Authentic Faction Names

[Augustusng]

This is a look at faction names in Attila. I've gone through and changed most of them to something that seems appropriate, but I have little knowledge of some factions (various Germanic tribes), so I'm not sure what might be more accurate names for them, if anything. I'm willing to change almost any of these names if someone has a suggestion to make them better (but not the Romans, my Latin is correct ).

And of course, for many factions, the Romans are the best/only sources we have, so I've put them in Latin - for example: Antae, Eblani, etc. If you know a better name for any of those in Latin, please let me know, and I can change it.

I'm still debating some of the choices I've made, so try and convince me if you have a better name. I should also note that I haven't changed the names of most of the rebel or separatist factions for now (in the endonym version. They're all changed in the Latin version), but I might in the future.

I've also created a version with all the faction names in Latin, for when you're playing as the Romans.

Recent changes to names are in bold below. Let me know if I've missed anything or if you have a better name for any faction or group. Thanks!

Full List of Faction Group Names:

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Barbarian Kingdoms - Regna Barbarorum

Great Migrators - Migratores Magni (Let me know for this, the Eastern Empires, the Nomads, and the barbarians if you can think of something better than just putting it in Latin. I'd personally like to move the Alani into the Nomadic group, the Vandals into the Barbarian one, and redo all the faction group traits... I've done this in Europa Perdita if you're interested)

Nomadic Tribes - Nomades

Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum

Eastern Empires - Regna Orientalia (Since this is in Latin, I've gone with "kingdoms" instead of "empires," as I don't think the Romans ever used the word "imperium" talking about anyone except themselves)

Norsemen - Norrœnir Menn

Celts - Celti

Desert Kingdoms - Arabes et Africani (Let me know if you can think of something better. I didn't like "Regna Erema," which is a direct translation of "Desert Kingdoms" into Latin. Maybe something in Arabic, but then Axum and Garamantia wouldn't be represented)

Slavs - Slovene

Full List of Faction Name Changes (only changed ones are listed. Let me know if you have an idea what to do with any that I haven't changed here):

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Abasgia - Abxazeti

Aegyptus – Diocesis Aegypti

Africa – Diocesis Africae

Afrighids – Xvarazm

Alamans - Alumannoz

Alans - Alanna

Angles - Angel-þeod

Anteans – Antae

Aria - Haraiva

Armenia – Hayasdan

Asia – Diocesis Asiana

Atropatene – Atropatkan

Bastarnians - Bastarnoz

Western Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum Pars Occidentis

Britain - Diocesis Britanniarum

Budinians - Budini

Burgundians – Burgundar

Dacia – Diocesis Daciae

Danes – Daniz

Eastern Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum Pars Orientis

Ebdanians - Iweriu (proto-Goidelic meaning "Irish")

Franks - Frankoz

Gaetulians - Gaetuli

Gaul – Diocesis Galliarum

Garamantians - Garamantes

Geats – Gautoz

Gepids - Gepidae

Ghassanids - Ghassasina

Greuthingians (sic) – Greuthungi

Hispania – Diocesis Hispaniae

Himyar – Mamlakat Himyar (Gone for now, as the Himyar entry messes with save game names. I'll add it back if I can fix it, but I have no idea what's causing the issue, so it's back to the vanilla name for now)

