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**Luciano B** · April 02, 2006, 03:28 PM

ETRUSCI and TUSCI

SETTLEMENTS

The "Etrusci" faction includes the northern Etruscan states which historically were more reluctant to contrast the Roman expansion; they retained their own autonomy and identity longer than the southern cities
- Arretium (Ager Arretinus)
- Volaterrae (Ager Volaterranus)
- Rusellae (Ager Rusellanus et Vetuloniensis)
- Populonia (Ager Populoniensis)
- Fesulae (Ager Fesulanus)
- Pisae (Ager Pisanus)

The "Tusci" faction instead covers the southern and tiberine Etruscan cities which were the most active to fight the Romans but the first to fell and to loose their identity
- Tarquinii (Ager Tarquiniensis)
- Volsinii (Ager Volsiniensis)
- Vulci (Ager Vulcitanus)
- Falerii (Ager Faliscus)
- Clusium (Ager Clusinus)
- Perusia (Ager Perusinus)
- Cortona (Ager Cortonensis)

UNITS

SAMNITES

SETTLEMENTS

Bovianum (Ager Pentricus Inferior)
Aufidena (Ager Pentricus Superior)
Maluentum (Ager Hirpinus Superior)
Aquilonia (Ager Hirpinus Inferior)
Caudium (Ager Caudinus)
Cluviae (Ager Carricinus)
Teanum Sidicinum (Ager Sidicinus)

UNITS

SPQR

SETTLEMENTS

Roma (Latium Vetus)
Caerae (Ager Caeritanus et Veiens)
Antium (Ager Volscus)
Anagnia (Hernicum)
Carseoli (Ager Aequicus)
Fundi (Ager Auruncus)
Capua (Ager Campanus et Falernus)

UNITS

UMBRI

SETTLEMENTS

Iguvium (Umbria Media)
Tuder (Umbria Tiberina Inferior)
Camerinum (Umbria Orientalis)
Interamna Nahartium (Umbria Nahars)
Tifernum Tiberinum (Umbria Tiberina Superior)
Sarsina (Umbria Sapina et Casuentum)

UNITS

LUCANI

SETTLEMENTS

Potentia (Ager Potentinus)
Paestum (Ager Paestanus)
Pandosia (Ager Pandosianus)
Elea (Ager Eleaticus)
Grumentum (Ager Grumentanus)
Laos (Ager Laotinus)

UNITS

ROMA: the city of the seven hills

The view from the top

Porta Capena

Walls of the Aventine

Walls of the Caelian

Porta Caelimontana

Porta Viminalis

Between Cispus and Viminalis -- the two hills

The Capitoline Arx (citadel, where the "city center" square for capturing will be)

Casa Romuli -- the hut of Romulus

Porta Fontinalis (the only way from Campus Martius into the city)

The Capitoline Hill and the Capitoline Arx from Campus Martius

The city, spread out below

**CaesarCS** · April 02, 2006, 09:36 PM

Wow. That's all I can say. Everything, from the map, units, to especially your research is astounding. I've been looking forward to this mod, keep up the great work!

**GERMANICUS** · April 02, 2006, 10:59 PM

Luciano
Stunning work dude I had chills up and down the spine as I looked it over ....also great time period
to explore

I will follow your progress with great anticipation :wink:
Ave!

**Ahiga** · April 02, 2006, 11:05 PM

The unit's look very astonishing, and provide a great diversity for a common culture. May I ask if the greeks of Italy, and any Tribe of Italians would fight in the Shield-wall type Hoplite Phalanx, or the slow macedonian one?

**Aismov** · April 03, 2006, 01:38 AM

Very VERY nice work! I am astounded!

**Luciano B** · April 03, 2006, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Ahiga

The unit's look very astonishing, and provide a great diversity for a common culture. May I ask if the greeks of Italy, and any Tribe of Italians would fight in the Shield-wall type Hoplite Phalanx, or the slow macedonian one?

