Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

The Last Stand of Greece Patch 20
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Gyrosmeister  [developer] 2 Dec, 2017 @ 2:42pm
Historical Accuracy
Historical Discussion time!

For those of you interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaean_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriscus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Macedonian_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus_II_Philadelphus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_Nasica_Serapio_(consul_138_BC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomedes_II_of_Bithynia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corinth_(146_BC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pydna_(148_BC)


Before we start take into account:

Seleucid starting position not exactly historically accurate, in 150 B.C. they were a bit further to the East(I did that for balancing reasons because otherwise the Attalids and Rhodes would party in the east)

No records(at least from what I 've found) mention Thebai as the capital of the Aitolian League. It used to be Thermon but it was sacked by the Romans in 189 B.C. which effectively ended its existance.

Neither Andriskos nor Alexandros Balas were members of the families seen in the politics section.

Nicomedes II's reign started from 149 B.C. The situation in Bithynia was very complicated: Prusias II Kynegos sent him to Rome where he became very popular amongst the Senate. Prusias II had a war against the Attalids and in an attempt to ease the reperations he sent his son, Nicomedes II to Rome. However since Nicomedes II became very popular there, he plotted to assasinate him, a plot that ultimately failed. With the support of Attalos II, Nicomedes II managed to secure the Bithynian throne. As it was not possible to implement this whole story in the mod, I decided to "coronate" Nicomedes II a year earlier.

As I couldn't find any clear information on who the ruler of the Odrysian Kingdom was in 150 B.C., I chose Teres VI as the faction leader, whose reign started in 149 B.C.

Nicomedia is not in the right place(Unfortunately, a campaign map editor does not exist). Same thing for Thessaloniki

Also, i wasn't able to exclude the Romans from the panhellenic games

Some characters in the family trees of the Attalid or Nicomedian family were not dead in 150BC, it was impossible otherwise to put them in the tree (Pergamon), or the current situation of the faction wouldn't have made a lot of sense (Bithynia)
Last edited by Gyrosmeister; 25 Jun, 2019 @ 9:41am