Huns – Huna

Illyria – Diocesis Pannoniarum

Italia – Diocesis Italiae

Judea – Iudea

Jutes -Eutoz

Lakhmids - Bani Lakhm

Langobards - Langabardoz

Lazica - Lazika-Egrisi

Lugians – Leugoz

Macedonia – Diocesis Macedoniae

Magyars - On-Oğur

Marcomans - Markamannoz

Maurians - Mauri

Oriens - Diocesis Orientis

Ostrogoths – Austragutþiuda

Parthia – Parthava

Persia - Parsa

Picts – Pritani

Pontus – Diocesis Pontica

Quadians - Kwadoz

Roxolanians - Rauxsa-alanna

Rugians – Rygir

Sabirs – Sabir Huna

Sassanid Empire - Eranshahr

Saxons – Seaxe

Sclavenians – Sclaveni

Septimania – Diocesis Septem Provinciarum

Domain of Soissons – Dominium Suessionum

Suebians - Sweboz

Tanukhids - Tanukh

Thuringians - Þunaringoz

Vandals - Wendiloz

Varinians - Warnawi

Venedians - Venedi

Visigoths - Weisagutþiuda

Caledonians - Caledones (yes, this one is listed here at the end, as the faction key is Votadini. I might just make them the Votadini, but I don't think Caledones is any less accurate)

White Huns - Sveta Huna (This is the Sanskrit term for them, picked because it fits with my other Hunnic names. But there are a dozen other possible names for the White Huns)

List of Changes to Separatist Faction Names - These are changed to reflect some of other notable tribes or rival groups within the factions of the time, to make it a little more interesting than just "separatists." Roman separatist factions are still in Latin of course, as before. Those are in the Latin version too.

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Aethiopian Separatists - Blemmyes

African Separatists - Imazighen (same caveat as for this name below for the TLR Berbers)

Alamannic Separatists - Juthungi

Alanic Separatists - Aorsi

Arabian Separatists - Qahtani

Aksumite Separatists - Da'amat

Caucasian Separatists - Kavkasiebi

Eastern Roman Separatists - Defectores Romani Orientales

Eastern Roman Separatists (NPC - I think these are the... emergent separatists) - Defectores Provinciarum Orientum

Frankish Separatists - Ripuarii

Garamantian Separatists - Tidamensi

Geat Separatists - Sweoniz

Eastern Germanic Separatists - Irminonoz

Northern Germanic Separatists - Ingaevonoz

Western Germanic Separatists - Istvaeonoz

Himyarite Separatists - Hadramawt

Lakhmid Separatists - Banu Nasr

Langobard Separatists - Winniloz

Nordic Separatists - Nurþronijoz

Ostrogothic Separatists - Not changed yet, but I'd like to. This one isn't easy.

Pictish Separatists - Uerteru

Saxon Separatists - Chaucoz

Suebian Separatists - Hermunduroz

Tanukhid Separatists - Kindah

Vandalic Separatists - Silingos

Visigothic Separatists - Thervingi (yeah, this one isn't really great)

Caledonian Separatists - Votadini (this one's going to confuse me all the time now... the Caledonians are att_faction_votadini in the files...)

Western Roman Separatists - Defectores Romani Occidentales

Western Roman Separatists (NPC) - Defectores Provinciarum Occidentum

White Hun Separatists - Hara Huna

List of Changes to Political Parties (Politics Screen):

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Alamans - Bucinobantes

Burgundians - Niflungar

Danes - Skjöldungar (fixed a typo)

Eastern Roman Empire - Gens Flavia

Franks - Salii (not the Salian dynasty, but the Salian Franks. It's too early to put the Merovingians here, but I think this works well enough)

Geats - Svärtingar

Langobards - Lethingos

Ostrogoths - Amalingos

Sassanids - Sasani (can anyone confirm that this is the correct way to write this in Middle Persian? It's hard to find sources when searching in English)

Saxons - Gewisse

Vandals - Hasdingos

Visigoths - Balthingos

Western Roman Empire - Gens Flavia (Yep, same dynasty as ERE)

Full List of the Last Roman Faction Names - Playable factions ("Kingdoms") are all in Latin, as most, if not all had started using Latin in at least semi-official capacity by this point.

