The Rise Of Justinian the Great

**Dicer** · March 13, 2015, 05:03 PM

The Rise Of Justinian The Great

Hello Friends Today I introduce the mod I will Be working on , It will include a fully new Campaign spanning from 476AD-565AD Right after the fall of the Western Roman Empire the Eastern Empire being labeled now the Byzantine Empire
A full reskin the the Eastern Romans will Be done First with Obliviously adding Justintine As faction leader the Startpos will be completely redone is the fashion to represent the time frame .It will look something like this

well prior to all the territory he had taken in his life The mod with start at the beginning of the Gothic Wars and The Eastern Empire's retaking of Italy I am currently working on finding skins of an early Byzantine Empire army
and research help is always welcome more to come soon ....

**Julio-Claudian** · March 13, 2015, 06:09 PM

That old crook.

I'd love to play this though

Only Justinian didn't gain office until 527 and there were four other emperors between then and 476. How can you ensure he'd even show up in the game?
Perhaps best to start it in 518 with him as the heir and Justin as Augustus... the beginning of the dynasty.

**Dicer** · March 13, 2015, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Julio-Claudian

That old crook.

I'd love to play this though

Only Justinian didn't gain office until 527 and there were four other emperors between then and 476. How can you ensure he'd even show up in the game?
Perhaps best to start it in 518 with him as the heir and Justin as Augustus... the beginning of the dynasty.

That is great feedback Great Idea

**~~Legio Comitatenses!~~** · March 14, 2015, 07:58 AM

Glory to the Roman Empire! To heroes glory!

I strongly support such a modification, hopefully we will see epic new reskins for the Roman faction, also the Gothic War sounds really cool - finaly a large scale war where you can lead your legions and fight, not the vanilla siege fest as the Western Roman Empire...

he Eastern Empire being labeled now the Byzantine Empire

NO. Bro, do not... please. The empire was never labeled "Byzantine empire"... it was called the "Roman Empire" right until 1453. The term Byzantine was invented by German historians in 19. century, it is a misleading word that IMO is also lame. As a player I do NOT want to see that term ever reused in any game, be it Medieval III, or a mod for TW:Attila.

**Julio-Claudian** · March 14, 2015, 02:18 PM

Yah the term "Byzantine Empire" was created in the modern era. They were Romans to the end, even when they stopped speaking Latin. Maybe Romania?

**Avehand1** · March 15, 2015, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Julio-Claudian

Yah the term "Byzantine Empire" was created in the modern era. They were Romans to the end, even when they stopped speaking Latin. Maybe Romania?

**Avehand1** · March 15, 2015, 11:12 AM

"Romania" was the name that people like the bulgars had of the ere

**Avehand1** · March 15, 2015, 11:13 AM

Just call it roman empire

**Shaggy_711** · March 15, 2015, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dicer

being labeled now the Byzantine Empire

Please no! They called themselves the roman empire until their last breath! You could go with the latin Imperium Romanorum or the greek Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn.

**Dicer** · March 16, 2015, 06:23 PM

lol ok ok Roman Empire it is Im working on Startpos right now trying to place all the migrant factions to where they belong in this period

**Julio-Claudian** · March 18, 2015, 07:36 PM

Looking forward to this!!!

**Scipio236** · March 22, 2015, 09:58 AM

well done! it's really a very interesting campaign

**JamesDeLaBoro** · March 22, 2015, 10:01 AM

Would love to see this mod. Currently reading a book about Belisarius and would love to fight some of his campaigns in North Africa and Italy.

**Cesco** · March 22, 2015, 10:38 AM

I will surely play such a mod, good luck

**Dicer** · March 29, 2015, 09:53 PM

Sorry I've been MIA for a few weeks as of right now while I've been waiting for mod tools from CA I've been trying to find the standards for the gothic , Frankish and Saxon kingdoms this will be important in my mod as it will show that the simple barbarians of the migration period are now established as somewhat civilized kingdoms if anyone has any historical reference to such things please post ..I am looking far and wide

**Linke** · March 30, 2015, 12:30 AM

There are two old mods, East of Rome and Age of Darkness II covering this period.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...of-Darkness-II
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...5-East-of-Rome

I sugest looking through their previews and download and take pictures of their units (and city names and faction icons....) in game.

In particular Pompeius Magnus for age of darkness II is an expert, he has written several short articles on the time in the mod forum and I'm sure he gives sources everywhere. You can also go asking in the invasio Barbarorum forum maybe?

**Dicer** · March 30, 2015, 12:36 AM

All very good recommendations I will do that thank you sir

**Glycerius** · April 25, 2015, 09:18 AM

If you start around 476 Roman holdouts like Regnum Noviodonum or Kingdom of Soissons ruled by Aegidius should be considered. Another might be Julius Nepos ruling Dalmatia. The Vandals and Ostrogoths were themselves fairly Romanised. Even the Franks were recorded as building a circus in later fifth century. Perhaps with new CA tools, a hybrid Romano-German culture could be created.