Round 9 - Callius

All I can say after this household is that this round seems to becoming a killing spree.
Row 1: Manlius Callarai (Head of the household, sitting), Herminia Callius (wife, sitting), Secundus Zima (slave, standing)
Row 2: Martialis Callius (heir, sitting), Aelia Callius (second daughter, sitting), Aetius Callius (second son, sitting), Porcia Callius (third daughter, sitting)
After the drama with the slave Valens, he was replaced with Secundus. The family's eldest daughter Titiana has also moved out for marriage.

Herminia made the mistake to attack Januarius at a party in the Palace earlier this round, and now she's paying the price.

Her last thoughts are of her oldest son. Bye Herminia!

Sweet little Porcia is devastated.

But she still has duties, as she needs to maximize her creativity and charisma to prepare for her marriage to the Emperor's heir Agapetus.

Aelia finds comfort in their new slave Secundus.

Once the word that Secundus deflowered his sister comes out, Martialis doesn't approve of it, and attacks Secundus.

He doesn't stop until Secundus is dying in the streets.

The one plead has already been used for Secundus, and he's really leaving us.

Young Aetius has his birthday.

And here he is now. He's a family sim.

... Aaand Aelia's pregnant.

Of course, that means she needs someone to comfort her once again. This time, she invited the former slave Valens over.

Martialis seems to have lost his mind after his mother's death, as he feels rivaled by his little brother also becoming a teenager.

Aelia's belly keeps growing.

Martialis crosses the line and attacks Aetius, who manages to defend himself.

But as Aelia finds her brother dying on the floor, she does what she can to save him.

And is successful!

That night, she goes into labor.

Her bastard is a little girl, who she names Juana.

Aetius is itching for revenge after his brother's attack on him, and does the same thing.

But this time, Martialis is the victorious one.

This time it's their father who steps in to the rescue as he sees one of his sons lifeless.

Aetius survives. When will this mad rivalry end?

Manlius has been attracted to Caelina Jaxius a long time, and now he finally made a move.

But at the Baths, it seems like Aetius anger with his brother got the best of him once more. This fight will definitely end the rivalry between the Callius brothers.

Martialis is the winner, and thereby the one who walks out of this alive.

Aetius soon dies from his injuries.

Bye boy... I hope Martialis' murder madness is just a phase...

Round 8 - Callius

In the Callius family, the romance sims Manlius and Herminia try their hardest (not very hard) to raise their five children.
Row 1: Manlius Callarai (Head of the family, sitting), Herminia Callius (wife, sitting), Valens Zimeca (slave, standing); holding: Porcia Callius (third daughter)
Row 2: Martialis Callius (heir, standing), Titiana Callius (daughter, sitting), Aetius Callius (second son, sitting), Aelia Callius (second daughter, sitting)

We go straight for Porcia's birthday.

Here she is, the first one to look like their mother, not father.

She's truly adorable!

There are lots of noogies going on in this household. All the children are very shy, but not very nice.

I love watching this little one.

Aelia has her birthday too.

Here she is, happy as always. She's a popularity sim.

Herminia thought it was a good idea to get serious with their slave...

Little Porcia has another birthday.

Here she is, still lovely.

Here we go again... Herminia decides to WooHoo Gordianus Callarai this time.

However, Valens catches them, and slaps Herminia.

And then he slaps Gordianus too. I've heard this is a great way to get fired...

Porcia is sloppy and playful, and therefore the first sim to make a mess in the shower room at the Bathing House and then play in it... Our future Empress, everyone!

They're both cheating on each other (Herminia more than Manlius), but they never caught one another at it and still love each other a lot.

Porcia brought her betrothed, the Emperor's heir Agapetus home. Can you believe they'll marry one day? (Let's hope I didn't jinx it now)

Round 7 - Callius

This lovely family is the Callius family, where three poor kids have romance sims as parents.
Row 1: Manlius Callarai (Head of the family, sitting), Herminia Callius (wife, sitting), Valens Zimeca (slave, standing)
Row 2: Titiana Callius (daughter, sitting), Martialis Callius (heir, sitting), Aelia Callius (second daughter, sitting)

Herminia was so pregnant when I started that the first thing to happen was this. Their fourth child and last obligatory!

It's a boy! They name him Aetius.

Herminia breaks into a hysterical laughter when the boy is born, and loses her mind a bit.

So does Manlius when he comes home from work and hears the great news. Lovely parents...

Herminia found a guy she had three bolts with, and of course she had to WooHoo him.

At least the kids are cute.

As little Aetius has his first birthday, Herminia discovers an unplanned pregnancy.

The boy looks just like his father and siblings.

For some reason, Manlius gets wishes about teaching his sons things, but not his daughters. Hmm.

Herminia's belly keeps growing.

She's the one in charge of teaching their toddler how to talk and also how to use the potty.

The heir Martialis has his birthday.

Here he is, extremely like his father.

The same night his mother goes into labor.

Welcome to the world little girl! Try not to take your father's breakdown personal.

Herminia breaks down too, again. These two... The little girl's name is Porcia, and she's already promised to Emperor Varius' son Agapetus. If everything goes good, she'll be the next Empress!

They didn't have a single party yet this round, so I threw one for Aetius birthday.

And here we have him. At least this family is quite good looking.