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Basques – Euskaldunak (This is a modern term, but I can't really find sources for Old Basque)

Berbers – Imazighen (Also a modern term, but again ancient sources are hard to find, and I imagine the name wasn't too different)

Bretons – Britanni

Burgundians – Burgundar

Roman Empire – Imperium Romanum

Roman Expedition – Expeditio Romana

Frankish Kingdom – Regnum Francorum

Langobards – Langabardoz

Moors – Mauri

Ostrogothic Kingdom – Regnum Ostrogothorum

Sardinians – Sardi

Suebians – Sweboz

Vandalic Kingdom – Regnum Vandalorum

Visigothic Kingdom – Regnum Visigothorum

Full List of Age of Charlemagne Faction Names

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Kingdom of Ailech - Cóiced Ailech (Old Irish ones are subject to change if I can find a better source)

Duchy of Alemannia - Ducatus Alemanniae (Most "duchies" are in Latin, as they're part of the Frankish kingdom generally)

Alt Clut - Ystrad Clud

Angria - Angrarii (I think this one is also Latin, but I can't find the Old High German for it)

Duchy of Aquitaine - Ducatus Aquitaniae

Kingdom of Asturias - Regnum Asturorum

Avars - Avari

Taifa of Badajoz - Batalyaws (I've decided not to call these factions "taifas," because it's a bit anachronistic)

Taifa of Barcelona - Barshiluna

Duchy of Bavaria - Ducatus Bavariae

Duchy of Benevento - Ducatus Beneventum

Bohemia - Beheima

Kingdom of Brittany - Regnum Brittonum

Duchy of Burgundy - Ducatus Burgundiae

Kingdom of Carloman - Regnum Carlomanni

Kingdom of Charlemagne - Regnum Caroli (No magnus here )

Kingdom of Connachta - Cóiced Ol nEchmacht

Emirate of Cordoba - al-Andalus

Duchy of Croatia - Regnum Croatorum (Latin again. Even the modern Croatian sources I found say that this was the name on inscriptions and things)

Kingdom of the Danes - Danir

Eastphalia - Ostfalahi

Duchy of Frisia - Freisias (this one might be anachronistic. Might be too old. I can just put it in Latin if that's the case)

Duchy of Gascony - Ducatus Wasconiae (yeah, W. Medieval Latin isn't great, and I think that Wasconia was the name)

Kingdom of Glywysing - Gulat Glywysing (if you think Old Irish is hard to find, Old Welsh is even worse. Found the word for "kingdom," but not much else. Most Welsh factions have modern spellings for their names)

Emirate of Granada - Garnata (way too early to be calling them an emirate I think)

Kingdom of Gwynedd - Gulat Guynet

Kingdom of Kent - Cantaware Rice

Kingdom of Leinster - Cóiced Laigin

Kingdom of Lombardy - Regnum Langobardorum

Kingdom of Mercia - Miercna Rice

Kingdom of Munster - Cóiced Muman

Nordalbingia - Didn't change this one. Again, need a source for Old High German I think.

Kingdom of Northumbria - Norþymbra Rice

Obodrites - Obotriti

Duchy of Pamplona - Ducatus Pompaeli (using the Latin name for the city, though again maybe anachronistic)

Papal States - Status Pontificius

Picts - Cruithentúath (think this is modern Gaelic, so maybe there's a better word)

Kingdom of Powys - Gulat Powys

Duchy of Provence - Ducatus Provinciae

Taifa of Sevilla - Ishbiliya

Theme of Sicily - Thema Sikelias

Duchy of Spoleto - Ducatus Spolitae

Taifa of Toledo - Tulaytula

Kingdom of Ulaid - Cóiced Ulaid

Taifa of Valencia - Balansiyya

Republic of Venice - Venetia (decided not to add "republic," but maybe I should)

Kingdom of Wessex - Westseaxna Rice

Westphalia - Westfalahi

Wilzi - Welatabi

Taifa of Zaragoza - Saraqusta

List of Changes to Age of Charlemagne Political Parties

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Carolingian Dynasty - Karlings

Danes - Skjöldungar (fixed a typo)

Umayyads - Banu 'Umayya

Westphalia - Sahson

List of Kingdoms in the Last Roman and Charlemagne

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Kingdom of Rome - Regnum Romanum (literally "Roman Kingdom" but I think it works. Maybe I'll go check some of those Republican Roman texts about the kingdom though)

Avar Khaganate - I have exactly zero sources for this one, so it's unchanged.

