Successor & Hellenic Medium Cavalry

[Olimpian]

What's the difference?(role-playing wise)And further,what's the difference between a "successor faction" and a "hellenic faction"?I'm a bit regarding the meaning of successor,hellen,greek.

[antisocialmunky]

Hellen and Greek are pretty much the same thing. Greeks called Greece Hellas and the English corruption results in Hellen.

The Sucessor Factions were the Factions created by Alexander's Generals after their death. They are pretty much the same as the Hellenistic factions.

Hellenic and Hellenistic are different. Hellenistic refers to the Greek influenced local cultures that developped after Alexander conquered all that land in Asia.

[Olimpian]

So why is there Greek Medium Cavalry,Hellenic Medium Cavalry and Successor Medium Cavalry if those terms are basically the same?

[Tellos Athenaios]

To begin with the Greeks call a Greek a Hellen. So there's no English corruption there, it's a direct transcription from the native language.

Next, Hellenistic means (as with more -istic's) Hellenic 'like'. Hellenic actually means the same thing as Greek for as far as I can see - it's just a word to impress people with. ("I know an awesome word: Hellenic! Whoohoo!")

Hence, Hellenistic means "in a Greek fashion".

Successor means something different, and in the context refers to the empires which formed during the break-up of Alexander's empire. To give you a good example: the Parthians seem to have fostered Hellenistic arts and culture. Romans appear to have adopted many a Hellenistic custom. But neither actively adopted nor fostered anything Successor.