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    Re: Was the Mexican war unjust .

    I think an important thing that has not been mentioned here is support for the war was very regional; Southern and Appalachian voters, Democrats at that time, were very much for the war, while...
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    Re: Pseudolegionaries

    No doubt, the Ptolemies and later the Numidians actually did this. One of Pompey's killers in Egypt was actually a Roman in Ptolemaic employ.

    Most of the Ptolemaic officer corps in their later...
  3. Re: Was the Khmer Rouge really worse than the USA and its allies?

    But the thing is, why begin at the US involvement? You're not starting at the true beginning. It's a construct where you are trying to get the facts you want. If you look at it from a North...
  4. Re: Look Away! a Politically Incorrect History of Slavery in the CSA, America, and World History

    twc01, I think you are struggling with trying to rationalize the existence of slavery in the the South.

    I wouldn't. Move on.

    Maybe you can take comfort in knowing slavery in the Deep South was...
  5. Re: Who was the Greatest Byzantine Emperor

    Even with Iconoclasm, Leo III is definitely a dark horse contender for the title.

    My pick would be John Tzimiskes, who despite his short reign, largely set the stage for Basil II to be as...
  6. Re: Question : Why are Albanians muslims?

    Interesting stuff, an entire community I had no idea existed.
  7. Re: Question : Why are Albanians muslims?

    In the 15th century, Albania was the center of resistance to the Ottomans in the Balkans under the leadership of George Castriot...Skanderbeg...and his Stratiots. Skanderbeg was never caught by the...
  8. Re: The American Civil War, Why, What, How?

    Interesting stuff.

    There is a counter narrative; the disillusion with the southern cause that was expressed by many soldiers while the war was still on, and starting to go badly. In addition, many...
  9. Re: What happened to change the Japanese Military mindset from 1900 to 1937?

    I'm surprised that nobody has brought up the bitterness that WWI brought about in the Japanese officer corps.

    The Japanese were an allied power, did what was expected of them in the Pacific, and...
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    Re: Did America Save Britain's Ass?

    I'll bite.

    Actually some of the WWII economic scholarship right now leans towards Britain being able to stand alone because her navy and colonies against the Axis. Even if there was no US/USSR in...
  11. Re: Different fundamentals in the acquisition of historical knowledge debate

    When I was in college they literally had a course about this topic. At my university it was actually called History 200: The Fundamentals of History.

    Read everything that piques your interest and...
  12. Re: Confederate Pikemen in the Civil War

    Another use of Pikes during the era; John Brown's anti-slavery rebels were to be partially armed with pikes. A few years ago, some of them were sold at auction.
    ...
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    Re: Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

    Looks like a knocked out Tiger Tank.
  14. Re: Where there stil any German-trained divisions at the late stages of the Chinese civil war(1946-49)?

    I have Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II by Stuart Goldman (great book) and I don't remember the Japanese airplanes inflicting serious damage on the Soviets at all. The...
  15. Re: Where there stil any German-trained divisions at the late stages of the Chinese civil war(1946-49)?

    Definitely not. The German trained divisions in the KMT Army were the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 36th, 87th, and 88th. The 87th and 88th (and also the 36th if memory serves) were probably the most...
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    Re: Speculation

    I'm cool with essentially RTW Barbarian Invasion 2. It was a lot of fun fighting the hordes of migrating barbarian tribes as the Western & Eastern Roman Empires.

    I bet it will be standalone like...
  17. Re: Name the new TW game and win a prize!

    World War II: Total War.

    Here's hoping...
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    Re: Speculation

    Ohhh my here we go!

    Here's hoping for WWII: Total War.

    I think the technology to make it is there, finally. And it would pretty much sell itself.
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    Re: Parthian Horse archer tactics?

    I was really referring to Parthian horse archers, and others of B.C.E. era, who generally did not engage in melee.

    The Mongols are really the prime example of heavy horse archers; there was really...
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    Re: Niall Ferguson's view of WWI

    I need to get to "The Pity of War" badly, it's been on my audible.com wish list since I joined a couple years ago.
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    Re: Parthian Horse archer tactics?

    Common horse archer tactics (from Carrhae to Genghis Khan) involve moving in, peppering the enemy with arrows, then feigning a retreat as they begin to respond. Horse archers cannot hope to fight in...
  22. Re: Richard and Oliver Cromwell, what kind of relationship did they have?

