FACTION PREVIEW: The Roman Empire

[Son of Mao]

You guys are going to post a link on the home page right?

[Ahiga]

I need a new keyboard, mines got drool all over it.

Will the Varangi mercs be available up around the steppe too? Cuz Kypchakhordes+scarybigaxemen=toodangfreakinawesome.

They will be, but it's been decided they'll be orthodox only. There was only a tradition of recruiting them amongst the Orthodox Powers of the East, with steppe nomads being hired by the Rus but not the other way around.

nice preview... what sorta archer cav merc can they recruit? any elite units
is there an equivalent to the byz cav from med 1?

The highest class horse archers they can get are Armenian Horse Archers and Turkopoles (Light-Medium)

Tobolight: Should be up there in a few days, maybe sooner.

[IrAr]

I want the ERE to want me.
You did an amazing job, Ahiga. Much credit to Ahiga, Strelac, AD, Keravnos and everyone else!

[ombudsman]

I think this is a good time for me to come out from the shadows. Great work on the Romans Strelac, i absolutley love the Menaulatoi Anti-Cavalry infantry! And great work on the preview Ahiga, and ofcourse great work on the unit descriptions Keravnos, really enjoyed reading them! Not to forget Mirage41 for all the great work you have done
well now it´s time for me to go back in the shadows again, need to study for my exams so i actually can enjoy the great work you guys have done when the time comes.

I can´t give any rep, so a smiley will have to do::thumbsup4

[Commander Ruunu]

these units and the preview are the best !
praise to all BC modelers,researcher and so on

[Otsman]

I think I just lost all my love for the turks

[Lupu]

Noo!!! Turks > Byzantine, for me at least, because they have good horsearchers, good archers and inf that holds good I think, Ill find a way to kill the "cats", I want this mod for MP and campaign!!!

[CelticPagan]

Noo!!! Turks > Byzantine, for me at least, because they have good horsearchers, good archers and inf that holds good I think, Ill find a way to kill the "cats", I want this mod for MP and campaign!!!

Bah! My Qipchaq hordes will own the both of them!

[misfitsfiend138]

whoa, excellent work BC team!

[Miraj]

You guys are going to post a link on the home page right?

I've sent the request, so we're in the queue.

[Cyrus the Virus]

My return to M2TW.
Nice guys.

[boki]

Saw the preview. Can`t patch Medieval 2 to 1.2 because of the voice1.dat. This is how I look like now ...

Anyway, awesome work. Finally an ERE roster that is historically accurate, and it looks... Well I can`t find a word good enough for it...

[Orretje]

I have nothing to say but: great work! I can't wait to play!

[Dead*Man*Wilson]

ALthough I would like to type a lenghty post on how impressed I am, I must first go change my undies.

One thing thats always throws me off is the pronunciation. How exactly is Kataphractoi pronounced? Is it Kataphract+<French number 3>?

[nce_wht_guy]

cat-a-fract-oy

[Miraj]

If none of the unit names pronounciation throws you off then you are either Greek or a madman.

Its quite ironic that the faction with the most hard to pronounce names in a Eastern-centric mod is the one closest to Europe.

[spooksman]

Well its official now folks, the B in BC mod is in reality actually the Byzantine Crescent mod(+some other desert peepls lolol!!11). or BC+desertlol for short.

In all seriousness, tho, wonderful wonderful revamping, guys. Makes you wonder what the **** the CA guys were thinking when they did the original Byzantine faction with the awful purple theme.

Grats guys!

[whhyy]

What does the oi and ai at the end of a lot of Byz unit names mean?

[Little Legionaire]

What does the oi and ai at the end of a lot of Byz unit names mean?

Hellenikoi Kataphractoi, Thuerophoroi, Thorakitai, Prodromoi, Hippokontistai, Hoplitai Haploi... They were just Europa Barbarorum unit names for Hellenic factions then nothing new for us eh? They're just Hellenic names mate. It seems we'll handle Hellenic Language couple of mods later.

Zita Hellas

[Basileos]

words ending at -os,-è/ie(in greek alfabat a sort of 'n'-looking letter) and -on (ov) are nominativum singular person and -os=>male,è/ie=>female,-on=> male nor female. Oi,ai,(?) are plurial.A kataphraktos is one kataphract,kataphraktoi are more than one kataphracts.that is of what i remember of greek alphabat that i had to learn a long time ago.