From: flavioezio@galactica.it
Subject: Imperium Romanum Rules

Greetings,
10 years ago, after some games of WEG's Imperium Romanum II I wrote them
for some questions about the rules.
Below are the questions and the answers of Peter Corless R-D Assistant for
I.R.II. I think they will be very useful for I.R. players.

 Q: May a port (not besieged) be blockaded by enemy fleet, thus preventing
land units from tracing a line of supply to that port ? 
 A: No, see 17.23

 Q: May land units cross a narrow sea hexside if one of the two coastal
hexes containing the narrow sea hexside is 
      occupied by an enemy fleet?
 A: Yes, but according to 12.15 they must then battle the land or sea
units.

 Q: In the above questions is the enemy fleet immune to rule 10.26 rolling
in winter for naval attrition with value of 1 ?
 A: No, see rule 17.2

 Q: In naval combat, which leader combat bonus must be used ? The
leadership value printed on all leader counters ? 
     The special naval leader rule (38.2) ? or both ?
 A: Both !

 Q: May a fleet in friendly port hex attacked by enemy fleet, accept siege?
 A: Yes, according to 14.3

 Q: Is a fleet doubled if attacked in a friendly port hex by an enemy fleet
?
 A: The fleet may only be attacked if the hex is INVADED (rule 10.5)

 Q: What is the Ostrogoths'  replacement rate in Scenario 32 ? 
 A: It is 16.

 Q: May a stack forage in a hex occupied by an unbesieged enemy stack ?
 A: Yes, but units that occupy the hex when the stack moves in REDUCES the
forage value of the hex.
     Example: If a stack of 3 roman infantry moves onto a stack of 3
barbarian infantry in a cultivated clear hex
     they could all forage if it were summer (24 points); however, in
winter, 2 roman units could not forage (16 points).

 Q: If naval units move into a hex containing unbesieged enemy units
(whether land or naval) must they stop moving ?
 A: Yes, see 12.15

 Q: May a stack of land units located in a coastal hex attack in land
combat an enemy stack composed only by fleet ?
 A: Yes, but the fleets may retreat before combat !

 Q:  When inactive neutral minor power's units indicated by inactive power
table and activated by an hostile force 
     through invasion must be placed on the map ? 
 A: During the movement phase of the hostile force. When the hostile force
enters the province. Note that the controlling
     player may set up the force anywhere in the province.