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    Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
    To hell with political correctness, Romans and Seleucids were the two superpowers during the EB time period and they mattered the most. As the Seleucids declined, the Romans took their place. When comparing other nations with these two empires, those nations seem trivial. They still mattered, but not as much. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't study the other nations, its just that we need to understand the special place the Latin people held in that time period.
    This is not about political correctness. It's more like "Victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni", for me.

    Edit: The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the defeated cause pleased Cato
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    Default Re: What faction did you play first?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tollheit View Post
    This is not about political correctness. It's more like "Victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni", for me.
    I hope he knows latin otherwise it'd be quite funny!

    Edit: am I the only one that is waiting for TPC to enlighten this fella? Cause he seems to have left out a rather big 'barbarian' culture that was a bit important.
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    thats y i love this forum, people actually get stumped intellectually instead of being n00bed at.




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    I love it when people wax lyrical about the Romans, its just so gushing; as if the Romans were their lover, this great and wonderful man who just seems too good to be true. And the Seleucids! Superpower? Only for like 150 years. Blip, just a blip.

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    Default Re: What faction did you play first?

    I actually played the Getae (Dacians) first. They are quite a fun faction in my opinion, and seeing as Illyrians are not in as a faction, at least the Getae are the most similar availible.


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    Baktria, actually. I was inspired by hooahguy's AAR and the unique unit choices they possessed. Will have to play them again some day, now that I've got a handle on EB economics. I won, but didn't get to use all their units.
    “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”-Proverbs 16:32


    Read my Aedui AAR-"Across the Waters: A Story of the Migration"
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    Default Re: What faction did you play first?

    The Romans from a much earlier release (can't remember now but probably .74 or something)

    They have always had a good position and what is more, an excellent and involving trait and reform system (it got better with the last two releases). The challenge with the Romans is not to conquer x number of territories, but to get the reforms naturally. It becomes a story that is so involving.

    I've played the Casse to the VCs, the Sweboz and the Pahlava as my first 1.1 campaign and am currently giving the Macedonians a go. None have grabbed me as much as the Romans.

    This is no reflection on the real peoples, I'm talking about gameplay here.

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