss, physical danger, and uncertainty. Affects venture selection,
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route choice during MARE CLAVSVM, and FAENUS terms accepted.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Relatively stable — personality-level trait
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- May decrease after severe loss events
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---
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### NEGOTIATIO
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```
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token: negotiatio
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Negotiation skill — the ability to achieve favourable terms
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in commercial and social exchanges. Affects prices obtained, FAENUS terms,
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FACTOR agreements, and conflict resolution.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full
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---
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### LITTERAE
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```
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token: litterae
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Literacy and accounting — the ability to read, write, and
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maintain accounts. Affects the actor's ability to detect fraud, draft
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contracts, and maintain a CODEX ACCEPTI ET EXPENSI. In 14 BCE Rome, not
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universal even among merchants.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** full
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---
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### OFFICIA_BVRDEN
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```
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token: officia_burden
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scope: actor
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Obligation load — the accumulated weight of social, civic,
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and personal obligations competing with NEGOTIVM for the actor's time. High
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OFFICIA_BVRDEN reduces available time for ventures and forces OTIUM expenditure
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on obligations rather than restoration.
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**Type:** ordinal
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**Unit:** none — low / medium / high
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**Observable:** partial — the actor knows their formal obligations but may
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underestimate the informal ones
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**Drift mechanics:**
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- Increases with: AVCTORITAS growth (more people seek patronage), CLIENTELA
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expansion, Noble Younger Son background
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- Decreases with: fulfilled obligations, deliberate social withdrawal
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---
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### BACKGROUND_DRIFT
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```
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token: background_drift
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scope: actor
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** The degree to which the actor's starting background profile
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still governs their parameter values versus the profile created by their
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decisions. A Former Legionary who has conducted fifty FAENUS transactions has
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drifted toward Guild Scribe behaviour. Background effects decay; decision
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history accumulates.
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**Type:** 0.0 to 1.0 float per parameter (1.0 = fully background-governed,
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0.0 = fully decision-governed)
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**Observable:** hidden — the actor experiences this as gradual change in how
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the world responds to them, not as a visible number
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---
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## 2. City Parameters
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Parameters shared across players, anchored to a specific city substrate.
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These change through events, not individual player decisions. They live in
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the city substrate layer, not the per-player database.
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---
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### RVMOR_VELOCITAS
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```
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token: rumor_velocity
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** The speed at which information (accurate and inaccurate) moves
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through a city's social network. High in port cities, baths, and dense market
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districts. Affects how quickly scenario events are known, how distorted they
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become in transmission, and how fast prices adjust.
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**Drift:** increases with transient population, decreases in winter
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---
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### DOCK_CONGESTION
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```
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token: dock_congestion_index
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Pressure on port loading and unloading capacity. Affects
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ITER departure delay, BAIВLVS availability, and PORTORIUM queue time.
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**Drift:** seasonal — peaks in spring and autumn, low in MARE CLAVSVM
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---
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### STORAGE_FEE_INDEX
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```
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token: storage_fee_index
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Definition:** Market rate for HORREUM storage. Rises when warehouse capacity
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is constrained by high cargo volume or when distressed sellers need to hold
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goods while awaiting better prices.
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**Research needed:** specific rate data for Ostia, 1st c. BCE
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---
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### BATH_SOCIAL_DENSITY
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```
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token: bath_social_density
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** The social richness of the BALNEA as an information and
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relationship node. Determines the quality of rumour available and the
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probability of encountering useful contacts during OTIUM.
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**Drift:** time-of-day dependent (midday peak), seasonal
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---
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### LEGAL_ACCESS_INDEX
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```
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token: legal_access_index
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Definition:** The practical availability and reliability of legal
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enforcement in this city. Varies by magistrate quality, current political
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pressure, and backlog. Affects IVS_ACCESSVS modifiers for all actors.
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---
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### FIRE_RISK_INDEX
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```
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token: fire_risk_index
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scope: city
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Background probability of industrial or residential fire
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in a city zone. Drives scenario trigger probability for SCENARIO-MERCHANT-0001
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and similar events.
