The Kingdom of Byzantium(fixed)

**Dave Strider** · July 12, 2010, 08:50 PM

Flag:

Government:
Kingdom
Three royals/ministers/whatever your leaders are called:
King Byzas II
Strategos Dominios
Military Minister Hermon of Thessalonica
Military stats:
(existing):
8 Units of Militia Spearmen
3 Units of Militia Archers
2 Units of Militia Heavy Infantry
(recruited):
none
The present turn's econ:
71%
'Faith' Meter:
0%
Brief history & cultural description:
When a man named Byzas was a young man, he had a vision from the gods. They told him to found a city 'Opposite the blind' and for that he would be rewarded. He was looking for a spot to found a city and came upon a city near the straight between the Aegean and Black seas. He noticed they took little efforts to use the sea to their advantage and then he realised that these were 'the blind', for there was an even better spot less than a mile away on the other side of the straight. It was there he founded his city, Byzantium. Almost instantly it prospered through trade, which gave it the wealth it needed to expand. Byzantium soon grew to encompass the entire region surrounding it, and it remains a strong kingdom today, under the rule of Byzas the 2nd, son of the founder of the city.
Capital:
Byzantium
Population of Capital:
20,000
Population of country as a whole:
50,000

**Prodigal** · July 12, 2010, 09:12 PM

220,000 in 3000BC?!?!

**Dan the Man** · July 12, 2010, 09:15 PM

Yeah, sorry Fred, there weren't that many people living in one small area at this time. Maybe take that down to 10,000-20,000 or so?

**Dave Strider** · July 13, 2010, 08:16 AM

There, went into detail.

**Dan the Man** · July 13, 2010, 10:17 AM

That's much better! Nice job Fred!

**Prodigal** · July 13, 2010, 02:15 PM

Why the old Skopian flag?

**Dave Strider** · July 13, 2010, 02:23 PM

Because it looks cool.

**Prodigal** · July 13, 2010, 03:06 PM

o...k...

**Prodigal** · July 14, 2010, 01:40 AM

Aegean and Black seas

And it would be the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.

**Dave Strider** · July 14, 2010, 07:49 AM

Yes but the Aegean is the more known sea.

**Prodigal** · July 14, 2010, 01:38 PM

Yes but saying Aegean would be factually inaccurate. That's like saying
A:"Thomas Jefferson came after George Washington as president of America"
B:"No, John Adams came after George Washington as president of America"
A:"Yes, but Thomas Jefferson was more known than John Adams.

**Kip** · July 14, 2010, 07:54 PM

Envoy from the Assuwa League Thetis, Queen of Wilusa, Governor of the Assuwa League, has received the Byzantine envoy, and wishes to express her gratitude to the King of Byzantium. She does not doubt the hearts and swords of her cavalrymen and horse-women, but the strength of Byzantine soldiers is a gift that shall be remembered.

**Sun Devil** · July 15, 2010, 12:28 PM

Envoy from the Empire of Campania The Emperor Aeneas proposes a trade agreement between our two states.

Edit: At some point I will make this image resize smaller.

Edit2: Success

**Kip** · July 16, 2010, 10:48 PM

Envoy from the Assuwa League

My dear king,

All of Assuwa celebrates the united efforts of our soldiers. We wish to host the Byzantine Court for feast and celebration, and to sign a lasting treaty of mutual prosperity and trade.

**Agamemnon** · July 20, 2010, 04:30 PM

The Kingdom of Lacedaemon invites you to attend a feast... in honor of our new agreement, that we are sure you will accept. Our terms are trade rights and a military alliance. We do not mean to impose, but we are so sure of the mutual benefit that it is hard not to be confident of your wisdom.