Just in case the map hasn't been finalized

[TheGlobalizer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...ng_in_Sardinia
http://www.coptur.net/nora_en.html
Looks like the island should be a quite important place to hold, on the other side it might be more historically accurate to have Nora as the administrative capital (aka city) in Sardinia and Karali as docks.

I apologize for the quality of the links but it's hard to find accurate online information.

Karalis is the proper city choice in Sardinia; it was the most significant city on the island at the time. The only other hypothetical I would see would be Tharros, midway up the western coast (the city was established by Nuraghi, then conquered by the Phoenicians and later the Romans).

I visited this summer:





(Tower is from a later Spanish period.)

I don't understand the placement of the port at the northeast of the island, however. Karalis was a significant port in its own right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari#Early_history
http://www.isolasarda.com/nora-storia_e.htm

I certainly don't think Sardinia warrants 2 cities. I'm not even sure Corsica warrants its own city.

[Mithridates VI Eupator]

Yeah, two cities in Sardinia might be overkill, those extra provinces are needed elsewhere. Still, I definately think that Sardinia and Corsica should be separate provinces. Not only for obvious gameplay-reasons, but also because it makes no sense that if you conquer Sardinia, you get a complementary island for free. Corsica is a province in its own right, and should stay that way.
The Romans conquered them separately, after all...

[TheGlobalizer]

Yeah, two cities in Sardinia might be overkill, those extra provinces are needed elsewhere. Still, I definately think that Sardinia and Corsica should be separate provinces. Not only for obvious gameplay-reasons, but also because it makes no sense that if you conquer Sardinia, you get a complementary island for free. Corsica is a province in its own right, and should stay that way.
The Romans conquered them separately, after all...

Agree completely if there was no cap on # of cities. I'm not sure Corsica makes the top 199 in that map, tho.

[mp0925]

boy do i love having acces as an Eb web dude to that sort of info cause i know the map size more or less! yea!

and im not telling any body anything! ;)

[Carlos Matthews]

boy do i love having acces as an Eb web dude to that sort of info cause i know the map size more or less! yea!

and im not telling any body anything! ;)

Why would you post that?

Seems like complete spam to me. Or you are trying to be humerous.

[abou]

I wouldn't say that we've finalized things yet. We certainly have quite a bit still planned, a number of changes that, at least, I like, and a few things here or there to still be debated.

That's all I'll say on the matter.

[Celtic_Punk]

I firmly believe that the Ionian islands need to be an region in their own. i also think maybe Malta should be an island with a city. their should be alot more conquerable islands in the med. But that's just one Gael's opinion

[Zarax]

Karalis is the proper city choice in Sardinia; it was the most significant city on the island at the time. The only other hypothetical I would see would be Tharros, midway up the western coast (the city was established by Nuraghi, then conquered by the Phoenicians and later the Romans).

I visited this summer:





(Tower is from a later Spanish period.)

I don't understand the placement of the port at the northeast of the island, however. Karalis was a significant port in its own right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari#Early_history
http://www.isolasarda.com/nora-storia_e.htm

I certainly don't think Sardinia warrants 2 cities. I'm not even sure Corsica warrants its own city.

Nora was the administrative and military capital under both Carthage and Rome until early empire, Karali was definitely bigger but mainly a commercial city where ore from the mines and other good would flow to the port directed towards africa and other destinations.

Anyways, on a second thought: Could you guys consider putting a permanent fort in the center of Sardinia to represent the independent tribes over there?