Housing Requirements
Plebs (Insulae)
To keep plebs happy, they need:
- One type of food
- Access to water
| Housing level | Requirements | Number of occupants |
|---|---|---|
| Small Insula | Nothing | 70 |
| Medium Insula | One type of basic goods | 110 |
| Large Insula | Two types of basic goods, fountain water | 150 |
Equites (Domus)
Equites would like to have:
- Two types of food
- Access to water
- Two types of basic goods
If they don’t have any other complaints about the city, they will be satisfied with just one type of food, one basic good, and water.
| Housing level | Requirements | Number of occupants |
|---|---|---|
| Small Domus | Nothing | 40 |
| Medium Domus | One type of luxury goods, fountain water | 60 |
| Large Domus | Two types of luxury goods, city walls | 80 |
Patricians
Patricians would like to have:
- Pipe access provided by a reservoir
- Three types of food
- Three types of basic goods
- Two types of luxury goods
However, if other matters in the city are to their liking, they will be satisfied with only two food types, two basic goods and one luxury good.
Upgrading patrician housing does not change the number of people that can live in the house: there are always 30 patricians living there.
Entertainment requirements in parentheses are suggested entertainment buildings, see below for more information.
| Housing level | Exotic goods | Entertainment points | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Villa | – | – | Nothing |
| Medium Villa | – | 10 | Healthcare: clinic or hospital, (entertainment: odeum) |
| Large Villa | – | 20 | Hygiene: barber shop or bathhouse, religion: one god, (entertainment: theater) |
| Small Estate | 1 type | 30 | Education: school or library |
| Medium Estate | 2 types | 45 | Religion: two gods, justice: basilica or forum, (entertainment: arena) |
| Large Estate | 3 types | 60 | Healthcare: both clinic and hospital, education: school |
| Small Mansion | 4 types | 70 | Hygiene: both barber shop and bathhouse, religion: three gods, city walls, (entertainment: coliseum) |
| Medium Mansion | 5 types | 85 | Education: both school and library |
| Grand Mansion | 6 types | 100 | Religion: four gods, justice: both forum and basilica |
Entertainment explained
A house’s entertainment access is not measured by the number of different venues the house has access to. Instead, each type of entertainment venue contributes a certain number of points, and each patrician housing level requires a number of entertainment points to evolve, as listed in the table above.
The following table lists the number of entertainment points per venue.
| Venue | Points |
|---|---|
| Odeum | 15 |
| Theater | 20 |
| Arena | 25 |
| Coliseum with gladiators only | 15 |
| Coliseum with animals only | 30 |
| Coliseum with gladiators and animals | 45 |
| Circus | 10 |
Example calculation: a patrician home has access to a theater, an arena, and a coliseum with only gladiators (no animals). From the above table, we see that it has 20+25+15 = 60 entertainment points, so the home will evolve to a large estate.