Caliphate of Cordoba - Khilafat Qurṭuba (think this one is modern, but I don't have a good source for it anyway)

Kingdom of England - Angelcynnes Rice

Kingdom of the Franks - Regnum Francorum

Holy Roman Empire - Sacrum Romanum Imperium

Ireland - Ériu

Kingdom of Italy - Regnum Italiae

Kingdom of Saxony - Sahsonrihhi (this one's a bit fudged. Both Sahson and rihhi are words, but I don't know if they go together like this)

Scotland - Alba

Kingdom of Spain - Regnum Hispaniae

Kingdom of the Vikings - Norðrríki

Wales - Cymru (this one should maybe be "Cymry" but I think that refers to the people of Wales)

And for the Latin version...

Full List of Latin Faction Group Names

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Barbarian Kingdoms - Regna Barbarorum

Great Migrators - Migratores Magni

Nomadic Tribes - Nomades

Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum

Eastern Empires - Regna Orientalia

Norsemen - Normanni

Celts - Celti

Desert Kingdoms - Arabes et Africani (Let me know if you can think of something better. I didn't like "Regna Erema," which is a direct translation of "Desert Kingdoms" into Latin. Maybe something in Arabic, but then Axum and Garamantia wouldn't be represented)

Slavs - Sclaveni (the same as the faction name. Romans used this term to refer to Slavs in general)

Full List of Latin Faction Names

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Abarshahr – Hyrcania

Aegyptus – Diocesis Aegypti

Africa – Diocesis Africae

Afrighids – Chorasmia

Alamans – Alamanni

Angles - Anglii

Anteans - Antae (think this is better than Antes)

Armenia - Armenia

Arran – Albania

Asia – Diocesis Asiana

Bastarnians - Bastarnae

Western Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum Pars Occidentis

Britain – Diocesis Britanniarum

Budinians - Budini

Burgundians – Burgundi

Dacia – Diocesis Daciae

Danes – Dani

Eastern Roman Empire - Imperium Romanum Pars Orientis

Ebdanians - Eblani

Franks - Franci

Gaetulians - Gaetuli

Gaul – Diocesis Galliarum

Garamantians - Garamantes

Geats – Gauti

Gepids - Gepidae

Ghassanids – Regnum Ghassanidarum

Greuthingians (sic) – Greuthungi

Hispania – Diocesis Hispaniae

Himyar - Homeritae

Huns – Hunni

Illyria – Diocesis Pannoniarum

Italia – Diocesis Italiae

Judea – Iudea

Jutes - Iuti

Lakhmids – Regnum Lachmidarum

Langobards - Langobardi

Lugians – Lugii

Macedonia – Diocesis Macedoniae

Magyars – Ungri

Marcomans - Marcomanni

Maurians – Mauri

Mazun - Maca

Oriens - Diocesis Orientis

Ostrogoths – Ostrogothi

Persia - Persis

Picts – Picti

Pontus – Diocesis Pontica

Quadians - Quadi

Roxolanians - Roxolani

Rugians – Rugii

Sabirs – Sabiri

Sassanid Empire – Regnum Persarum

Saxons – Saxones

Sclavenians – Sclaveni

Septimania – Diocesis Septem Provinciarum

Domain of Soissons – Dominium Suessionum

Suebians - Suebi

Tanukhids - Saraceni (I couldn't find a Latin source from the time that refers to them as anything but this. Let me know if you have one though)

Thuringians - Thuringi

Vandals - Vandali

Varinians - Varini

Venedians - Venedi

Visigoths - Visigothi

Caledonians - Caledones (yes, this one is listed here at the end, as the faction key is Votadini. I might just make them the Votadini, but I don't think Caledones is any less accurate)

