EB 0.8 Maps

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Here are both our 'antique' and 'plain' versions of the 0.8 map. They are almost all correct, but one province change at Gaetulia is there in the big map (it is neglible in the way it works though). I'll include 'small' (hehe) versions and large ones (high quality and detailed). The small ones are on the thumbnails below (hosted by imageshack), but the large ones are (for now) downloadable through our website. These might be good to keep on your desktop for easy 'preview' viewing (i.e., save them instead of using our bandwith over and over please), or you could print them out if you're particularly insane.

Here are the files:

Large Antique JPG Map (2.9 Mb):
http://www.europabarbarorum.com/i/eb...80_antique.jpg
Smaller Version (953 Kb):


Large Plain GIF Map (1.5 Mb):
http://www.europabarbarorum.com/i/eb_map_080_plain.gif
Smaller Version (838 Kb):


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More Maps:

Starting Culture by faction:

(Only error in 0.8 is that some Arverni provinces in the map are Aedui in the game - rebel provinces here only)

Starting Creator by faction:

(Only error in 0.8 is that some Arverni provinces in the map are Aedui in the game - rebel provinces here only)

Starting Owner by faction:

(Only error in 0.8 is that some Arverni provinces in the map are Aedui in the game - rebel provinces here only)

[Zenith Darksea]

Looking as impressive as ever.

[Leão magno]

Really an evolutionary map! congratulations, Can not hardly wait to play on it

[Teleklos Archelaou]

First post in this thread now includes maps to show faction culture, creator, and owner as requested by fans in our org forum.

[vaska petrov]

this map is wrong, not right, becouse region Kartli and Egrisi never was under Armenian control.

Kingdom of Kartli (by roman-greec sourses "kingdom of iberia") controled not onli Kartli region, also Egrisi region.

Kingdom of Kartli founded by Georgian kingd Parnavaz I (302-242 ad), Parnavaz established strong kingdom by developed military and traditions. he reformed Georgian alphabet, dividev kingdom to 8 provinces ("saeristavo"), province (saeristavo) rulled by eristavs (governors- "head of people").

kingdom of Kartli (iberia) controled region Kartli, Egrisi (Kolkheti, Kolkhida, Colchis) and even some part north Armenian lands.


in II c. ad, 3 state was full independet in the world:
Roman Empire, Parthia and Kingdom of Kartli.

after Paharnavaz I, greates king of Kartli was Pharsman II the Great, who's statue established in Roma, on the Mars platz by Roman emperor Antoninus Pius !!!

military activiti Kartlian kings reach kingdom's borders half of south Caucasia in I-III c. ad.

Georgian was and are deferent culture people, Kutaisi and Mtskheta never was Armenian sity's !!!

[vaska petrov]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Iberia

The area was inhabited in earliest times by several relative tribes, collectively called Iberians (the Eastern Iberians) by ancient authors. Locals called their country Kartli after a mythic chief, Kartlos.

The Moschi mentioned by various classic historians, and their possible descendants, the Saspers (who were mentioned by Herodotus), may have played a crucial role in the consolidation of the tribes inhabiting the area. The Moschi had moved slowly to the northeast forming settlements as they traveled. The chief of these was Mtskheta, the future capital of the Iberian kingdom. The Mtskheta tribe was later ruled by a principal locally known as mamasakhlisi (“the father of the household” in Georgian).

The medieval Georgian source Moktsevai Kartlisai (“Conversion of Kartli”) speak also about Azo and his people, who came from Arrian-Kartli - the initial home of the proto-Iberians, which had been under Achaemenid rule until the fall of the Persian Empire - to settle on the site where Mtskheta was to be founded. Another Georgian chronicle Kartlis Tskhovreba (“History of Kartli”) claims Azo to be an officer of Alexander’s, who massacred a local ruling family and conquered the area, until being defeated at the end of the 4th century BC by Prince Pharnavaz, who was at that time a local chief.

Pharnavaz, victorious in power struggle, became the first king of Iberia (ca. 302-ca. 237 BC). Driving back an invasion, he subjugated the neighbouring areas, including significant part of the western Georgian state of Colchis (locally known as Egrisi), and seems to have secured recognition of the newly founded state by the Seleucids of Syria. Now Pharnavaz focused on social projects, including the citadel of the capitol, the Armaztsikhe, and the idol of the god Armaz. He also reformed the Georgian written language, and created a new system of administration subdividing the country in several counties called saeristavos. His successors managed to gain control over the mountainous passes of the Caucasus with the Daryal (also known as the Iberian Gates) being the most important of them.

The period following this time of prosperity was one of incessant warfare though. Iberia was forced to defend against numerous invasions into their territories. Iberia lost some of its southern provinces to Armenia, and the Colchian lands seceded to form separate princedoms (sceptuchoi). In the end of the 2nd century BC, the Pharnavazid king Farnadjom was dethroned by his own subjects and the crown given to the Armenian prince Arshak who ascended the Iberian throne in 93 BC, establishing the Arshakids dynasty.

