After some delays, here I show you more progress with the mod;
And I have now decided the definitive list of factions; finally, the new factions will be Eastern Roman Empire, Avars, Bulgars (after reading a good book about Justinian I found out the raided Macedonia and Illyricum in the 540īs, and they were a distraction for the ERE), and the Balts. The Burgundians were annexed by the Franks in 532, one year before the starting of the mod, so they will make up space for the Balts.
The Balts based their economy in the amber, and they fought numerous wars against the Slavs, even if these wars are forgotten and shrouded in the darkness of history. But the fact is that the Aestii received embassies from Theodoric, their trade existed in that time, and they held their ground against the Slavs, surviving at least till the Vikings came.
I have now nearly finished the new extension of the map, and I will be able to concentrate on the factions symbols.
Screens;
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