White Huns - Ephthalitae

Full List of the Last Roman Latin Faction Names

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Basques – Vascones

Berbers – Mazicani

Bretons – Britanni

Burgundians – Burgundi

Roman Empire – Imperium Romanum

Roman Expedition – Expeditio Romana

Frankish Kingdom – Regnum Francorum

Langobards – Langobardi

Moors – Mauri

Ostrogothic Kingdom – Regnum Ostrogothorum

Sardinians – Sardi

Suebians – Suebi

Vandalic Kingdom – Regnum Vandalorum

Visigothic Kingdom – Regnum Visigothorum

List of Latin Changes to Political Parties (Politics Screen):

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Alamans - Bucinobantes

Eastern Roman Empire - Gens Flavia

Franks - Salii (not the Salian dynasty, but the Salian Franks. It's too early to put the Merovingians here, but I think this works well enough)

Lakhmids - Lachmidae

Langobards - Letingi

Ostrogoths - Amali

Sassanids - Sassanidae

Saxons - Geuissae

Vandals - Hasdingi

Visigoths - Balti

Western Roman Empire - Gens Flavia (Yep, same dynasty as ERE)

Full List of Age of Charlemagne Latin Faction Names

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Kingdom of Ailech - Regnum Hiberniae Cauri (totally fudged this and the other Irish ones. Can't find any sources for the Irish kingdoms in Latin)

Duchy of Alemannia - Ducatus Alemanniae

Alt Clut - Regnum Scottorum

Angria - Angrarii

Duchy of Aquitaine - Ducatus Aquitaniae

Kingdom of Asturias - Regnum Asturorum

Avars - Avari

Taifa of Badajoz - Hispania Emeritensis (also fudged. Again, hard to find Latin sources)

Taifa of Barcelona - Barcenona

Duchy of Bavaria - Ducatus Bavariae

Duchy of Benevento - Ducatus Beneventum

Bohemia - Unchanged.

Kingdom of Brittany - Regnum Brittonum

Duchy of Burgundy - Ducatus Burgundiae

Kingdom of Carloman - Regnum Carlomanni

Kingdom of Charlemagne - Regnum Caroli (No magnus here )

Kingdom of Connachta - Regnum Hiberniae Occidentalis

Emirate of Cordoba - Phylarchia Cordubae (fudged again)

Duchy of Croatia - Regnum Croatorum

Kingdom of the Danes - Dani

Eastphalia - Ostfalahi

Duchy of Frisia - Ducatus Frisiae

Duchy of Gascony - Ducatus Wasconiae (yeah, W. Medieval Latin isn't great, and I think that Wasconia was the name)

Kingdom of Glywysing - Regnum Glevensum

Emirate of Granada - Phylarchia Illiberis

Kingdom of Gwynedd - Regnum Venedotiae

Kingdom of Kent - Regnum Cantii

Kingdom of Leinster - Regnum Hiberniae Orientalis

Kingdom of Lombardy - Regnum Langobardorum

Kingdom of Mercia - Regnum Merciorum

Kingdom of Munster - Regnm Hiberniae Austri

Nordalbingia - Unchanged.

Kingdom of Northumbria - Regnum Nordanhymbrorum

Obodrites - Obotriti

Duchy of Pamplona - Ducatus Pompaeli

Papal States - Status Pontificius

Picts - Picti

Kingdom of Powys - Regnum Pagensum (slightly fudged)

Duchy of Provence - Ducatus Provinciae

Taifa of Sevilla - Hispalis

Theme of Sicily - Thema Siciliae

Duchy of Spoleto - Ducatus Spolitae

Taifa of Toledo - Toletum

Kingdom of Ulaid - Regnum Hiberniae Caeciae

Taifa of Valencia - Valentia

Republic of Venice - Venetia (decided not to add "republic," but maybe I should)

Kingdom of Wessex - Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum

Westphalia - Westfalahi

Wilzi - Welatabi

Taifa of Zaragoza - Caesaraugusta (yes, this is the Roman name )