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**Drift:** increases with workshop density, dry season, high transient population
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---
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### RENT_PRESSURE_INDEX
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```
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token: rent_pressure_index
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scope: city
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layer: roman
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Drift:** increases with transient population factor
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**Research needed:** Ostia lodging costs, 1st c. BCE
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---
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### FOOD_PRICE_INDEX
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```
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token: food_price_index
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scope: city
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layer: universal
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Research needed:** Ostia grain and prepared food prices, 1st c. BCE
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---
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### PORTER_AVAILABILITY
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```
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token: porter_availability
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scope: city
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layer: universal
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Drift:** seasonal, event-sensitive (disrupted by fires, floods, political events)
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**Research needed:** BAIВLVS wage rates, 1st c. BCE Ostia
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---
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### CART_AVAILABILITY
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```
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token: cart_availability
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scope: city
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layer: universal
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maturity: provisional
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```
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**Drift:** decreases during scenario events involving transport disruption
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**Research needed:** cart hire rates, Via Appia, 1st c. BCE
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---
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## 3. Scenario Parameters
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Parameters that exist only within a scenario's active window. They are
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created when a scenario triggers, evolve during it, and are archived when
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it closes. They must not persist into the city substrate as permanent values —
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they are transient pressures, not permanent conditions.
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---
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### WORKSHOP_OUTPUT_BRONZE
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```
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token: workshop_output_bronze
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scope: scenario
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layer: roman
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Scenario:** SCENARIO-MERCHANT-0001
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**Definition:** Current production capacity of bronze workshops in the
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affected district. Drops to near zero at scenario start, recovers over
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rebuild_delay_days.
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---
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### VRBAN_FIRE_DAMAGE
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```
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token: urban_fire_damage
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** Severity of fire damage to a specific district. Drives
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multiple secondary parameter effects.
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**Type:** ordinal — minor / significant / severe / catastrophic
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---
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### TIMBER_STOCK_DESTROYED
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```
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token: timber_stock_destroyed
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Scenario:** SCENARIO-MERCHANT-0002
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**Definition:** Volume of seasoned timber stock lost in the Capuan yard fire.
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Governs the magnitude of downstream shortage effects.
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---
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### BORROWER_DISTRESS
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```
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token: borrower_distress
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Scenario:** SCENARIO-MERCHANT-0003
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**Definition:** Financial and operational stress level of the counterparty
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seeking FAENUS. Governs offered return, default probability, and collateral
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availability.
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**Type:** ordinal — stable / stressed / distressed / insolvent
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**Observable:** hidden — the actor infers from signals, never knows precisely
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---
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### RVMOR_CREDIBILITY
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```
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token: rumor_credibility
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** How accurate the current circulating rumour about a scenario
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event is. High rumour credibility means the market has correctly interpreted
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the event. Low means prices have not yet adjusted correctly — creating
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opportunity or risk depending on the actor's knowledge.
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**Observable:** hidden to actor — server-side truth only
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---
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### VENTURE_WINDOW_DAYS
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```
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token: venture_window_days
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
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```
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**Definition:** The number of days before the scenario's primary market
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opportunity closes — either through price normalisation, competitor action,
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or external resolution of the event.
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**Observable:** partial — the actor estimates this from signals, cannot
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know it precisely
|
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---
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|
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### HIDDEN_CAUSE_STATE
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```
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token: hidden_cause_state
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scope: scenario
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layer: universal
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maturity: canonical
|
||
```
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**Definition:** The true cause of the inciting scenario event, selected from
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the hidden cause variant table at scenario seed time. Never revealed to the
|
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actor directly. Governs which secondary effects dominate and how quickly
|
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the scenario resolves.
|
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**Observable:** hidden — signals only
|
||
|
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---
|
||
|
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### SCENARIO_CHAIN_FLAG
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```
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token: scenario_chain_flag
|
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scope: scenario
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** Whether a prior scenario in the chain has occurred in this
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world seed. `recent_scenario_0001 == true` modifies recovery speed in 0002.
|
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`recent_scenario_0001 or 0002 == true` increases FAENUS opportunity in 0003.
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**Type:** boolean per scenario ID
|
||
|
||
---
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||
|
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## 4. Relation and Derived Parameters
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|
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Parameters that exist at the intersection of layers — cross-layer dependencies,
|
||
epistemic states, and derived values. These are first-class records, not
|
||
comments in the schema.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
### INFORMATION_QUALITY
|
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```
|
||
token: information_quality
|
||
scope: relation
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** The accuracy and completeness of the information available
|
||
to a specific actor about a specific event or market state. Function of
|
||
CLIENTELA strength, rumor_velocity, and actor's location relative to the
|
||
event.
|
||
**Type:** 0.0 to 1.0 float (0.0 = pure noise, 1.0 = complete truth)
|
||
**Observable:** hidden — the actor does not know how good their information is
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
### CONFIDENCE_TAG
|
||
```
|
||
token: confidence_tag
|
||
scope: relation
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** The epistemic confidence attached to any parameter value,
|
||
derived from source quality and inference chain length. Mirrors the confidence
|
||
tags used in research documents.
