Greece under Modern Leader in Civ7

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In addition to Classical Greek Leaders. there also modern iterations of Greece that so often overlooked. As alternative leader he's gonna have personal UU associated with eras he's active.
1. Who should be worthy candidate of modern Greek leader? since there were several 'revolutionary leaders' of 1820s as well as King Otho of Bavaria whom his military reforms angered Greek patriots and led to his downfall.
2. Is 'Greek Blue' used in Civilizations since 4, 5 and 6 associated with King Otho and is it the same as Bavarian Skyblue?
and did the Blue in Greek national flag also associated to Bavaria as well?
3. What should be their UU? or names of UU since early 'modern' Greek armed forces are light infantry (either as their respective 'national' army or as volunteers to foreign powers (British, French, and Russians))? and these light infantry wore Armenian style outfits.
A. Armatoloi
B. Evzones
C. Klephts (or Klephtes? what is a correct 'classical greek' spellings while what I see is 'modern greeks')
 
I would vote for Otto, the first king
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But despite I think Greece is already overrepresented and I think a modern greece should replace the ancient one to don't have thousand of greeks states in the game.
The only greek state I would like to see in the game is Bactria Greek (of Afeghanistan) because they are pretty exotic.
 
^ If Otho is to be 'Modern Greek' altenate leader (he is Bavarian actually, and did somehow 'Bayernize' Greece one way or another including introduction of Lager beer (Greek beer brand 'Fix' is owned by a bavarian brewer who followed Bavarian army deployed in Greece as King's bodyguard). then his UU would be more 'orderly' military and not Klephtes which he intended to replace with Bavarian style army even with rather uncomfortable 'post napoleonic' tailcoats uniforms.
any Greek forum member here or anyone who know Classical Greek to tell me whether is 'Klephtes' a 'classical' or 'modern' Greek that means 'rogue')...
 
In addition to Classical Greek Leaders. there also modern iterations of Greece that so often overlooked. As alternative leader he's gonna have personal UU associated with eras he's active.
1. Who should be worthy candidate of modern Greek leader? since there were several 'revolutionary leaders' of 1820s as well as King Otho of Bavaria whom his military reforms angered Greek patriots and led to his downfall.
2. Is 'Greek Blue' used in Civilizations since 4, 5 and 6 associated with King Otho and is it the same as Bavarian Skyblue?
and did the Blue in Greek national flag also associated to Bavaria as well?
3. What should be their UU? or names of UU since early 'modern' Greek armed forces are light infantry (either as their respective 'national' army or as volunteers to foreign powers (British, French, and Russians))? and these light infantry wore Armenian style outfits.
A. Armatoloi
B. Evzones
C. Klephts (or Klephtes? what is a correct 'classical greek' spellings while what I see is 'modern greeks')
2. Yes. Othos/Otto brought the Bavarian blue & white combination with him to Greece.

3. 'Armatoloi' were originally raised by the Ottomans, 'self-appointed armatoloi' or Kleftis (Kleftes) were anti-Ottoman revolutionary fighters. These were all very irregular forces only a step away from full-time bandits and only had even a semi-official function during the Greek War of Independence.

Evzones are a better choice: they were the first regular light infantry organized by the post-revolutionary Greek Army (and the word is first found in Homer's Illiad, referring to light infantry also known in Classical times as psiloi). When Otho/Otto's Bavarian advisors rebuilt the 'Hellenic Army' in 1833, each battalion had 1 company of Grenadiers, 4 companies of line infantry, and 1 company of Evzones, but these wore the same uniform as the rest of the battalion except for green piping and epaulettes ('distinctives' in European military terminology of the time). The traditional Evzone uniform of the fustanella (a traditional Balkan skirt or kilted coat) was not adopted until 1837, but has been worn on and off ever since, and at various times there have been separate Evzone battalions and regiments and Evzone units attached to larger regular infantry formations.

^ If Otho is to be 'Modern Greek' altenate leader (he is Bavarian actually, and did somehow 'Bayernize' Greece one way or another including introduction of Lager beer (Greek beer brand 'Fix' is owned by a bavarian brewer who followed Bavarian army deployed in Greece as King's bodyguard). then his UU would be more 'orderly' military and not Klephtes which he intended to replace with Bavarian style army even with rather uncomfortable 'post napoleonic' tailcoats uniforms.
any Greek forum member here or anyone who know Classical Greek to tell me whether is 'Klephtes' a 'classical' or 'modern' Greek that means 'rogue')...
The Jäger-Korporal in your illustration (2nd from left) is one of the members of the Evzone company in each of the first Hellenic/Bavarian infantry battalions. They were not actually organized until 1833, a uear or so after Otho/Otto originally took the Greek throne. The uniform is strictly Bavarian and was reportedly loathed by the Greek troops, since it had no association with Greek military or Greek history at all.

The Greek form is 'kleftis' (κλεφτλης), or plural: kleftes (κλεφτλες), and appears in precisely that form in Greek versions of the New Testament, in Classical Attic Greek and in Homer's Illiad, so it dates back to at least the very early Classical Era. While the meaning by the beginning of the 19th century was 'thief', the original meaning was closer to 'bandit' or 'highwayman'. There is a traditional Greek dish called "Kleftico" usually translated as "Stolen Lamb", and a whole collection of Greek folksongs called 'Kleftica" - "Thief Songs"
 
About Evzones.
1. What should this unit replaces?
- Ranger/Jager
- Fusilier/Linear Infantry
2. What should be in game uniforms?
- Post Napoleonic Bavarian uniforms.
- Greek-Armenian style uniform adapted since 1837.

Evzones were always Light Infantry, so should replace Rangers in current Civ VI terms.

At various times, the Evzones wore 'Napoleonic' Bavarian uniforms or variations of the ordinary field uniform of the regular infantry (as, for instance, in WWI and WWII) but for the sake of identification and graphic exclusiveness, they should be in the fustanellas, the 'skirt' or kilt - but without the over-decorative shoes with the pompoms, which are completely impractical for field wear.
 
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