List of Changes to Age of Charlemagne Latin Political Parties

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Beni Alfons - Gens Alphonsi

Carolingian Dynasty - Carolingi

Umayyads - Phylarchi Cordubae (Can't find this at all in Latin)

The Iclingas - Gens Icles

List of Latin Kingdoms in the Last Roman and Charlemagne

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Kingdom of Rome - Regnum Romanum (literally "Roman Kingdom" but I think it works. Maybe I'll go check some of those Republican Roman texts about the kingdom though)

Avar Khaganate - Regnum Avarorum (I don't think there's a latin word for "Khaganate." Please correct me if I'm wrong )

Caliphate of Cordoba - Regnum Cordubae (Same here as above. I did find a word for "Emirate" though, so there's that)

Kingdom of England - Regnum Angliae

Kingdom of the Franks - Regnum Francorum

Holy Roman Empire - Sacrum Romanum Imperium

Ireland - Hibernia

Kingdom of Italy - Regnum Italiae

Kingdom of Saxony - Regnum Saxonum

Scotland - Caledonia

Kingdom of Spain - Regnum Hispaniae

Kingdom of the Vikings - Regnum Normannorum

Wales - Cambria

Download Link (Endonym version):
Mediafire
Steam Workshop

Download Link (Latin version):
Mediafire
Steam Workshop

Update Log (Endonyms):

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2/18/2015 - Fixed filename and made several fixes to various faction names.
2/18/2015, much later that day - Added Lakhmid and Ghassanid names, thanks to Brivime!
2/22/2015 - Changed several factions.
2/24/2015 - Fixed political parties.
3/11/2015 - Fixed Longbeards DLC political parties and missing names for Longbeards DLC civil war factions (by making the factions table a fragment).
3/15/2015 - Several changes. Thanks to m_1512 and his faction names mod for many of these names, and Alexios Komnenos for the Soissons fix (not yet included in the Latin version, but will be soon along with other additions).
3/15/2015, a few minutes later - Made those changes for real this time. Have to double-check when I make these edits in PFM...
3/25/2015 - Updated for the Celts patch, and even more changes (in bold in the full list).
7/1/2015 - Added names for the Last Roman Campaign/Suebi Update, and Mediafire link added.
9/17/2015 - Updated for the Empires of Sand DLC.
12/18/2015 - Updated for the Charlemagne DLC and White Huns update.
12/19/2015 - Added (hopefully) kingdom names for TLR and AoC. Also changed a few AoC names.
2/10/2016 - Reverted Himyar to vanilla for now, and added new political parties for a few factions.
2/28/2016 - Updated for the Slavic Nations DLC.
3/5/2016 - Fixed Roman political parties in the endonym version.
3/5/2016, again - Fixed some separatist faction names.
3/10/2016 - Changed some political party names, thanks to Charerg and the IB3 team.
3/12/2016 - A few more political parties, and changes to Alans and both Gothic factions (last two thanks to Charerg).
3/18/2016 - Replaced/renamed Magyars with Onogurs.
3/19/2016 - Fixed Gothic political party names.
3/26/2016 - Renamed the Gothic factions, again. And added several separatist faction names.
4/5/2016 - Fixed a few errors in some faction names.
7/15/2016 - Fixed the Caliphate of Cordoba name not displaying correctly.
8/3/2016 - Fixed the name of the Asturian Separatists faction.
10/8/2016 - Changed the names for the Ebdanians and Picts, thanks to zombieflanders.
3/6/2018 - Changed the name of the Geat ruling dynasty and fixed a misspelling in the name of the Danish one, thanks to Artacus.

