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  1. Re: Are Athens, Syracuse and Sparta going to have any role in this mod?

    Silly question - the map isn't moddable right? The Attila map isn't really suited to a 200 BC era...
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    Re: [PREVIEW] Divide et Impera 1.1: Campaign Changes

    I am looking forward to the supply system. In a vanilla Carthage game I had Syracuse playing whack a mole with me, their army landed in Hadramut, which I promptly retook, then they ran away and...
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    Re: Fighting horse armys as backitra?

    I typically use a line of 4 pikes/hoplites, 6 thureos spears to hold flanks, 6 slingers/archers then the rest cav to run down routers or protect against any melee cav. Bring agents with you. Nomads...
  4. Re: Did Philip IV of Spain cause the downfall of the Ming Dynasty of China?

    Since we're on the topic of the fall of the Ming.....

    I tend to think the fall of the Ming had more to do with Ming stupidity (75%) more than Manchu brilliance (25%). Sure, Dorgon was a great...
  5. Re: Did Philip IV of Spain cause the downfall of the Ming Dynasty of China?

    On the Ming tax system, it was notoriously efficient. It is a fair comment to say that the state was poor while the aristocracy was very rich. The last Ming Emperor had to plead with his nobles for...
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    Sticky: Re: [PREVIEW] New Emergent Factions Mechanic

    Looks really good - I'm only holding off on DEI because I'm waiting for 1.1 to come out which will have big changes.

    Quick question / request - if you liberate a faction, does it become merely...
  7. Re: What if Ming China Continued Its Imperial Projection into the Indian Ocean?

    Trade was definitely flourishing by the 1500s. Spanish silver from the New World made its way to Manila and then to China. China built up a huge silver surplus over the centuries and this became...
  8. Re: What if the 468 expedition to recover North Africa from the Vandals had succeeded?

    double post
  9. Re: What if the 468 expedition to recover North Africa from the Vandals had succeeded?

    Late comer here and dont mean to necro. What do the posters (who are obviously very knowledgeable on the subject) think about Peter Heather's thesis vs. Adrian Goldsworthy's in "Fall of the West"...
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