Can't liberate an extinct Civ?

[blackcatatonic]

I'm at war with Tomyris in my current game and have just captured the suspiciously-not-Scythian-sounding city of Neapolis. Rome isn't in the game at present so I'm guessing she met him early and wiped him out, hanging on to that one city.

I was hoping to liberate the city and revive Trajan but it's not giving me the option to do so. Is this because I never met him before he was wiped out?

 

[nzcamel]

Neapolis is somewhat controversially on the Scythian list is it not?

 

[Turrdy]

Yes, Neapolis is on the Scythian city list.

 

[blackcatatonic]

Ha! I did think of asking but I thought it was too ridiculous to be true Thanks for the clarification!

 

[abandag]

The civilopedia mentions something about Neapolis being the only Scythian city named mentioned in the histories.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Yes it is the only actual Scythian settlement that we know of located in present day Crimea. Fun fact is it was inhabited by a mix of both Greek and Scythians hence the Greco-Roman sounding name.