Round 8 - Seonius

The second and last new household of this round are the Seonius couple. The youngest Seoli boy has moved out to marry a former slave girl.
Row 1: Petronius Seoli (Head of the family, sitting), Aquila Seonius (wife, sitting)

The two don't know each other at all, but we begin with a wedding anyway.

This looks so awkward, haha.

As Aquila luckily can leave her status as a slave behind, she gets a makeover to look more like a plebeian.

Petronius soon has his birthday into an adult.

Here he is, quite handsome.

It takes days before the couple develop any feelings for each other.

But not long after they do, Aquila discovers she's pregnant!

As a family sim, she's excited for her first child.

Before giving birth, she joins her husband as an adult.

Here she is now. I love her recessive genes.

Baby hour!

It's a boy! I don't even think I have to mention how happy I am that boys are finally being born in the neighborhood. So far this round, it's five - it's been a lot of rounds since last time that many were born. They name him Juste!

And finally, they fall in love.

Aquila is the daughter of the gladiator Septimius, and Petronius is guilty of murdering his own brother. They're a little bit outcasts both of them, and cute together.

Round 8 - Seolius

The Seolius family is still the one with the oldest generation 5 in it, which means that when the oldest child in this family grows into an adult, the Dark Ages begin.
Row 1: Marius Seoli (Head of the family, sitting), Antonia Seolius (wife, sitting), Elizabeta Nixeira (bastard of wife, standing)
Row 2: Slavomira Seolius (daughter, sitting), Tomislav Seolius (heir, sitting)

As soon as Marius opens his eyes, he's crying because he lost both his parents this round.

Unfortunately, things are about to get a lot worse, as his daughter falls down and dies as a result from a fight she had earlier with her cousin Flavia Seoli.

Bye little Slavomira, the first generation 5 to die.

Of course, her mother Antonia is devastated.

She's also pregnant with her fourth child.

Plus, she has a toddler to teach stuff.

At least she's occupied from thinking too much about her little girl...

The belly grows!

And then it's time.

Antonia and Marius has a second son, named Dragutin.

Both Elizabeta and Tomislav have their birthday.

Elizabeta turned out to be a romance sim. One more of her birthdays until the end of the Roman Era, so exciting! It doesn't really show that she's the Empress' half sister, but she is.

This is her little brother Tomislav.

Antonia's brother-in-law came really close to attacking her, but luckily I managed to distract them... Scary having a neighbour that wants to kill you.

Elizabeta used to spend a lot of time with her little sister Slavomira, and now she does it with her brother instead.

Dragutin has his birthday.

Here's the little guy.

Antonia soons discovers her fifth pregnancy.

The family looks like a happy one despite their losses.

Typical family sims, breaking down whenever and wherever, for whatever reason.

Antonia isn't the only one with a neighbour who dislikes her. But keeping Elizabeta out of trouble is one of the most important things I have to do, so Maximianus has to back off...

Antonia taught Dragutin how to speak as well.

Round 8 - Seoli

This family is always a handful with three generations in the same household, but as the only ones with second generation sims still living, the Seoli's are special in a good way.
Row 1: Tiburtius Seoli (heir, standing), Chinedu Seoli (Head of the family, sitting), Tatenda Seoli (wife, sitting), Luciana Seoli (wife of heir, standing)
Row 2: Iunia Seoli (granddaughter, sitting), Maximianus Seoli (grandson, sitting), Flavia Seoli (granddaughter, sitting), Tullia Seoli (granddaughter, sitting)
The youngest son of Chinedu and Tatenda, Petronius, moved out since last round.

Luciana is a romance sim and usually not very caring, but when she is, it's cute.

She does make a good job teaching all her children what they need to know.

And soon, their fifth child will arrive too.

At least Tullia has the time to learn everything.

I knew it was coming this round... The end of the life of Chinedu Seoli. It's been a long one!

He even managed to get a platinum grave, I believe it's the second one of the challenge, hehe. Life's hard these times!

Bye bye Chinedu.

He just missed the birth of another grandchild.

Luciana delivers a fourth daughter (as long as they have a son I'm not going to complain...), and they name her Julia.

That night was very cold, with both Tiburtius...

and Luciana freezing completely, haha. Brings me back to the ice age of the Stone Age!

Tatenda is not taking the death of her husband well.

Little Tullia has her birthday.

Here she is! A little stinky.

Luciana immediately gets pregnant again after Julia.

Tiburtius doesn't seem too sad about losing his job, lol.

Tonight is Julia's birthday.

She looks like the rest of her sisters, hmm. At least they're good looking (as teen's anyway).

Here we go with another one!

Luciana's belly has grown, too.

Once again, Maximianus is the one playing with his little sisters. He's a family sim, so I don't think he minds.

Old, old Tatenda, the last living second generation sim... The last one with a Stone Age name in the whole neighborhood.

Tibertius is the Head of the household now.

I'm really happy about how both Iunia, her brother and their neighbor Cloelia Jaxius look. Who would have thought I'd get to have some good looking sims this far into the challenge? Haha.

And now the time has run out for Tatenda as well.

Let's say goodbye to Generation 2!

The family took the death of the old lady badly, with half of them going into aspiration failure.

Flavia and Tullia like each other well and play nicely, but I hope they don't have a fight because of their grandmother's death.