Name: Hellenic Republic of Rhodes
Capital: Rhodes
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Government: Oligarchy
Principal Goddess: Aphrodite
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Projects: The Colossuses of Rhodes
Wonders:
UU: Rhodian Slingers (200 Men a Credit, Weak Melee)
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Rhodian Slingers are highly skilled missile troops but are at a huge disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, especially against cavalry. These slingers can send a hail of bullets towards the enemy, and target their shots for maximum damage, they can maintain a sustained and concentrated barrage on enemies and then fall back rapidly to avoid hand-to-hand combat. Rhodian Slingers carry a shoulder bag with many pieces of lead shot (they can also use stones picked up on the battlefield) and several spare slings including slings of different length for greater or lesser range and stave slings for maximum power. They also carry a knife and a small shield but no other equipment. A sling is a deceptively simple weapon: a slinger can bring down the strongest man with a single shot. Used to kill enemies from a distance, they are superb missile warriors. After all, they will have been hunting with slings since boyhood.
Great Wonder Project: The Colossuses of Rhodes
On the tiny island of Rhodes there were three of these city-states: Ialysos, Kamiros, and Lindos. The cities came together in to create one territory that had a unified capital that was named Rhodes. In honor of this even the newly founded Hellenic Republic of Rhodes decided to start building 2 huge statues of the patron gods of the Island, Helios and his wife Rhode.
These two huge statues will come to lay down at the gates of the harbor of Rhodes, the statues will be looking each others in the eyes, one of their arms will look like they caress each others cheek while the other will rest on their own tights, it will be possible to tense 2 huge chains from this second hand to the others statue second hand effectively denyng acess to the harbor in times of need. The Statues legs will run for a portion of the harbors breakwater.
These statues will symbolize the Love the peoples of Rhodes have for each other, their patron gods and their Principal Goddess Aphrodite.
(picture yourself Cophenghagens Mermaid statue with a male counterpart next to it caressing each other cheek and when needed with 2 chains running from the one to the other)