This close association with Armenia brought upon the country an invasion (65 BC) by the Roman general Pompey, who was then at war with Mithradates VI of Pontus, and Armenia; but Rome did not establish her power permanently over Iberia. Nineteen years later, the Romans again marched (36 BC) on Iberia forcing King Pharnavaz II to join their campaign against Albania.

While another Georgian kingdom of Colchis was administered as a Roman province, Iberia freely accepted the Roman Imperial protection. A stone inscription discovered at Mtskheta speaks of the first-century ruler Mihdrat I (A.D. 58-106) as "the friend of the Caesars" and the king "of the Roman-loving Iberians." Emperor Vespasian fortified the ancient Mtskheta site of Arzami for the Iberian kings in 75 A.D.

The next two centuries saw a continuation of Roman influence over the area, but by the reign of King Pharsman II (116 – 132) Iberia had regained some of its former power. Relations between the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Pharsman II were strained, though Hadrian is said to have sought to appease Pharsman. However, it was only under Hadrian's successor Antoninus Pius that relations improved to the extent that Pharsman is said to have even visited Rome, where Dio Cassius reports that a statue was erected in his honor and that rights to sacrifice were given. The period brought a major change to the political status of Iberia with Rome recognizing them as an ally, rather than their former status as a subject state, a political situation which remained the same, even during the Empire's hostilities with the Parthians.

Decisive for the future history of Iberia was the foundation of the Sassanian Empire in 224. By replacing the weak Parthian realm with a strong, centralized state, it changed the political orientation of Iberia away from Rome. Iberia became a tributary of the Sassanian state during the reign of Shapur I (241-272). Relations between the two countries seem to have been friendly at first, as Iberia cooperated in Persian campaigns against Rome, and the Iberian king Amazasp III (260-265) was listed as a high dignitary of the Sassanian realm, not a vassal who had been subdued by force of arms. But the aggressive tendencies of the Sasanians were evident in their propagation of Zoroastrianism, which was probably established in Iberia between the 260s and 290s. However, in the Peace of Nisibis (298) Rome was acknowledged their reign over the area, but recognized Mirian III, the first of the Chosroid dynasty, as King of Iberia. Byzantine predominance proved crucial, since King Mirian II and leading nobles converted to Christianity around 317. The event is related with the mission of a Cappadocian woman, Saint Nino, who since 303 preached Christianity in the Georgian kingdom of Iberia (Eastern Georgia).

The religion would become a strong tie between Georgia and Rome (later Byzantium) and have a large scale impact on the state's culture and society. However, after the emperor Julian was slain during his failed campaign in Persia in 363, Rome ceded control of Iberia to Persia, and King Varaz-Bakur I (Asphagur) (363-365) became a Persian vassal, an outcome confirmed by the Peace of Acilisene in 387. Although a later ruler of Kartli, Pharsman IV (406-409), preserved his country's autonomy and ceased to pay tribute to Persia. Persia prevailed, and Sassanian kings began to appoint a viceroy (pitiaxae/bidaxae) to keep watch on their vassal. They eventually made the office hereditary in the ruling house of Lower Kartli, thus inaugurating the Kartli pitiaxate, which brought an extensive territory under its control. Although it remained a part of the kingdom of Kartli, its viceroys turned their domain into a center of Persian influence. Sassanian rulers put the Christianity of the Georgians to a severe test. They promoted the teachings of Zoroaster, and by the middle of the 5th century Zoroastrianism had become a second official religion in eastern Georgia alongside Christianity. However, efforts to convert the common Georgian people were generally unsuccessful.

The early reign of the Iberian king Vakhtang I dubbed Gorgasali (447-502) was marked by relative revival of the kingdom. Formally vassal of the Persians, he secured the northern borders by subjugating the Caucasian mountaineers, and brought the adjacent western and southern Georgian lands under his control. He established an autocephalic patriarchate at Mtskheta, and made Tbilisi his capital. In 482, he led a general uprising against Persia. A desperate war for independence lasted for twenty years, but he could not get the Byzantine support, and was defeated dying himself in battle in 502.

[Foot]

Yes, well done you budding historians. Faction_owner just means that the game uses the hayasdan faction stuff for the rebel provinces of Kartli and Egrisi (and the other provinces around there) instead of the slave faction, who all look greek.

Its a necessary workaround. Game engine stuff.

Foot

[vaska petrov]

Yes, well done you budding historians. Faction_owner just means that the game uses the hayasdan faction stuff for the rebel provinces of Kartli and Egrisi (and the other provinces around there) instead of the slave faction, who all look greek.

Its a necessary workaround. Game engine stuff.

Foot

ah, it's just stuff... ok

[vaska petrov]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Iberia