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Pouakai said:
Also if anyone wanted to try and sort out splash screens for a Hellenic CulDiv group / Mediterranean if current splashes fit Hellenic better
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Do you need splashes for Greek civs specifically? Or just Greco-Roman in general? Because if the current classical splashes don't fit, I can try and hunt some images up, though I might not be able to post any till tomorrow.

http://civilization-v-customisation.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Classical_Cultures
http://civilization-v-customisation.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Southern_Cultures
 
 

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Tried finding a few more. I'm having a bit of trouble finding suitable images.

http://www.dailycotcodac.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Education-in-ancient-Greece-3.jpg
http://eranistis.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1213.jpg
http://www.nikosonline.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/4_300_Rise_Empire_Cinesite_VFX_gh__0010.jpg (Really like this one)
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/images/granicus.jpg
http://www.greece-is.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NEW_DEMO_DEMOCRACY_CAMP_01.jpg
https://dogmatics.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/nb_pinacoteca_raphael_st_paul_preaching_in_athens.jpg
http://new.findwd.com/up/080611582287/20148576248.jpg
http://swh.schoolworkhelper.netdna-...s/2015/05/Pericles-Funeral-Oration.jpg?085e4f

Some may need to be put through an image upscaler. I found a few other images, but they all have watermarks. Still, better to post them anyway.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6894284813_172913192b_b.jpg
http://www.archaeologyillustrated.c...n-of-the-harbor-of-ephesus-2nd-century-ad.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/18/6b/10/186b10b9ea7f0b56ee9c1a8db928f6a2.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8385/8517764930_255dcf22ff_b.jpg

Not sure what to search for for industrial onwards Greece. I'll try and get some more later. Again, sorry for the delay.
 
Here's the Leonidas Pedia

Spoiler :
Leonidas I

History

Leonidas I was one of two Kings of Sparta during the middle phase of the Persian War. An able and respected commander, Leonidas was chosen to head up the defense of the pass at Thermopylae, the bulwark that would decide whether or not the armies of Xerxes could enter Boeotia, and then the rest of the Greek mainland. The outnumbered Greek forces held off the Persians for three days, but it was Leonidas’ heroic last stand with his Hippeis of 300 Spartans on the last day that allowed for the escape of the remainder of the Greek force. Though he perished in battle, his sacrifice allowed for the eventual defeat of the Persians.

Early Life

Leonidas was born the third son of the Agiad Spartan King Anaxandridas I, though only the second from his first wife. As such, Leonidas was not expected to take the Spartan throne, and received the typical education of a Spartan boy. Unlike most kings of Sparta, Leonidas went through the full agoge, and lived as a normal, albeit noble Spartan for most of his life. Meanwhile, his two older brothers, Cleomenes and Dorieus, squabbled over the throne. Tensions rose between the half-brothers to the point that Dorieus abandoned Sparta to colonize North Africa and Sicily. His expeditions proved to be his doom— Dorieus was expelled from Libya by Carthage, and killed by Segesta in Sicily.

Cleomenes ascended to the Agiad throne in around 519 BCE and proved to be a dynamic ruler of Sparta. He was one of the first Spartan kings to be truly interested in global affairs, interceding in Athenian politics to overthrow the tyrant Hippias and involving himself in the Ionian Revolt, the first stage of the Persian War. In his efforts to suss out Persian collaborateurs in Greece, he ran afoul of his co-king, Demaratus. Cleomenes then plotted to assassinate Demaratus, but was found out. Cleomenes was exiled, and only re-admitted when he threatened to invade Sparta. He was then imprisoned, where he died, likely by suicide. He was survived by no male heir, leaving behind only his daughter Gorgo, the wife of Leonidas.

The Kingship

Leonidas ascended to the throne in 490 BCE, at the start of a ten year interbellum between the first and second stages of the Persian Wars. Not much is known about Leonidas’ kingship during this period, though it is clear that Sparta did much to prepare for the coming war. It is known that Sparta likely received a wax tablet with a hidden message from the former king Demaratus, who had taken refuge in Persia after being deposed. The tablet likely helped forewarn the Persian invasion of 480 BCE. Before the formal beginning of that phase of the conflict, Leonidas was elected military commander of the entirety of the Greek force, a move that was as much a vindication of Sparta’s prestige within Greece as Leonidas’ renown as an honorable and loyal commander.
The Persian army began its invasion of Greece in earnest in August 480, an inopportune time for the Greek Army. Two ceremonial commitments stymied full participation in the defense of the pass at Thermopylae at the time: the Olympic games and a Spartan Lunar festival known as the Carnea. To fully commit military forces during either of those occasions was highly irregular. Nevertheless, when reports of a Persian advance to the pass became known, the ephors of Sparta allowed Leonidas to lead his Hippeis of 300 bodyguards to defend the pass, the gateway into Greece.

