New Leaderhead - King Atlas of Atlantis
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lol funny pic
utahjazz7
Deity
Marvelous.
neorowen
The Newest of the Rowens
Looking good!
Yes - hold down for a minute (or days
) It's all finished 
.Now I'm trying to reach my brother so he could give me chance to upload finished file on his server. He's now gone and maybe he'll be back on Monday, but I'm not sure.
If not - You'll have to wait even a week more
The file has 21 MB so not a chance to upload it here.neorowen
The Newest of the Rowens
Hey Piernik, you could upload it to my server. I can host it for a few days. I don't have a lot of bandwidth (DSL) but at least it would be up and available.
neorowen
The Newest of the Rowens
Alright, here it is.
http://baraka.bounceme.net/ernia/atlas.rar
Please remember I have DSL so don't expect warp speeds. My server is running 24/7 so start downloading.
Once again I need to say that Piernik did a wonderful job on these and they all great!
http://baraka.bounceme.net/ernia/atlas.rar
Please remember I have DSL so don't expect warp speeds. My server is running 24/7 so start downloading.
Once again I need to say that Piernik did a wonderful job on these and they all great!
Sneus
Chieftain
Awesome! This looks a lot better than the pic did on your web-site . . . how about adding some color to your site?
Sneus
Chieftain
Piernik, you're great at making leaderheads . . . how about making a leaderhead of a Canadian leader . . . your skills would make a perfect one . . . if you could, that would be awesome . . . pm me if you can.
neorowen
The Newest of the Rowens
Sure thing, no problem.
Hey tell me if you get another server for it, that way people can download it at a real speed.
Hey does anyone have some civpedia text for the Atlatians?
Hey tell me if you get another server for it, that way people can download it at a real speed.
Hey does anyone have some civpedia text for the Atlatians?
I happen to have one, lying around ...
#RACE_Atlantean
^The Atlanteans are $LINK<scientific and expansionist=GCON_Strengths>. They start the game with
$LINK<Alphabet=TECH_Alphabet> and $LINK<Bronze Working=TECH_Bronze_Working> and build the
$LINK<Kraken=PRTO_Kraken> instead of normal $LINK<Frigates=PRTO_Frigate>.
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["...in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in front of the straits which you call the Columns of Heracles: the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from the islands you might pass through the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean; for this sea which is within the Straits of Heracles is only a harbor, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a continent. Now, in the island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire, which had rule over the whole island and several others, as well as over parts of the continent; and, besides these, they subjected the parts of Libya within the Columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia."] - Critias, as told by Plato
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The story of the Isle of Atlantis first occurs in Plato's two dialogues the "Timaeus" and the "Citius." Plato's story centers around Solon, a great Greek legislator and poet who journeyed to Egypt some 150 years earlier. While in the Egyptian city of Sais, Solon received the story of Atlantis from priests. According to ancient Egyptian temple records, the Athenians fought an aggressive war against the rulers of Atlantis some nine thousand years earlier and won.
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These ancient and powerful kings or rulers of Atlantis had begun a war from their homeland in the Atlantic Ocean, sending fighting troops all over Europe and Asia. Against this attack, the men of Athens formed a coalition from all over Greece to halt it. When this coalition met difficulties, their allies deserted them and the Athenians fought on alone to defeat the Atlantian rulers. They stopped an invasion of their own country as well as freeing Egypt and eventually every country under the control of the rulers of Atlantis.
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Shortly after their victory, even before the Athenians could return home, Atlantis suffered catastrophic earthquakes and floods until it disappeared beneath the sea. All of the grandeur and beauty of Atlantis was swallowed up in a single day and night of horror.
#DESC_RACE_Atlantean
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According to Solon's notes, the history of Atlantis began at the beginning of time. It was then that the immortal gods divided the world among themselves and each ruled their proportion. Poseidon received Atlantis, an island larger the Libya and Asia combined. He chose for a wife the mortal woman Cleito, and with her begun the royal family of Atlantis.
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Cleito bore Poseidon ten sons, five sets of boys. Atlas, the first son of the first set of twins, was made king over the vast territory by his father. His brothers were appointed princes and each ruled over a large section of the territory which was distributed to him.
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For generations Atlantis remained peaceful and prospered. Almost all of the population's needs were met from the island's rich mines, lush fields and deep forests. Atlantis grew into an advanced civilization, buth in matters of science and of culture. Poseidon sat down laws for Atlantis, which made it an enviably well run nation. And, as long as they judged and lived by Poseidon's laws, they and the kingdom prospered.
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The ruling body met regularly. It consisted of ten rulers which represented the first rulers, Atlas and his nine brothers, who reigned with absolute power of life and death over their subjects. These meetings occurred in the temple of Poseidon where the first rulers inscribed the laws on a pillar of orichalcum. First, as required by ancient ceremony, pledges were exchanged, and a sacred bull was sacrificed. The blood was mixed with wine, and poured over the fire as a act of purification. The rulers were served wine in golden cups, and swore by oath to give judgment according to the inscribed laws. When ending his vow, each drank his wine and dedicated his cup to the temple. After a ceremonial a dinner, each ruler donned magnificent blue robes, in which they judged matters concerning the kingdom according to Poseidon's laws.
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Eventually, pride overtook the rulers, and they began grasping for greater and greater power. When Zeus saw that they had abandoned Poseidon's laws, he assembled all the gods of Olympus around him and pronounced his judgment on Atlantis. This is where Plato's story, and that of Atlantis, ends.
neorowen
The Newest of the Rowens
Great, with a bit of adaption I can use that for my mod. Thanks!
