Inspired by the "Better City Names" mod for Rome II by SilentResident, I present: Authentic City Names!
What it does:
This mod is pretty much what it says on the tin: better, more authentic city names for the campaign map and battles. While trying to come up with suggestions for Augustusng's "Authentic Faction Names" (which this mod should work well with), I got interested in the names for the cities themselves, and so I started trying to see how many of them were accurate. For the Grand Campaign, most of them were, but a number used names that were either too old or too new, not appropriate for the faction, designated a more minor city, or described an area rather than a specific city. Names in The Last Roman were a little more difficult, as it appears CA used a number of modern names that would still have been Latin or weren't appropriate for the culture. And finally, with AoC naming was more difficult, as it appears CA used a number of modern names that would still have been Latin or weren't appropriate for the culture. Unlike the previous two mods, most names changed, so instead of listing all of them, I used the appropriate language for the faction. The list of changes and my explanations for each of them is below (new additions and updates in bold):
Grand Campaign:
The Last Roman:
Age of Charlemagne:
Downloads:
Grand Campaign: Steam | Mediafire
The Last Roman: Steam | Mediafire
Age of Charlemagne: Steam | Mediafire
Sources:
DISCLAIMER:
This is for entertainment, as I am by no means a historian, archaeologist, or etymologist. These names came largely from online research, and as such could be subject to errors or biases found there. Neither changing a name nor leaving the vanilla version is meant to be a slight to any culture or nationality. That being said, if you have constructive criticism, feel free to let me know here and/or in the comments on Steam.