It seems that the macedonian-style phalanx with two-handed pikes never became popular among the Italics; also the Greeks of Italy retained the old-fashioned hoplite phalanx for a long time, also when the other Greeks had adopted the Macedonian model. I seem to remember that when Pyrros was at the head of the Tarentine army, he re-organized the Tarentine city militia as pikemen in the Epirote/Macedonian style; I think that remained however an isolate experiment.

...thanks to all for your kind appreciation and support.

**The White Knight** · April 03, 2006, 08:09 AM

:jawd wow! Very impressive.

Edit: Now what have you done! You got me all worked up again! Luckily there are signature pictures to reflect the hyped you caused here. :laughing:

**Ahiga** · April 03, 2006, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Luciano B

It seems that the macedonian-style phalanx with two-handed pikes never became popular among the Italics; also the Greeks of Italy retained the old-fashioned hoplite phalanx for a long time, also when the other Greeks had adopted the Macedonian model. I seem to remember that when Pyrros was at the head of the Tarentine army, he re-organized the Tarentine city militia as pikemen in the Epirote/Macedonian style; I think that remained however an isolate experiment.

...thanks to all for your kind appreciation and support.

Thank god. I like the occassional phalanx, but I'm glad to hear we'll see a lot more dynamic overhand phalanxes than the slow lumbering two handed sarissa.

Hopefully when you say it never became popular, you don't mean they used a one handed version of the macedoninan phalanx, basically the phalanx of Vanilla. :no

**Illyrian** · April 03, 2006, 02:10 AM

molto, molto, molto bene. bravi, lavoro extraordinario, lol

**Uranos** · April 03, 2006, 02:52 AM

We had to wait for a long time, but it was worth - amazing preview, great work guys

**Zenith Darksea** · April 03, 2006, 04:19 AM

Well, that's phenomenal. I particularly like the decision to use entirely Latin names. The Umbri really do look extremely good, and I'm not disappointed by the Samnites either. Fantastic work!

However, I do have two questions. Firstly, have you tested the AI in the city of Rome yet? I'm a little worried that without the standard square city the AI may not know what to do and may just bunch up in a corner or something. I'm also worried about the pathfinding of units - will they actually be able to climb up to the citadel? Will they be able to find their way through the streets? And also, how on Earth are you meant to break into the citadel?

My other question is this: when's the next preview? I can't wait.

**SigniferOne** · April 03, 2006, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by Zenith Darksea

However, I do have two questions. Firstly, have you tested the AI in the city of Rome yet? I'm a little worried that without the standard square city the AI may not know what to do and may just bunch up in a corner or something. I'm also worried about the pathfinding of units - will they actually be able to climb up to the citadel? Will they be able to find their way through the streets? And also, how on Earth are you meant to break into the citadel?

That's four questions!

1) Some testing

2) About the city square, the "city square" area of a settlement is specially marked in the settlement plan text file, and AI seems to be coded to recognize where that is. For example, it's not as if all settlement plans in vanilla are in the same exact spot, because settlement plans all differ from each other and locate the city squares in different areas, and yet AI always knows where it is and defends it.

3) Pathfinding shouldn't be much of a problem -- the units already can climb up to the citadel in custom battle, even though the pathfinding isn't set up yet, so I'm not considerably worried there when everything'll be fine-tuned.

4) How to get into the citadel? I have no idea

It's a good question, I've forgotten about it lately with preparations for making the city ready for preview. I don't know how people will get into the citadel, maybe we'll be able to bring the rams into the city which will be the ideal case scenario. At the very least, if nothing else works, I'll make it so that citadel gates are always open, so that people can always try to force their way in.

**spirit_of_rob** · April 03, 2006, 09:04 AM

Very impressive work

**Sparton Matticus** · April 03, 2006, 04:28 AM

one word... "WOW!" Im very impressed with this preview and now im eagily awaiting this mod now

So we now have an all greek focused mod(ie Hegemonia City States), now we have the italian equivelent! I think im going to have to take the whole summer off now

Do you have any battle screen shots of the units you have just shown us?

edit: Another question... will you have an AOR zone where you can recruit other units?