Update Log (Latin):

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2/22/2015 - Added a Latin version.
2/24/2015 - Updated Sassanids and Afrighids.
2/24/2015, a few minutes later - Fixed political parties.
3/11/2015 - Fixed Longbeards DLC political parties and missing names for Longbeards DLC civil war factions (by making the factions table a fragment).
3/25/2015 - Updated for the Celts patch, and even more changes (in bold in the full list). Rebel and separatist faction names changed as well (not listed. I may make this list later).
3/26/2015 - Fixed the mod not working. Very bizarre, since the endonyms didn't need to be fixed...
3/26/2015, again - One more fix, for the Nomadic Tribes faction group. Thanks to NumNutsXIII for spotting it.
6/26/2015 - Updated to work with the new patch (new faction names not yet changed), and Mediafire link added.
7/1/2015 - Added names for the Last Roman Campaign/Suebi Update.
9/17/2015 - Updated for the Empires of Sand DLC.
12/18/2015 - Updated for the Charlemagne DLC and White Huns update.
12/19/2015 - Added (hopefully) kingdom names for TLR and AoC.
2/10/2016 - Added new political parties for a few factions.
2/28/2016 - Updated for the Slavic Nations DLC.
3/5/2016 - Fixed some separatist faction names.
3/12/2016 - A few more political party names added.
3/18/2016 - Renamed Magyars.
4/5/2016 - Improved compatibility with Europa Perdita. You should be able to use this as a submod for EP now.
8/3/2016 - Fixed the name of the Asturian Separatists faction.

Thanks for names and advice from:

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Brivime
Magister Militum Flavius Aetius
Alexios Komnenos
m_1512
The Iron Chancellor
ep1c_fail
ZombieZleeping
zombieflanders
Charerg
The Invasio Barbarorum III Team
Tryggvi
Artacus
And everyone else giving feedback on the mod

[helmersen]

So what did you call the Roman factions?

[GourmetGorilla]

Gratias! ...when I see the name "Hunnu" I can't help being reminded of a certain soundbyte

HUNNU-NUUUUU

http://www.myinstants.com/instant/wololo/

[helmersen]

This makes my game crash, by the way!

[GourmetGorilla]

Am I just being dumb, or do mods not show up under the Steam mod manager due to the workshop not yet being open? I have out of date mods ticked, but still nothing.

EDIT: I needed to extract the file, disregard me!

[Augustusng]

This makes my game crash, by the way!

I'll look into this. It might be the special characters I've used (þ for example), in which case I'll just get rid of those.

Speaking of, I don't think I can actually use "Gut-þiuda" (Goths) in place of "Great Migrators," as there are other, non-Gothic factions which are part of that faction group. I'm going to have to change that to something else. That's what I get for thinking the faction groups are divided on cultural lines. But I'd like to rework the faction and faction group bonuses anyway to make them less game-y, and maybe move some factions around eventually.

Oh, and I've gone for "Imperium Romanum Occidentale" and "Imperium Romanum Orientale" for the Roman factions. Maybe I can write up a list of my changes here instead of just in the pack file.

[helmersen]

I saw instances in the game where the ERE was just named "Imperium Roman Orientale" and not "Romanum". Also, I found the error! The file was named with the use of spaces, and not "_" underscores. This is why it crashed! And is Orientale and Occidentale more correct than "Orientalis" and "Occidentalis"?

[Augustusng]

Yes, Orientale and Occidentale are the neuter form of the word, while the -is ending is masculine/feminine. Neuter form goes with Imperium, the same way as Romanum.

Edit: Well, you could use Orientalis or Occidentalis, but it would mean "of the East/West" instead of "Eastern/Western" (using the word in the genitive case).

Also thanks for catching that, I'll update this shortly once I figure out what to do with the "Great Migrators."

[Augustusng]

And updated... with several fixes, and a full list of the changes in the OP.

Also, it shouldn't crash the game now.

[Antiokhos Euergetes]

Nice work, glad to see somebody is on this.

[Brivime]

Ghassanids > Ghassasina (alternatively Mamlekat al-Ghassasina)

Lakhmids > Bani Lakhm (Alternatively you can call them Munathera or al-Lakhmiyun)

[Augustusng]

Cool, thanks! I'll add those in a bit. I think I'll go with the first ones you listed, unless the others make more sense.

[Augustusng]

And... updated with Ghassasina and Bani Lakhm. Thanks again!

