EB's Anniversery and Historical Sites

[BerkeleyBoi]

Taken from Twitter:

EBTeam: Hundreds of reverent EB members met at historical sites across the globe today to observe the renowned Total War mod's 5th anniversary.

8:27 AM May 24th from web

I didn't even know there were hundreds of EB members...

But anyway, just to liven up the forums a bit, what historical sites have you all been to?

I haven't been to Europe, Africa, or Central Asia before, so I can't say I've ever been to any EB historical sites. The closest site for me would be the Potala Palace in Lhasa (only a few hundred miles away from the eastern border of EB) and... umm... the Basilica in Baltimore... which is only a few thousand miles away from the western border of EB...

[bobbin]

My house is on the slopes of (suspected) Mons Grapius, there are also loads of standing stones, stone circles and iron age hill forts in the surrounding countryside

Also been to Callanish, Skara Brae, Maeshowe, the ring of Brodgar, stonehenge, haidrians wall, antonine wall and a bunch of others I've probably forgotten.

[DionCaesar]

I went to Rome last week ^^. Simply beautifull. Very impressive buildings etc., but what I found most impressive was Gaius Julius Caesar's grave. People still put flowers on that! We even visited the place where Caesar would be murdered, but that´s just a simple tramline now.

I also went to Rhodes and saw the most northern of (2) Greek settlements there. It's like Ostia Antica: only like 1 metre of wall (in height) is still standing. Very impressive too. And where I live, they recently found a Roman helmet. The owner died in a swamp so the helmet is conserved pretty well. Very nice too see!

[Horatius Flaccus]

That's really funny DionCaesar, I too went to Rome last week. It was my second time, and I now had time to examine some places a lot better (like the Palatine hill, via Appia, Colosseum etc.). I have also been to Pompeii, something i can advise everyone interested in Roman history to do, it's absolutely fantastic.

I've also been to Rhodes and Halikarnassos (modern day Bodrum). Especially Lindos (which lies on Rhodes) is great.

Last year I visited Trier (and the Porta Negra) and Xanten (where they have rebuild a Roman "Fortress") in Germany.

And ofcourse in my own country (the Netherlands) I've been to Mosa Trajectum (Maastricht) and Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (Nijmegen) from the famous revolt of the Batavi.

[Tanit]

Rome, Pompei, Venice, Saint Marie among the Hurons, penatanguishine, old churches and cathedrals in Austria, Germany, Poland and France, Petra, Kerrak and a dozen other ancient sites in Jordan from the Neolithic, Bronze, Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.

To name a few.

[Hax]

Carthage! And the palace of Knossos.

[Cimon]

I have been to Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Epidauros, Corinth, Mycenae, Salonica, Cape Sounion, Akrotiri/Santorini, Knossos, Rhodes, Ephesus (seeing the last remaining column of the Temple of Artemis on the way), Istanbul, Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Paris and London (although I admittedly did not see anything ancient at the last few).

I second the the thoughts on Pompeii, although for my money, Istanbul is the real treasure on my list (obviously not only for ancient history).