Searching for an RPG system

[Izodor]

Now, what RPG system would be most fit for a low-magic semi-historical roman/greek fantasy setting?

[Kurald Galain]

GURPS, probably.

[Tempest Fennac]

Have you ever heard of Mazes and Minotaurs? It's pretty much perfect for what you want: http://mazesandminotaurs.free.fr/revised.html contains everything you need to play it.

[Fhaolan]

I've not actually tried this one myself, but I've heard good things about it:
http://www.geocities.com/zozergames/zenobia.html

[bosssmiley]

BRP Runequest?

Glorantha was a Bronze Age setting IIRC.

[XAnansiX]

Riddle of Steel might work

[Jayabalard]

GURPS, probably.

agreed.

In general, gurps is pretty good for historical/quasi-historical

[Tsotha-lanti]

Now, what RPG system would be most fit for a low-magic semi-historical roman/greek fantasy setting?

RuneQuest, either the old 3rd edition, or Mongoose's new edition (SRD available on the Mongoose Publishing website). The old edition is more lethal (although tweaking the new system for the exact same lethality takes all of 5 minutes).

[StormingMarcus]

True 20 (system) + Roma imperious (setting) by Hinterwelt Enterprises

[UserClone]

Iron Heroes is a go-to system for low-magic, especially in terms of there being few magic items.

I also second Mazes and Minotaurs, though it does have magic.

[elliott20]

My immediate first thought was Agon. Each player plays a greek hero of mythic proportion and as the game progresses you try to out-do each other in earning more glory. You do so by killing enemies, successfully completing tasks, etc. while there is magic, it's not for the players. It's solely in the realm of plot devices.

Burning Wheel is another one. Combat is fairly realistic there. It also has a decent social combat system in place too. But the problem is that it's not as main stream as the other ones and it might take a little harder to learn.