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appleciders
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It really depends; will laurentius agree to back down if Magna Grecia were under new leadership? If so, then Magna Grecia's a good choice. But 1889, I joined just a turn ago and chose not to go with Lydia because it's a tiny little state between two bigger ones that could squash it like a bug. Egypt looked like it was a little more of an action zone; nothing has ever happened in Lydia, they've just kind of been there. Or did they get attack by pirates once? Anyway, it's a very quiet corner of the world since Persia and Macedonia have little interest in each other. I'd say you should consider Bosporian Greece; they've got no enemies and lots of room to expand.
In any case, teal is Persia, ruled by Bipolarbear; yellow is Egypt, ruled by yours truly, the lighter pink is Carthage, ruled by Lord Nuclear; the duller pink is Sparta, an NPC; the bright pink is Crete, another NPC; Dark green is Macedonia, ruled by Foolish_Icarus; Light green is... some kind of little tiny alliance amongst the cities in the region, NPC; purple is Lydia, an NPC; Blue is Magna Graecia, NPC; and finally orange is Bosporian Greek, an NPC.
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appleciders
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Fine, fine, Egyptian Orders:
Scavenge the battleground where Carthage was fought last turn for weapons and armor that might be distributed amongst the troops.
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foolish_icarus
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the thievery continues
Nov 2002
time: 21:29
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The King of Macedon has 70 thousands soldiers, 125 triremes, 118 talents available to spend, a fairly substantial and currently wounded ego, little self control, and an inability to grasp the significance of consequences.
Normally this isn't a problem, but unfortunately, the queen, that soothing and sensible woman who normally inserts calming doses of reason, dignity, and practicality into the stubborn king's fantastical whims and violent tempers, is off at some Thessalian spa taking a well deserved but untimely vacation.
And now, this rather unbalanced fellow who happens to be leader of a not insignificant regional power, is stark howling mad. Not crazy--at least no more than usual--but really, seriously, very signicantly, fueled-by-harsh-Moesian-liquors-and-an-unhealthy-dosage-of-Persian-stimulants-as-well-as-a-sense-of-abandonment-and-some-Freudian-issues, rip-roaring, frothing-at-the-mouth, courtier-biting, animal-instincts mad.
He is scaring the children.
Please, think of the children.
And it's not as if his mood is entirely unjustified. After all, he sent messages to the neighboring countries like a proper head of state. He entreated the leaders and lawmakers of those nations like a friend, like an ally, like a brother. He was calm. He was cautious. He was sensible. He read their assembled politicians a ****ing children’s story. But now, by Zeus’ left nut, for the sake of all that is good and holy in this forsaken world, if he doesn’t get SOME kind of response, and most advisably a satisfactory response, from his wayward western neighbors, there are going to be problems.
He is not a big man, but he is full of hate. And he has 40 generations of inbred barbarian warlord bloodlust and an enormous assemblage of skilled murderers and assassins just itching to unleash the most inhuman, horrible pain and destruction imaginable upon whatever population they have their cold merciless spears pointed at.
Happy thoughts, people.
Happy, soothing thoughts.
Calm. Happy.
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laurentius
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Helsinki, Finland
Jun 2001
time: 07:29
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Micha I'm trading a lot of fabrics with the Carthage too but I really dont have any specific figures right here. I asked my trade advisor about that and she said that going through the accounts with abacus is going to take at least a week.
Last edited by laurentius on 01-02-2005 at 02:09
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Lord Nuclear
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Just some interesting facts. Carthage used the Phoenician alphabet, but spoked a slightly different dialect. Carthage was a mix of Roman/Greek culture, and African culture, thus making a rather weird religion, including child sacrifice. Hannibal the Great was considered a good general because he brought his troops into the Roman lands for years, against a force 15x his, and had to climb over the Alps.
Now Micha, Hannibal had only two War Elephants when he was in Italy. I guess they did quite a lot of damage, so why did an army of 100 War Elephants do so little? Even in Lord of the Rings, there were only about 10 Mumakil, the Haradrim term for War Elephants. Maybe there should be less War Elephants, and make them cost many more talents?
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laurentius
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Helsinki, Finland
Jun 2001
time: 07:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Lord Nuclear
After some reading, I also have found out that there was a small Jewish population in Cyrene, and that it was heavily influenced by Hellenistic culture, not Persian culture. |
Yes and whats interesting too is how most of Alexandrias inhabitants were jewish during the Roman period. In fact there were more jews living in Alexandriathan Jerusalem itself! A million some say. Are you jewish yourself?
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