Play as Syrakousai

[Hax]

Neither did Casse or Saba... But they're still in.

The Cassi confederation had relationships with the Menapii tribe of the Belgae and they had established themselves as great traders in the Tin Isles.

The Sab'yn controlled a lot of trade flowing from India to the Mediterranean.

[Bucefalo]

Thank you Tolg for the command, it works great except for long named characters...maybe they have a different internal name, i´ll see what i can do.

I know Hax that Syracuse never expanded outside of Sicily, but I think it is a interesting faction with great potential (it is not what they did, it is what they could have done). After all, this is a game about changing history, and i just thought it would be cool to think what would have happened if the greeks of Italy were united under one banner. Maybe they could have fend off against the romans?
Nevermind that is just pure speculation

Im more interested to know how i could represent best a Syracusai faction on EB mod. I don´t know if it is possible to keep Hiero as a character without him dying next turn, or if it is possible to mod the file "descr_campaign" to change the initial position of the koinon hellenon. I wonder if the script will cause conflict and CTD.

Anyway, It would be interesting to do the same with others "little factions" that aren´t in, such as Galatians, Pergamon, Numidians, Celtiberians etc. Don´t you think?

[Tolg]

Thank you Tolg for the command, it works great except for long named characters...maybe they have a different internal name, i´ll see what i can do.

The character name is complicated

If he's named Appivs Cornelivs Blasio, for instance, his real name could be "AppivsG Romanvs", "AppivsJ Romanvs" or any other letter between A and K after his first name.
for Romans, and "Firstname Middlenamelastname" for others (make note of capitalization, hyphens and lacking space!).

You should read the frequent issues thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103681

It's actually about CTD and the like but the tips provided there can be useful for many other occasions as well.´(It's where I got the quotation above from and also where I learned about the move_character command.)

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Also, lots of names are listed in names.txt.

[Hax]

In the interest of historical accuracy, Agathokles, who gave a daughter to Pyrrhos as a bride, did manage to invade Carthage. Syrakousai in their greatest extent controlled all of Sicily, but for some Qarthadastim holdouts, a big part of Magna Grecia had a lot of colonies in both Illyria, North Italy and even on Napoleons' island (Syrakosion limen).

Yes indeed! I just realized Agathokles' attack of Carthage herself as I went to do grocery shopping. However, this attack was to lure Hanno away from Syrakousai (which was then under siege by the Kart-hadastim). The rest of your post is very interesting though. What would the Syrakousian victory conditions be then? Control Syrakousai, Messene, Lilibeon, Kart-Hadast, Atiqa, Alalia, Karalis, Capua, Arpi, Taras, Rhegion, Segesta, Dalminion, Segestika? Maybe Korinthos as well, seeing it was a Corinthian colony?

[Lucio Domicio Aureliano]

Yes indeed! I just realized Agathokles' attack of Carthage herself as I went to do grocery shopping. However, this attack was to lure Hanno away from Syrakousai (which was then under siege by the Kart-hadastim). The rest of your post is very interesting though. What would the Syrakousian victory conditions be then? Control Syrakousai, Messene, Lilibeon, Kart-Hadast, Atiqa, Alalia, Karalis, Capua, Arpi, Taras, Rhegion, Segesta, Dalminion, Segestika? Maybe Korinthos as well, seeing it was a Corinthian colony?

I think it´s very reasonable the victory conditions you posted.

[Bucefalo]

Thanks a lot for the info guys, I guess I´ll have to start learning more about the rest of commands, i didn´t know quite a few

I´m not very sure if a Syrakousoi general would fight traditionally on foot like the greeks of the mainland or rather on horse. I´m leaning more towards a mounted bodyguard.

What do you think it would be the general composition of a Syrakousioi army?

Hoplites/Peltastas of course, I guess mercenaries (I´ve read even about Iberian or Italian) and some cavalry.

Although there is one thing that really intrigues me... i read the description of the Syrakousioi Hoplitai of EB, and it refers to a different fighting style (more mobile) more able to fight in the west.

Does anyone knows something about it? I would be very interested to known the providers (dont remember the english word right now, the ones who provide evidences) or how i could get more information about it.

Thanks you very much