Several Questions.

**Jebivjetar** · 05-08-2009, 12:00

Originally Posted by anubis88

I said Ptolemy II send the elephants... He died in 264BC.
I thought i was obvious, didn't mean to confuse anyone

Yes, i missed that ..

So, is it correct to conclude this:

Prolemey II did help Carthage in the start of the 1. punic war. After some time, Roman diplomacy made him to change his mind, so he refused to give loan/credit to Chartage (2000 talents, as i read in my book) when war was about to end?

**anubis88** · 05-08-2009, 12:12

Originally Posted by Jebivjetar

Yes, i missed that ..

So, is it correct to conclude this:

Prolemey II did help Carthage in the start of the 1. punic war. After some time, Roman diplomacy made him to change his mind, so he refused to give loan/credit to Chartage (2000 talents, as i read in my book) when war was about to end?

It would seem that way. Of course if both of our books have the correct information. Which book did you read?

P.S. Sorry i made i typo. It was 246 bc not 264. my bad

**Jebivjetar** · 05-08-2009, 12:14

Originally Posted by anubis88

It would seem that way. Of course if both of our books have the correct information. Which book did you read?

"History", 3. book named "Hellenism and Roman Republic", UTET Cultura, editor Enrico Cravetto, page 564 in croatian edition)

**Fluvius Camillus** · 05-08-2009, 13:09

Alright, so did we find a

mistake

by the EB team then??

If Ptolemaics did aid at the first part of the 1st Punic War, then the biography description is wrong:

Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

It stated that after the defeat of Pyrrhos the Ptolemaioi allied themselves with Rome, an alliance which held for a long time, through the Punic Wars. The final battle of Pyrrhos in Italy was Beneventum, in 275BC.

Picture showing the concerning biography (its said in the second part of the description):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

~Fluvius

**anubis88** · 05-08-2009, 13:26

It's possible. But i'm not sure what sources EB used in this matter. It is indeed wierd that the description says that Ptolomy was allied to the Romans, but in game it does not show

**Fluvius Camillus** · 05-08-2009, 14:48

Originally Posted by anubis88

It's possible. But i'm not sure what sources EB used in this matter. It is indeed wierd that the description says that Ptolomy was allied to the Romans, but in game it does not show

And that is exactly the reason why I put this question here!

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 05-09-2009, 02:15

1- I'm not sure about the trade routes, some of them may have changed a bit during the versions but there shouldn't be a hole in the middle. IIRC, the Persian Royal Road went from Lydia to Susa at first, so that may be the cause. Though I had thought there was a building in game in Persepolis as well.
4- The symbol is well known to be incorrect. Other symbols for the ruling dynasty have been looked for, but nothing has come up. The thought of using an early religious symbol was put forward, but the symbol of the later dynasty would be just as correct as a national banner as that would be.