Thermopylae

While pop culture has mythologized the valiant last stand of 300 Spartans against the myriad forces of Persia, the Battle of Thermopylae was actually a longer, more diverse affair. To wit: the 300 Spartans made up a relatively small fraction of the total Greek force. According to Herodotus, the Spartans were joined by 900 Helots or Perioeci, around 3000 other Peloponnesians, 700 Thespians, 400 Thebans, 1000 Phocians, and assorted other Greeks to create a force of 6000 to 7000 soldiers. Of course, this force was still dwarfed by a Persian force that was, even at the smallest estimate, 10 times the size.

Even at a large disadvantage in terms of numerical strength, the Greeks managed to hold their own for two days of battle, largely due to Leonidas’ able command of the phalanx of Spartans that formed the front lines of the Greek force. The positioning of the Greek army, safely ensconced in the mountain pass of Thermopylae, allowed them to avoid dealing with the brunt of the Persian assault at once. The Persians instead had to face a near-impenetrable phalanx head-on.

Unfortunately for the Greeks, there was one flaw in their seemingly-impenetrable mountain fortress. A local shepherd led the Persians to a mountain path from the Persian position that led to the Greek camp. When Persia took this path, Leonidas immediately sprung into action. The vast majority of the Greek force retreated, to ensure the strength of the army in future battles. Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, as well as the Helots, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans, remained to hold off the Persians for as long as possible. While Leonidas’ forces held off the Persians valiantly, and allowed for the escape of the remainder of the Greek force, the Persians eventually defeated them, killing all of them save for the Thebans, who surrendered. The Persians, in an act of extreme disrespect, made plans to desecrate Leonidas’ body, crucifying him and putting his severed head on a stake.

Judgment of History

Leonidas was memorialized throughout Sparta and Greece for his valiant sacrifice, especially after the Greek victory in the Persian Wars. At the site of the battle, a monument of a stone lion was erected in honor of the Spartan forces, and Leonidas is believed to be depicted as part of the Acropolis in Athens. His remains were also exhumed and reburied in a hero’s grave in Sparta, and a hero cult existed around his legend for centuries after his death. Western pop culture has remained fascinated with Leonidas’ last stand even to the present day. Two quotations principally define the legacy of Leonidas: “Stranger! To Sparta say, her faithful band
Here lie in death, remembering her command,” the epigram written by the lyric poet Simonides, and “Molon Labe” (“Come and Take It!”), the defiant response of Leonidas to the advancing Persians.
 
Hey I did some colony lists, most of it is pretty lazily copy pasted from wiki but for some I did some more digging.
Spoiler :

Athenian:
Ephesus
Amphipolis
Pontic Athens
Thasos
Parium
Salamis
Eion
Ahtopol
Nymphaion
Brea
Thurii
Agora
Berga
Cardia
Krinides
Ennea-Hodoi

Spartan:
Tarento
Sabines
Heraclea Trachinia
Knidos
Locri
Lyctus

Macedonian:
Alexandropolis Maedica
Philippi
Gazoros
Heraclea Sintica
Poneropolis
Heraclea Lyncestis
Kalindoia


Edit: Added some Macedonian ones, I don't think I will find any for Pergamon though...
 
