The Map

[Philadelphos]

Has Rome Total History the finest map around? Judge by yourself!

I AEGYPTUS

Delta ¬ Alexandria
Aegyptus ¬ Memphis
Heptanomis ¬ Ptolemais
Thebais ¬ Thebes
Cyrenaica ¬ Cyrene
Libya ¬ Ammonion
Sinai ¬ Pelusium
Kush ¬ Napata
Nubia ¬ Meroë
Aethiopia ¬ Axum

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[Philadelphos]

II SYRIA

Syria ¬ Antioch
Coele Syria ¬ Damascus
Nabataea ¬ Bostra
Arabia Petraea ¬ Petra
Judaea ¬ Jerusalem
Phoenicia ¬ Tyros
Libanensis ¬ Sidon
Cyprus ¬ Salamis
Cilicia ¬ Tarsus
Commagene ¬ Samosata
Osroene ¬ Edessa
Palmyrene ¬ Palmyra
Parapotamia ¬ Dura
Arabia ¬ Iathrippa
Maecene ¬ Gerrha
Saba ¬ Mariba
Hadramaut ¬ Ubar

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[Makrell]

I like it, but i would suggest working some on the coastlines, especially egypt looks jagged.

The deserts are great are the region names on campaign map?

[Philadelphos]

Egyptian coastlines are designed according to our (limited) knowledge of the real coastlines in antiquity which were quite different then. The inlet near Pelusium is the Bay of Tanis as you can find it in historic atlasses. Today it's an inland lake. But the Delta is still today kind of a jagged affair.
Different coastlines in antiquity are a general problem, because people are used to what they know from today. So we must compromise. I had half an idea to add the Sea of Rye in Kent, but it would have caused too much irritation, with people saying: "What did you do to the White Cliffs of Dover?" So I kept the modern coastline.

The deserts are nothing special, but the civilized areas are. Unfortunately you don't see many roads here, but I will post some stuff with roads later.
The region names appear with a right click (as in vanilla). In these pictures I added them by hand.

Here is the next portion:

III ASIA

Asia ¬ Pergamum
Lydia ¬ Sardes
Ionia ¬ Ephesus
Caria ¬ Halikarnassos
Lycia ¬ Patara
Pamphylia ¬ Side
Pisidia et Lycaonia ¬ Iconium
Phrygia ¬ Pessinus
Galatia ¬ Ancyra
Bithynia ¬ Nicomedia
Paphlagonia ¬ Sinope
Pontus ¬ Amaseia
Cappadocia ¬ Mazaka
Armenia Minor ¬ Trapezus
Armenia ¬ Armavir
Sophene ¬ Arsamosata
Gordyene ¬ Tigranocerta

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[isa0005]

Maps are cool, they look fantastic in fact... but everything seems rather bunched together... but hey that's just my opinion! Keep up the awesome work

[Philadelphos]

I heard that question for a while: Don't it feel like getting stuck with all those settlements and forts around Greece?
The answer is: No, it may happen in very rare cases and then it's more a realistic element.
Most of the time, when it gets crowded, the land bridges help you out or you can use your fleet.
Once I have seen the Spartans sending reinforcements from the Peloponnese to Pergamon across the land bridges in the Aegean!
In my current game they are trying to do it again and I'm a bit undecided whether I should try to block them on the Isthmus.

IV THRACIA

Propontis ¬ Byzantium
Thracia ¬ Philippopolis
Odrysia ¬ Orestia
Hellespontus ¬ Lysimacheia
Paionia ¬ Bylazora
Dardania ¬ Naissus
Moesia ¬ Singidunum
Dacia ¬ Sarmizegetusa
Scythia Minor ¬ Tomi
Getica ¬ Tyras
Bastarnia ¬ Carrodunum
Iazygia ¬ Porolissum

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[Makrell]

Oh, i meant the coastlines in the red sea.

Like this http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...a-Smooth-Coast

[Philadelphos]

Yeah, the Red Sea coast is a bit jagged due to the fact that the coastal mountains are pretty high.
Well, that was one of the few parts that I didn't do by myself.
One day I might do some corrections, but for the moment I don't find it disturbing.

Here is Greece with lots of islands and land bridges:

V GRAECIA

Macedonia ¬ Pella
Chalcidice ¬ Thessalonica
Illyris ¬ Apollonia
Epirus ¬ Ambracia
Thessaly ¬ Larisa
Aetolia ¬ Thermon
Boeotia ¬ Thebes
Attica ¬ Athens
Corinthia ¬ Corinth
Argolis ¬ Argos
Laconia ¬ Sparta
Achaea ¬ Aegion
Arcadia ¬ Megalopolis
Creta ¬ Gortyn
Rhodos ¬ Rhodos
Lesbos ¬ Mytilene
Euboea ¬ Chalcis
Cyclades ¬ Naxos
Corcyra ¬ Corcyra

[Philadelphos]

VI ILLYRICUM

Illyricum ¬ Scodra
Dalmatia ¬ Salonae
Liburnia ¬ Siscia
Savia ¬ Sirmium
Pannonia ¬ Aquincum
Noricum ¬ Noreia
Raetia ¬ Damasia




In the following screenshot the character's movement points have been enhanced to showcase the mountain passes over the Alpes and Apennines:

[Sir Furlong]

Oh my, that Greece and Italy. Makes Rome 2 look barren.

[General Maximus]

Looks awesome, though as said the coastlines look a bit jagged.

[MARK TROTH]

it looks good but what does the bottom part of Italy look like and gaul and have you done any new skins.

[Philadelphos]

Sorry, I stopped the documentation some time ago, because I gave priority to the new release. I will finish the western parts of the map as soon as possible, but it will take a while, because in two days I'm leaving for my holiday.

So please be patient and if you want to know how certain parts of the map look you can always download the mod.

There are also some parts that should remain a secret. Thus I have decided long time ago that I will never reveal the exact location of Thule and Themiskyra.

[Lin Huichi]

Looks great no worries I always send ten spies to map the world whenever I start a new mod I've never played before.