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    [Preview] Imperium Romanum

    Imperium Romanum
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    The Name of the Empire:
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    Re: Quick Q on Lydian Units

    :shocked:

    They should be recruitable! Did I ever said something different? If so, it was a misunderstanding and I am sorry. Please make them recruitable.
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    Re: Suggestions for future versions

    Thanks for your words!

    Prytanis, I am not sure if this is intentionally, but the Spartans might have build walls around other cities under their control, however Sparta itself should not be...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    I think everyone is pretty sure I only said the Persians logistical system could not supply 300.000 men etc for months simply because none of the other pre-modern armies, Prussians being exemplified...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Just a little addition for clarification, Phoebus. I did not include naval supply, because I have no data on it, moreover it would start a discussion of how many ships could participate regarding the...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    That is really no good discussing, Phoebus. I presented raw number of what the army needs, and how it can be supplied with those needs, either by train or foraging. I nowhere stated it was solely...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    I come to agree, except of the last point: Today classicists don't really discuss numbers anymore since "they" were the first to question numbers and disprove certain numbers for the sheer...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Conon, thanks for the correction concerning depots. I also agree on Thukydides, however in my initial post I just stated he would disagree with Herodotos what the greatest conflict was. It is not...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Phoebus, you stated yourself that the Persians would have marched in multiple columns (post 189). Don’t disagree with me for the disagreement. Not nice. For the record, I know you don’t advocate...
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    Re: Questions

    No, they should use bows, consequently sounds like a bug. Playing Egypt is hard btw, my respect! :thumbsup2
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    You can't store grain for four years neither, afaik. And it still needs to be transported to the troops on the "front" and transporting such masses with pre-modern supply is nigh impossible,...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Even though were not likely inventing the tank, they could gather troops and striking before gathering is complete is another dictum of warfare. If you ask what supply strain reread the thread, I...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    When I said marching has to be as fast as speed and security needs make it possible I was not specifically referring to Xerxes. You correctly said, Xerxes had not to much to fear, all the reason to...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    I said that Antiochos only fielded a third or less troops than Xerxes (if your extimation was correct), having control of most of Asia Minor, the Levant, Iran, Mesopotamia, Syria, also mustering the...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Phoebus, I struggle to see how Antiochos having control of most of Asia Minor, the Levant, Iran, Mesopotamia, Syria, also mustering the core troops of Xerxes, which that time moreover included lots...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    300.000 is by far over any other troop number in antiquity, Antiochos III. controlling not much less territory but with lots of additional Greek soldier settlements, with years of preparation,...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Sorry, I did not know Phoebus is your name, with my philological background I assumed the surname of Apollon in ancient Greek, which is φοĩβος. Anyway, for spelling Delbrück correctly you don’t need...
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    Re: A new "Hellenic" blockbuster

    Oh I think the Anabasis of Xenophon has that epic scale, even though the merit is "just" surviving. Peeple often fail to realise how difficult that was against Persia. The Athenian expedition in...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    First, there is a difference between a real name of a really high esteemed scholar and an internet nick. Second if you don't have *ü* just use *ue*, don't use *u* - this is wrong. Nothing to argue to...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    For the record, Delbrück (or Delbrueck, it’s not hard to spell at least names correctly, it’s also a matter of respect) came to his conclusions on army numbers by a thorough analysis of ancient...
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    Re: Greatest Persian King?

    You mean other than building a 200 years lasting empires with an administration so effective that even the successors of the successors of the successors of the Persians basicly still used that...
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    Re: Ancient Egypt mod

    Speaking for Rise of Persia, Egypt is indeed one of our most important factions and it has enjoyed much attention which also led to the use of indigenous names, which indeed sound weird to us....
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    Re: Rise of Persia Beta 2 Released!

    I can only recommend to try one of the middle or near eastern factions. This is what the mod is designed for, there is the most diversity in units, there are the mighty empires, the big cities. For...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    Most casualties happen during the rout and pursuit. The lack of a pursuit means lower casualties, even more so if the units were not assaulting in masses but rather small units.
    Losing 12.000 men...
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    Re: How would you fight the 300 spartans?

    One should really thank rez for his tireless efforts to destroy common myths on the Persians.

    I may add a few things here. Victory or defeat is not defined by the number of casualties, on neither...
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    Re: Trouble with a model

    We don't have any "300"-look alike Spartans in our mod.
    I guess you use a model,which does not belong to our mod together with a skin,
    which does belong to our mod. Naturally, that can't work....
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    Re: Common Myths About the Middle Ages

    Sure, theses often don't survive for a longer time, still this one is still alive as a myth, hence my post.

    It's an old thesis, but it was not state of the art back then neither. White simply...
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    Re: Common Myths About the Middle Ages

    I am not a medieval historian, thus I had little intrest in it, especially after reading such ... stuff. Maybe I indeed missed something. However I am not a fan of technological determinism as it is...
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    Re: Common Myths About the Middle Ages

    Well yeah, talking about common myths! The stirrup thesis presented there by White is pretty much on top of my best-academic-nonsense-ever-list. How he managed to ignore not only both ancient and...
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    Re: Rise of Persia Downloads

    Hm, works for me:
    http://www.riseofpersia.com/download/category/1-rop22
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    Re: quick history lesson

    They did use the sun disk of Šamaš, however.
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1505626&postcount=28

    You sound arrogant, please temper yourself a bit.
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    Re: Faction Preview: Babylon!

    There were more religions than just the Zoroastrian religion in Middle East and please don't think it had sole claim on it's symbols.

    The sun disk derives from old Egyptian religion and has ever...
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    Re: Operation Market Garden - what if it suceeded

    It would have been worse if these SS-PzD actually had had any tanks or were even close to divisional strength... battle-hardened they were, but they barely had 20-30% of their strength and had lost...
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    Re: The NTW2 Austrian release

    Great, just what I've been waiting for! Thanks for your mod.
    Could you also release the unarmoured Prussian cuirassier skin for an 1813-scenario? Leipzip comes in mind immediately :smile: (only if...
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    Re: My Review So Far :)

    There are not two Hoplites the same in RoP. Although a small number of models are shared among the Greek factions – after all, they all used the same equipment more or less (Korinthian helmet, Argive...
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    Re: Egypt's Units...

    Not at all mate! It's just the opposite. We are glad to see feedback of every kind, even if it only shows the mod is played. OK, we have thousands of downloads (!), but written feedback is always the...
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    Re: Patch 2.02 Release - Balancing

    Only Indian faction will be able to recruit elephants, the Persians started using them much, much later - without notable effect, I may add.
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    Re: Bug Reports Thread - Beta 2

    The Spara is made of wicker, designed to make a shield wall protecting against arrows. But spears, being pushed constantly in opposite to arrows, plunged right through the wicker.

    Please tell at...
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    Re: Lusteds work - gallery

    He actually did. Maybe by accident, but he did. The type of cheek piece you called "ahistorical" is pretty much exactly the type of cheek piece attached to Montefortino type F helmets such as the one...
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    Re: Patch 2.01 for ROP Beta 2

    I agree the landbrigde on the Hellespont might be a problem, since armies did not cross it very often in our period.

    But calling the Lydian empire 'measly' is fully off the mark! They were the...
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