Mythology city set pack

[BadKharma]

Wonderfull job once again you really know how to make some great cities.

 

[Keroro]

Yep, these cities just make most others look unrealistic. Great work. It is difficult to make these cities fit in with others, so I guess you'll have to make some more sets for us.

On the square / circular wall debate - I believe that the archaic and classical greeks tended to stick to straight lines, especially as they did not use arches. It's later that western architecture starts to use curves and arches.

Derf - Do you play Travian? Are you from Dorset?

 

[Virote_Considon]

Dorset? Now that be my neck of the woods!

 

[Derf]

Yep, these cities just make most others look unrealistic. Great work. It is difficult to make these cities fit in with others, so I guess you'll have to make some more sets for us.

On the square / circular wall debate - I believe that the archaic and classical greeks tended to stick to straight lines, especially as they did not use arches. It's later that western architecture starts to use curves and arches.

Derf - Do you play Travian? Are you from Dorset?

A little off-topic maybe, but yes, I come from that general area. And play Travian.
I'm on Uk1 through 4, with a different name on each, but you and I can discuss that someplace else.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Those picture links are small forts, not cities.

I think the cities had square walls because it would be easier to build structures off of it, and more organization.

If we're going to get nitpicky, he did not specify "city" walls in his confutation:

but I don't care for those round walls, I think that square walls are what all civs have built throughout history.

On the square / circular wall debate - I believe that the archaic and classical greeks tended to stick to straight lines, especially as they did not use arches. It's later that western architecture starts to use curves and arches.

Nor did he specify an era or culture. In fact, he said

square walls are what all civs have built throughout history.

well, these on the pictures were not the city walls.. yet, i know at least nordic civilizations built round walls

One white crow. Oops, there's at least two.

I simply gave the two clearest examples I could quickly find illustrations of. I could also mention all the Motte & Bailey or Celtic Hill Forts (such as the one on Heiligenberg in Heidelberg) that did include habitations/settlements.

So now argue that they need to be larger to be cities. Then one must mention Carcassone. That was a major city in its time. If someone wants to say that it doesn't count because the curved sections are actually built from short sections of straight walls, then we can either introduce calculus or all concede that only curved bricks make a curved wall and continue the discourse into the realm of absurdly precise definitions.

I would have agreed with him if he had said straight walls are the norm, or stuck with stating his personal preference. Putting the argument in absolute terms is the shortcoming.

 

[Chris85]

Good job! Those all look great!