'Military' Latrunculi is a reconstruction of a Roman game that seems to have been popular in military circles. A series of variants is included that show a possible evolution into Chess.
 
Latrunculi was the premiere intellectual game of the Roman Republic & Empire. There have been many efforts made to reconstruct it, but most of these efforts failed to explicitly take account of the existence of 2 forms of Latrunculi. The older form, deriving from the Greek game of Poleis had only 1 type of piece, while the newer form had 2 types of pieces. Most of the evidence for the newer form comes from military settings and areas on the edge of the empire, so I have given it the name of 'Military Latrunculi' and for contrast will call the older game 'Civil Latrunculi'.
 
See the included document for extensive info on how this game was reconstructed.