Here is the Rodos entry

Spoiler :
Rodos
Rodos is a city located on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The city of Rodos was formed by the cities of Ialyssos, Kamiros and Lindos in 408 BC, and prospered for three centuries during its Golden Age, when sea trade, skilled shipbuilders, and open-minded politicians of the city kept it prosperous until Roman times. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by the Lindian sculptor Chares between 304 and 293 BC, which took 12 years and was completed in 282 BC. The statue represented their sun god Helios, which stood at the harbor entrance. The ancient city had a well-constructed sewage system as well as a water supply network as designed by Hippodamus. A strong earthquake hit Rhodes about 226 BC, badly damaging the city and toppling the Colossus. In 164 BC, Rodos came under Roman control. It was able to keep its beauty and develop into a leading center of learning for arts and science. The Romans took from the Rhodians their maritime law and applied it to their shipping. Many traces of the Roman period still exist throughout the city and give an insight into the level of civilization at the time. According to Acts 21:1, the Apostle Paul stopped at Rodos near the end of his third missionary journey. In medieval times, Rodos was an important Byzantine trading post, as also a crossroads for ships sailing between Constantinople and Alexandria. In the early years of the divided Roman Empire, the Isaurians, a mountain tribe from Cilicia, invaded the island and burned the city. In the 7th century AD it was captured by the Arabs. The latter were the ones who removed the scattered pieces of the Colossus from the port and moved them to Syria where they destroyed them to make coins. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the native noble Leo Gabalas took control of the island, but after his death and succession by his brother John, the island was briefly occupied by the Genoese before being returned to the Emperor of Nicaea, though ushering in a new, but short-lived, Byzantine period. The Knights Hospitallers captured and established their headquarters on Rodos when they left Cyprus after the persecution of the Knights Templar in 1307. Pope Clement V confirmed the Hospitallers possession of the Island in 1309. The Knights remained on the Island for the next two centuries. In 1444, the Mamluk fleet of Egypt laid a siege to Rodos, but the Knights aided by the Burgundian naval commander Geoffroy de Thoisy beat off the Muslim attack. After the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire began a rapid expansion and in 1480 Sultan Mehmet launched an invasion of Rodos commanded by Mesic Pasha. The defenders repelled Turkish attacks from both landward and seaward sides and the invaders left the Island in defeat. The defeat halted a concurrent invasion of the Italian peninsula by Ottoman forces and prevented possible Muslim incursion and control of Western Europe. After the Ottoman defeat in 1480 the Knights Grand Master, Pierre d'Aubusson, oversaw the strengthening of the cities over the next few decades. By the time of his death in 1521, Rodos possessed the strongest fortifications of any Christian Bastion in the World. The Knights continued naval attacks launched from Rhodes on Muslim merchants until 1522 when the newly enthroned Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent led a second Siege of Rhodes in 1522. The vastly outnumbered Knights made a spirited defense of the city and inflicted heavy casualties upon the Ottoman besiegers. In December 1522 the Knights and Suleiman came to terms and the Knights were allowed to leave the city with all the wealth they could carry, in return there would be no retribution upon the inhabitants of the city and they would be allowed to continue to freely practice Christianity. On January 1, 1523 the Knights departed from the island, leaving it to Ottoman control. In the Ottoman era, new buildings were constructed: mosques, public baths and mansions for the new patrons. The Greeks were forced to abandon the fortified city and move to new suburbs outside its walls. The city maintained its main economic function as a market for the agricultural products of the interior of the island and the surrounding small islands. After the establishment of their sovereignty on the island, the Ottoman Turks converted most of the churches into mosques and transformed the major houses into private mansions or public buildings. This transformation was a long-term process that aimed to adapt the buildings to the Ottoman way of living. The Knights period façades with their sculptured decorations, the arched gates and hewn stone walls were enriched with the random character of the Ottoman architecture adapted to the local climate and culture. In this process most of the architectural features of the existing buildings were preserved. The most characteristic additions were the baths (usually in the back of the buildings) and the enclosed wooden balconies on the façades over the narrow streets. In this way most of the buildings of the Hospitaliers' period in the Medieval Town were well preserved. The result was a mixture of oriental architecture with imposing western architectural remains and more recent buildings, which were characteristic of the local architecture of the time. In the 19th century, the city was the capital of the Eyalet of the Archipelago, but the decline of the Ottoman Empire resulted in the general neglect of the town and its buildings, which further deteriorated due to the strong earthquakes that often plague the area. In 1912 Italian troops took the island over with the rest of the Dodecanese Islands, and established an Italian possession known as Italian Islands of the Aegean in 1923. The father of Italian Rhodes can be considered the Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto. He, in agreement with governor Mario Lago, was author of the city plan of 1923, choosing to respect almost totally the walled town, only demolishing the houses that were built on and around the city walls during the Ottoman era. He also turned the Jewish and Ottoman cemeteries into a green zone surrounding the Medieval Town. At the same time, he designed the new Italian Rodos in the zone of the Mandraki, planning a Garden City, and building along the main sea promenade the main edifices, as the Market, the Cathedral of Saint John of the Knights, the Palace of the governor. All these building were designed in an eclectic style, mixing Ottoman, Venetian, Renaissance and local elements. The Italians preserved what was left from the Knights' period, and destroyed all Ottoman buildings. They also reconstructed the Grand Master's Palace. Furthermore, an Institute for the study of the History and Culture of the region was established, and major infrastructure work was done to modernize Rodos. The British bombs that fell on the medieval city of Rodos in 1944 claimed human lives and destroyed a great number of buildings, leaving large gaps in the urban tissue. One of the first Decrees of the Greek administration designated those areas as reserved for future excavations and a number of edifices as safeguarded buildings. In July 1944 the Nazis ordered the deportation of over 1,600 Jews of Rodos including men, women, and children of which 1,200 were murdered at Auschwitz. In 1957, a new city plan was approved by a Decree and in 1960 the entire medieval town was designated as a protected monument by the Ministry of Culture. In 1961 and 1963 new Decrees were issued concerning the new city plan. They provided for the widening of existing streets and the opening of new ones. These were not implemented in the old city due to the resistance of the Archaeological Service. In 1988, the old town of Rodos was designated as a World Heritage City by UNESCO.
 
