onedreamer
Dragon
Fireb said:And as to choosing Romulus as an early Roman leader: He was, after all, the son of Mars, and a God in his own right, which more or less disqualifies him.
Romulus son of Mars ?
Fireb said:And as to choosing Romulus as an early Roman leader: He was, after all, the son of Mars, and a God in his own right, which more or less disqualifies him.
thamis said:Re Dido (2)
Cool story, onedreamer. Where did you read it?
onedreamer said:Romulus son of Mars ?
thamis said:Re: Religion:
Judaism and Christinity could be a problem. But, to be honest. I don't care. Whoever takes his or her religion THAT seriously has lost all credibility in my eyes, and should go back to his religious mind and contemplate the deeper meaning of the word "game."
I am open to suggestions, as long as nobody flames me though.
The Last Conformist said:Re: Sargon, there where three Mesopotamian personages of that name: Sargon of Akkad, famous as the founder of the world's first empire, an early Assyrian king of whom little is known beyond the name, and Sargon II, founder of Assyria's last and most famous dynasty, the "Sargonids", and king both of Assyria and Babylonia. None of them would make too much sense as a Babylonian hero, methinks.
A more worthy candidate might be Nabopolassar, the king who together with the Medes destroyed Assyria, and who founded the Neobabylonian empire.
Karhgath said:Actually, no Nubia. I've done the map so that the sahara is, mostly, cut out of the map. I didn't want a big map, so I had to cut somewhere. Here's the height map:
onedreamer said:Romulus was son of Mars in the roman legends/tales only to justify the fact that the romans called themselves the favourite of Mars... but in the mythology he wasn't connected with Mars AFAIK. Anyways I wouldn't choose Romulus as leader, Camillus is rather a hero than a leader and I think that Julius Casar is a fair choice because he is the "bridge" between republican and imperial Rome. TAM lasts way beyond the birth and death of Rome's Republic, so I don't agree with the fact that the choice of a leader should be bound to the early Republic only.
What about a guy by the name of Hasdrupal (Barca). Not Hannibal's close kin, rather a Phoenician who led Khemet's (Egypt's) foreign legion (e.g. Medjay= made up of Nubians, Libyan, Phonecians, Greeks from the Decapolis, Arabs and Judeans) against the Persians. He does not get one percent of the press that other ancient generals get, but other than for the Pharoah's cowardice (unlike his father he had never witnessed battle up close and personal) at Pelisium the Egyptians probably would have won this battle and repulsed the Persians.thamis said:@onedreamer:
I'm going to stick with the German "Alarich" and "Theoderich", they were Germanic people after all.
There is Sargon of Assyria, and Sargon II of Babylonia. Of course we could use someone else though.
I'm going to find some Phoenician hero who is not Hiram or Dido. ;-)
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As a consumate Leftist I must say that I have the utmost respect and admiration for the policies of both Eisenhower and believe or not Nixon. Both of them helped in keeping the nuclear genie well bottled. I would love a cold war scenario!thamis said:I haven't updated for a while. Just to let you know on the progress:
I'm very busy writing an essay on nuclear weapons strategy of the Eisenhower administration (a more interesting topic than one might think, which made me think that I should do a Cold War scenario... ), so that's my priority now.
BUT: I have been to the King's College Library today (great source for history stuff) and dug up some ancient atlas books from 1901 or so and got some more inspirations for civs and cities, which will flow into TAM one day or another. Also, I've been looking into potential flag decals and found some good stuff.
Hopefully you will be able to include Nubia soon, as they were more involved in the TAM environment then lets say the Britons or some other northern states.Karhgath said:Actually, no Nubia. I've done the map so that the sahara is, mostly, cut out of the map. I didn't want a big map, so I had to cut somewhere. Here's the height map:
Ankenaton said:As a consumate Leftist I must say that I have the utmost respect and admiration for the policies of both Eisenhower and believe or not Nixon. Both of them helped in keeping the nuclear genie well bottled. I would love a cold war scenario!