Anno Domini - a full mod from R8XFT

Looks promising ...

I do notice that you've made Periccles a King; I'd suggest it be changed to General instead, as that's a reasonable translation of Greek strategos, the office which formed the formal basis for his power.
 
Also.. 'Annus Domini' could very easily be cahenged into 'Anus Dominating' And nobody wants that....
 
mitsho said:
The first means, 'the year of the master', the second 'in the year of the master'. It's a dating method, in case you don't know :) Anno Domini 2005 we have atm. :)
But I agree with you, that it doesn't make much sense for a mod that is not placed in the years of the Middle Ages (wherer this expression was commonly used). But nevertheless, it's a good catching title. But really, before saying something bad: R8XFT, What did you mean with that title?

mfg mitsho

Ah, I see now. I know that AD is a dating method (even though in Italy we use something like "after Christ", as opposed to BC, makes sense ... :mischief: ) it's even in the game eheh, but I always thought it stood for Annus Domini. That is because of expressions like the one you used, "we have atm Anno Domini 2005". In this case, "in the year of the Lord (better than Master :) )" doesn't make much sense !
I like the title. I don't think it suggests Middle Ages. Because Anno Domini, is the year 0 (of our calendar) :)
 
Goldflash said:
Aslo.. 'Annus Domini' could very easily be cahenged into 'Anus Dominating' And nobody wants that....

LOL... you twisted mind ! I believe that also can also be easily changed in aslo... :P
 
is this for PTW, or am i gonna have to wait untill i get C3C?

cos i REALLY wanna play this!!
 
Could anyone post some info about Palmyra, Delian League and Nok?
Never heard of those before... :mischief:
 
I'd like to give my updated Nzinga leaderhead a home.....perhaps as the leader of the African Amazons, or Gorgon Amazons? Myrene is certainly a known Amazonian queen, what her exact ethnic origin is, I don't know.

Any other suggestions?

Nznew.jpg
 
she looks definately not greek, better some african queen ? :) But I can't name you any. :)

@Psycho The Delian League was a greek city alliance, I think under the reign of Athens, but I need to look it up to be sure. Nok is, erm something important, it lies on my tongue, but I can't name it. :)
About Palmyra, finally, I wrote a work in school about it. It is a city in the syrian desert. relatively good conserved, a beautiful place to travel to (the ruins are breathtaking). Today, the place is called Tadmur, if you want to find it on a map. It was a trade city on an oasis in the middle of the desert (although it had some agriculture!) and was quite big. Two important prime times: 1 century AD: biggest and richiest trading city, controlled several trade posts all over the mesopotamian, around 260-272, as being part of the roman empire, they aren't really feeling well. And as there is a Civil War in Rome, Palmyra under Queen Zenobia puts up a fight, takes all of the Eastern half of the roman Empire (pretty all... :)), from Anatolia to Alexandria. A bit later, they are conquered by Emperor Aurelianus. :)

I hope that helped you a bit.

mitsho
 
The Delian League was the name of an alliance of Greek states led by Athens. The other members were eventually reduced to de facto Athenian vassals. Some of them revolted against Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but were mostly forced back in line. The league was dissolved after Athens' eventual defeat, but it was resurrected in the 4th C for a while.

Don't know of Nok, unless it be something I know under another name.
 
From the web:
"In 1928, archaeologists unearthed artifacts from an amazing culture that flourished from about 500BC to AD200. The archaeologists referred to the ancient culture as the Nok, the name of a modern Nigerian village where they made their discovery.

The Nok artifacts included sculptures of animals and people made of terra cotta, or fired clay. The complex Nok sculptures were probably based on woodcarvings, but any wooden artifacts would have disintegrated long ago in the humid climate of West Africa. This leads archaeologists to believe that the Nok civilization may have been much older than even the oldest artifact.

The Nok discovered that by heating certain rocks they were able to “smelt” iron. Iron is very malleable, so it can be reshaped to make weapons and plows. Most ancient cultures discovered copper and bronze before iron, but the Nok apparently moved directly from the Stone Age to the Iron Age."

The Nok were from the Jos Plateau, or certainly near it. Nok was also the name of their main village, and archeological finds have been made at places such as Taruga. I added names of cities/villages from the area in later days, as very little factual knowledge has been retained from the time of the Nok. There are no leader names, so I've taken those from Yaroba legends (the Yaroba succeeded the Nok in the area).

As for my new African queen leaderhead, I thought that some Amazons originated in Africa and that Myrene might be of African descent. I'd really like to have a fourth African tribe in the mod, and if the Amazons shouldn't be represented as an African civ, I would have liked a civ to represent the Congo or a similar geographical area. However, there's no info I can find, so if anyone could help me, I'd be very grateful :) .
 
The Nok were Africans just south of the Sahara originating about 500 BC, basically at the modern city of Jenne (or Jenne-jeno) in Mali, IIRC. They were known for iron working and cultural achievements (masks and stuff.) They vanished at about 200 AD. Haven't heard any other names for them, though.

Edit: X-post with R8
BTW, mod looks good.
 
R8XFT said:
I knew someone would ask that ;) ! Let's get the mod out of the way and then I'll see :D .

If you do eventually decide to extend some leaderheads, I hope the Indian one is among them. An alternative Indian leader is, in my opinion, one of the most needed, plus, I have wanted for quite a long time to replace Gandhi.
 
P.S.Y.C.H.O. said:
Thanks for the info guys! :)

BTW Myrene was Libyan...

yeah, but north africans are predominatelly berbers, whom are causcasian
 
Some possibilities for Africans would include Ghana, which would be pretty close to Nok and the Libyans. Ghana technically falls outside the timeline, at around 800-900 CE, but would be en par technologically at that time period. Libya is also somewhat awkward because so little is known about it, but it was known to the Greeks.
 
Cuivienen said:
Some possibilities for Africans would include Ghana, which would be pretty close to Nok and the Libyans. Ghana technically falls outside the timeline, at around 800-900 CE, but would be en par technologically at that time period. Libya is also somewhat awkward because so little is known about it, but it was known to the Greeks.

Ghana.....the Akan were around at the time. "Afra" means "peaceful ruler" in the Akan tongue and was a name given to females of African descent by Romans and Greeks. So maybe she could be called Afra of the Akan, using Ghana place names as cities?
 
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