Re: Judex-Rex - The original thread
Hey there everyone, I like this mod, it's so freaking awesome! Just had a campaign as Lakhmids, it was very interesting, may I offer some ideas, if we are talking about Arabia and Sassies?
1. Add in Arabia Magna local traditions of 3 for Semitic Paganism, because it's non-historical (Vanilla historical inaccuracy). Right now, there are only Judaism, Christianity and Zoro, and Arabia Magna and especially the city of Yithrab were mostly Pagan. Also, Lakhmids and Ghassanids had many pagan chiefs (here's a source about Lakhmids:
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/lakhmids It says: "In general, however, the Lakhmids remained strongly pagan almost to their end, even though their seat at Ḥira was a major center for Nestorian Christian piety and learning in central Iraq, with its population famed as the devotees (ʿebād) and with its bishop, many churches, and monasteries (Bosworth, pp. 598-99)."
2. Ghassanids were less "Eastern Christians" than their Lakhmids counterparts, and adhered more to Greek Christianity (it also reflects their swear of loyalty to ERE and the cold war between them and the Lakhmids, who were under Persian influences, 100 years later).
Wikipedia source:
"After originally settling in the Levant, the Ghassanids became a client state to the Eastern Roman Empire. The Romans found a powerful ally in the Ghassanids who acted as a buffer zone against the Lakhmids. In addition, as kings of their own people, they were also phylarchs, native rulers of client frontier states.[8][9] The capital was at Jabiyah in the Golan Heights. Geographically, it occupied much of the eastern Levant, and its authority extended via tribal alliances with other Azdi tribes all the way to the northern Hijaz as far south as Yathrib (Medina).[
Also: "The date of the migration to the Levant is unclear, but they are believed to have arrived in the region of Syria between 250-300 AD and later waves of migration circa 400 AD.[5] Their earliest appearance in records is dated to 473 AD, when their chief Amorkesos signed a treaty with the Eastern Roman Empire acknowledging their status as foederati controlling parts of Palestine. He apparently became Chalcedonian at this time. By the year 510, the Ghassanids were no longer Monophysite, but Chalcedonian.[7] They became the leading tribe among the Arab foederati, such as Banu Amela and Banu Judham."
Well, because in 367, we don't know the influence of monophysitism on the Ghassanids, perhaps Eastern Christianity can stay as state religion, but also have Greek Christianity presence in the region.
3. Make Ghassanids playable in a later version? Add unique start traits to Roxolanians (that will differ from Alans)? Add more playable nations in the future (I guess you already plan that)?
Again, Many thanks for making this mod!