Alright, so I continued looking. (It's weird, I found the PNW images way quicker than some of these :p)

http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/1115.jpg?v=1431030173
http://imgur.com/0d1UE2c
https://bookpalace.com/acatalog/GiovanniniDelphiLL-G.jpg
http://travellingmoods.com/wp-conte...s_artemis_temple_by_miguelcoimbra-d33sn9w.jpg
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net...ision/latest?cb=20150315150535&path-prefix=pl
https://wiki.en.grepolis.com/images/6/67/Finished_Temple.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/10/9a/a1/109aa1211dfdcfb8c72d15d2eed72132.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QX7rh8_vS_0/TPKqx7_nPkI/AAAAAAAADSM/1fJ6xbJaLOE/s1600/trirreme_griega1.jpg

I tried looking for information era images too. I'm not the greatest with architecture though, so I can't guarantee they're purely Greek.

http://img14.deviantart.net/1480/i/2012/079/3/e/futuristic_city_by_graffiti_freak-d4tchy4.jpg
http://freeyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/future_city_1_by_peteamachree-d33mu4b.jpg
http://pre01.deviantart.net/f8e0/th...turistic_city_2_by_joakimolofsson-d59agkh.jpg

Will the images I've posted suffice? Or do I need to find more, or for an era specifically? (I'm worried I'm starting clog up the thread with all these suggestions)
 
Since the Greek Split is coming well along I only have a question for Sukritact. You mentioned that you're working on the Nabateans. How are they coming along and which civs did you still have planned until he relase of Civ6, If you want to spoil us. :D
 
If sss64sss doesn't want to spam anymore I'll do :p
Some modern ''Hellenic'' pictures:

Medieval:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CvYGeiKw_zo/maxresdefault.jpg
Renaissance:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-62IdjhfP5Ys/UW797bPq8XI/AAAAAAAATY8/SUICxNheBzg/s640/_Portaria.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Dodwell_Pherae.jpg
Enlightenment:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...iam_-_View_of_Thebes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d54596/d5459615a.jpg
Industrial:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Otto's_entry_in_Athens.jpg
http://www.iannisnikou.gr/nikou/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/HIST_25_grek_fire_ships.jpg
Modern:
http://aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/med..._20100805_110352240_olympic_stadium_18961.jpg
http://www.ermioni.info/sites/ermioni.info/files/Greek Parade Paris 1919 - web.jpg
Atomic:
http://www.thegreekartist.com/s-content/uploads/galleries/1942/1446-large.jpg
http://www.thegreekartist.com/s-content/uploads/galleries/1942/6418-large.jpg
Information:
http://pre15.deviantart.net/9b16/th...the_fading_light_by_westlylafleur-d5nv53p.jpg
 
Awesome, I'm sure we'll be able to use some of them. Though I think the hellenic group might come as a later add-on to save time and stop the Greek pack from being way too big.

Speaking of, though, Jan's gone and whipped up this awesome cover image:

TJLWJhz.png
 
If I guess right, today is your birthday, Mr Pouakai? :p If I'm right then Happy Birthday! :D
 
I've got a secret excel spreadsheet that maps modders to birthdays. :mischief: And Pouakai is indeed mapped to 6/17. :D
I mean, barely anyone's on it, since I tend to forget about it and no one tells me when their birthday is, but still

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEY HAPPY BIRTHDAY POOKIE POUAKAI!!!!!!!!!!1!!!11!!one!
 
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