[Augustusng]

Looking for some advice as I continue to update this. I'm thinking of changing a few faction names so they're not all in Latin (the other option is just to put everything in Latin, but that's boring ). Here's what I've found so far. These may not be accurate, so I won't add them into the mod yet - but I will if no one objects to these changes/additions. I've also marked the languages for each of the possible names I'm thinking about here. Some of these languages are a little outside the game's time period (Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse), but they might fit better than Latin.

Angles - Angel-þeod (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Danes - Danir (Old Norse) or maybe Dene (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Geats - Currently I have them as Geatas (Old English/Anglo-Saxon), but Gautar (Old Norse) or even Gautoz (Proto-Germanic) might work. On that note, does anyone happen to know Proto-Germanic or have a good source for it? It's probably a good idea to put some of the Germanic factions into that language (Suebi, Marcomanni, etc).

Jutes - Eotas or Eotenas (Old English/Anglo-Saxon. I can't find a source for them in Old Norse, which is why I'm thinking of putting the Geats and Danes in Old English too, just for consistency. But my names are already very inconsistent...)

Sassanid Empire - Eranshahr (Middle Persian)

Saxons - Seaxe (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Domain of Soissons - Dominatio Suessionum (Latin, would mean more literally the "Domain of the Suessiones," the tribe for which Soissons is named. Of course, the Suessiones weren't ruling there, but the name of the Roman city in this area was "Augusta Suessionum")

[Tighes_Hood]

Very nice mod adds a good atmosphere to the game with the native languages and such

[Iaius Statius Laurentius]

You could probably make alternative versions -- a Roman-centric Latin version would make the most sense for WRE/ERE campaigns, while endonyms fit better for playing basically everyone else.

[Augustusng]

You could probably make alternative versions -- a Roman-centric Latin version would make the most sense for WRE/ERE campaigns, while endonyms fit better for playing basically everyone else.

That's actually not a bad idea. I'll have a Latin version out tonight or tomorrow.

[Zikko]

You say "authentic" but from the looks of it isn't more like Latin names.
For example I think Geats called themselves rather Götar or Gautar in Old Norse.

[Get Smoked]

Nice mod, I'm impressed with your correct use of Latin. Hard to come across these days.

[Augustusng]

You say "authentic" but from the looks of it isn't more like Latin names.
For example I think Geats called themselves rather Götar or Gautar in Old Norse.

Yes, I know. Did you not see this post?

Looking for some advice as I continue to update this. I'm thinking of changing a few faction names so they're not all in Latin (the other option is just to put everything in Latin, but that's boring ). Here's what I've found so far. These may not be accurate, so I won't add them into the mod yet - but I will if no one objects to these changes/additions. I've also marked the languages for each of the possible names I'm thinking about here. Some of these languages are a little outside the game's time period (Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse), but they might fit better than Latin.

Angles - Angel-þeod (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Danes - Danir (Old Norse) or maybe Dene (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Geats - Currently I have them as Geatas (Old English/Anglo-Saxon), but Gautar (Old Norse) or even Gautoz (Proto-Germanic) might work. On that note, does anyone happen to know Proto-Germanic or have a good source for it? It's probably a good idea to put some of the Germanic factions into that language (Suebi, Marcomanni, etc).

Jutes - Eotas or Eotenas (Old English/Anglo-Saxon. I can't find a source for them in Old Norse, which is why I'm thinking of putting the Geats and Danes in Old English too, just for consistency. But my names are already very inconsistent...)

Sassanid Empire - Eranshahr (Middle Persian)

Saxons - Seaxe (Old English/Anglo-Saxon)

Domain of Soissons - Dominatio Suessionum (Latin, would mean more literally the "Domain of the Suessiones," the tribe for which Soissons is named. Of course, the Suessiones weren't ruling there, but the name of the Roman city in this area was "Augusta Suessionum")

I'm trying to fix that sort of thing. So I'll probably go with Gautar for the Geats. You don't happen to know what works for the Jutes?