    Richard Cromwell just didn't have any of his father's strong leadership characteristics. In addition, he was ambivalent towards power, and did not have the built-in support among the veterans and...
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    Re: Kiev in flames.Police moves to clear up protesters

    I think a lot of this has to do with Russia's historically prevalent goal of keeping/trying to gain as many ice free ports as possible.

    Plus, it's clear just from posts here that they fear the...
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    Re: Tom Clancy's Rome II: Agent Wars

    Let me guess, it's Aria, Sagarita, Parthava, Persia...aka the ahistorical Seleucid satrapies.

    Their agent spam is notorious.
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    Re: Baktria Faction Discussion Thread

    I noticed one new thing...

    "As a result, the Baktrian soldiery faces Hellenic armies with great confidence and courage."

    I think we can confirm Bactria as a "Sucessor" faction because all of...
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    Re: Baktra Preview - Galatian Legionnaires and Gallic Hunters?

    Pontus and the Seleucids should have Galatian units, probably even more so than the Ptolemies, as both of those factions actually controlled or were allied to Galatia for quite some time.

    The...
  27. Re: Bactria likely to come out as free-lc

    What are Bactria's attributes?

    Will they be eastern, Greek, or Successor?

    I found their unit roster here...
    http://www.honga.net/totalwar/rome2/unit.php?l=en&v=rome2&f=rom_baktria
  28. Re: Any News on Upcoming Culture Packs?

    I'd like to see the factions that have a lot of unique units different from what we have now get included.

    I'd love to see a Celtic pack that includes maybe Caledonia, one of the Iberian Celtic...
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    Re: Can CA recover from Rome 2 ?

    This thread is bunk, IMHO.

    CA is fine. The launch was rough, and really the game should have been released a couple weeks later than it was.

    But I'm not having the major graphics issues that I...
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    Re: Seleucid difficulty

    This happened to me too.

    At the very beginning of my Seleucid game, I seized all of Cyprus' holdings. Next turn, in addition to Egypt, all my satrapies aside from Sardes and Media declared war on...
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    Re: Unit Diversity per Faction

    I mean, what else can you possibly add?

    The Averni unit roster is pretty good I'd say. Same with Carthage, who has the same amount as the Averni. I don't know how I like the Suebi roster, I have...
  32. Re: Libya and Nova Carthago shouldn't exist - their cities should become mixture of Carthaginian and neutral

    Really, just giving Thapsus and Lepcis to Carthage (with Macomades going to Aguila) would have been good enough and very close to being historically accurate.
  33. Re: [Video Review] Total War Rome II Angry Review

    This review is pure awesome.

    The CA staff should be baited into a conference room for Tea and Crumpets, then locked in for the 43 minutes 36 seconds that it takes to watch this video.

    Then, put...
  34. Re: Pikemen don't carry pikes, unless they are in Phalanx formation?

    Yea, the RTW I phalanx was so much better. Not perfect, but better.

    The enter phalanx function made more sense, and I liked how phalanxes were larger units than most other infantry (240 men on...
  35. Re: Even Though I Think I Have The Min Specs....

    Unknown General,

    On Amazon, I just bought a Radeon 6670 2GB Graphics card for $75 including shipping. It's time for an upgrade, I was shocked by how cheap hardware is now (this coming from someone...
  36. Re: Even Though I Think I Have The Min Specs....

    I hear you OP, my PC is slightly better than yours (4 GB ram, 2.6 Ghz Dual Core) and I actually have a 512 MB Radeon 4550 card instead of just a chipset. I'm running the game pretty much on "low",...
  37. Re: Battles, the worst part of the game?

    It's insane how short they are.

    I have not fought one over 10 mins yet in about 4+ hours of a Pontic campaign.
  38. Re: If something goes wrong, I don't re-load...

    I save before most large, important battles.

    Mostly, it's out of habit. Fear of a bug, CTD, or to avoid getting ripped of by auto resolve.

    I'm not gonna lie though, sometimes if I lose a very...
  39. Re: Which is the greatest Diadochi in your opinion?

    Seleucus I Nicator, who really built upon Antigonus the One Eyed's earlier aspirations and was highly successful. Really, Seleucus came the closest to fulfilling Alexander's aspirations.

    I'm...
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    Re: BLACK Roman Legionaries part II

    I'm certain there where individual sub-Saharan Africans (I'm assuming that is what we are defining "black" as here) who could be found in Roman service, during the Imperial era.

    Was it common?...
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