|
||
**Type:** enum — measured | indicated | inferred | estimated | unknown
|
||
**Use:** attached to any parameter record where the value is not directly
|
||
observable or where source quality is limited. Must be a first-class field
|
||
in the schema, not a comment.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
### DELAYED_KNOWLEDGE
|
||
```
|
||
token: delayed_knowledge
|
||
scope: relation
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** The lag between when a scenario event occurs and when a
|
||
specific actor's information_quality reflects it accurately. A MERCATOR
|
||
in Ostia learns about the Capuan timber fire after a delay determined by
|
||
route distance, rumor_velocity, and CLIENTELA reach.
|
||
**Type:** integer days
|
||
**Use:** applied per actor per scenario event
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
### PERCEIVED_VS_TRUE
|
||
```
|
||
token: perceived_vs_true
|
||
scope: relation
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** The structural distinction between a parameter's true value
|
||
(server-side ground truth) and the actor's perceived value (what they believe
|
||
or can infer). Applies to: AVCTORITAS, FAMA, borrower_distress,
|
||
hidden_cause_state, rumor_credibility, information_quality, and any parameter
|
||
marked `observable: partial` or `observable: hidden`.
|
||
**Schema implication:** parameters with perceived_vs_true distinction require
|
||
two records — `value_true` and `value_perceived` — not one. This is not
|
||
optional.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
### BACKGROUND_AFFINITY
|
||
```
|
||
token: background_affinity
|
||
scope: relation
|
||
layer: universal
|
||
maturity: canonical
|
||
```
|
||
**Definition:** The degree of match between a specific actor's current
|
||
parameter profile and each of the six canonical backgrounds. Used to detect
|
||
background drift and to surface narrative signals to the actor about how
|
||
others perceive them.
|
||
**Type:** 0.0 to 1.0 float per background_id
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 5. Universal Parameters (Cross-Period)
|
||
|
||
Parameters marked `layer: universal` are candidates for the cross-period
|
||
schema shared between OTIVM and CIVICVS. They appear in both periods with
|
||
different expressions but the same underlying structure.
|
||
|
||
| Token | Roman expression | Mesolithic expression |
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| `liquiditas` | denarii | calories, stored food, portable goods |
|
||
| `information_quality` | rumour in BALNEA | territorial knowledge |
|
||
| `rumor_velocity` | port city gossip | inter-clan communication speed |
|
||
| `periculum_tolerantia` | maritime risk acceptance | predator territory tolerance |
|
||
| `fire_risk_index` | urban workshop density | hearth and camp fire risk |
|
||
| `venture_window_days` | market opportunity window | seasonal foraging window |
|
||
| `confidence_tag` | source quality | archaeological confidence |
|
||
| `delayed_knowledge` | route distance lag | territorial range lag |
|
||
|
||
These mappings are provisional. The Mesolithic expressions will be confirmed
|
||
through corpus development.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 6. Stub Parameters — Research Needed
|
||
|
||
Parameters identified as necessary but not yet fully defined. Listed here
|
||
to prevent schema decisions that assume they do not exist.
|
||
|
||
| Token | Scope | Layer | What is needed |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
||
| `portorium_rate` | scenario | roman | Specific rate data per crossing point, 1st c. BCE |
|
||
| `vectура_rate` | scenario | roman | Freight charge per cargo unit per leg, research brief target |
|
||
| `naufragium_probability` | scenario | roman | Per-voyage shipwreck probability from archaeological record |
|
||
| `mare_clausum_state` | city | roman | Binary seasonal flag with transition probability |
|
||
| `collegium_presence` | city | roman | Whether a relevant COLLEGIUM operates in this city |
|
||
| `factor_reliability` | actor | roman | FACTOR NPC trustworthiness — future release |
|
||
| `occ_flag` | city | mesolithic | Occupation evidence from TESSERA stage 06 — pipeline dependency |
|
||
| `terrain_restoration` | city | mesolithic | HYDE 3.3 / KK10 corrected terrain — pipeline dependency |
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 7. Admission Rules
|
||
|
||
A parameter is admitted to this registry when it passes all three tests
|
||
from `terminology.md`:
|
||
1. Period-authentic or explicitly universal
|
||
2. Semantically distinct from existing parameters
|
||
3. Scope-bounded — cannot be misapplied across layers without the
|
||
misapplication being visible
|
||
|
||
A parameter may be added at any maturity level. It may never be removed.
|
||
Deprecated parameters are marked `maturity: deprecated` with a note on
|
||
what superseded them.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
*Parameter Registry — living document, 2026-04-28*
|
||
*Uncertainty is a first-class record, not a comment.*
|
||
*TheRON — single contributor. AI assistants implement, document, flag — do not direct.*
|