Units that should have been in EB..

**Leviathan DarklyCute** · 05-31-2009, 10:12

I've been thing on making a mini mod for the light version of ALXEB that will include new and historical units.
So the qustion is, what units that existed between 272 BC to 14 CE were not included in EB?

**sqeecoo** · 05-31-2009, 10:21

Well, rhinocerii were used in the battle of Thermopylae, for instance.

**Leviathan DarklyCute** · 05-31-2009, 10:35

Originally Posted by sqeecoo

Well, rhinocerii were used in the battle of Thermopylae, for instance.

yeah, that's 200 years too early.

**Duguntz** · 05-31-2009, 10:36

Originally Posted by sqeecoo

Well, rhinocerii were used in the battle of Thermopylae, for instance.

as faithfully depicted in the cinematic historical source : 300

Cheers, it's only joke!

**mountaingoat** · 05-31-2009, 11:17

Originally Posted by sqeecoo

Well, rhinocerii were used in the battle of Thermopylae, for instance.

no no , it was giants and goblins

**sqeecoo** · 05-31-2009, 11:45

Ah yes, the famed aino-gigantoi of Xerxes' Afro-Persian Empire.

**Parkev** · 05-31-2009, 11:57

Originally Posted by Leviathan DarklyCute

So the qustion (sic) is, what units that existed between 272 BC to 14 CE were not included in EB?

This strikes me as somewhat of a paradox, and is therefore unfortunately unanswerable.

Perhaps a more pertinent question would be, what does this mean?

Originally Posted by EB Twitter

Today, EB Security raided the home of a EB1 unit thief. The Chaonian Agema unit was safely recovered. The thief and his mod did not survive.

...if we're talking about units being were they should and shouldn't be.

**Leviathan DarklyCute** · 05-31-2009, 12:14

Originally Posted by Parkev

Perhaps a more pertinent question would be, what does this mean?

*sigh*
It means that I wish to add more units to EB, and I want use units that existed in EB time frame historicaly, but weren't included in EB.

**Sdragon** · 05-31-2009, 12:39

I remember an EB member mentioning that there was once a unit planned for Epeiros for the third tribe of the city to be represented. Some kind of none phalanx, infantry unit.
The same faction used to have dedicated Illyrian versions of the Thureophoroi and Thorakitai but they were dropped since it meant they couldn't have the Hellenic versions due to various reasons and I guess they were more important.
Also mentioned that they would have liked a lighter version of the Thureophoroi but didn't want to give another slot to a very similar Hellenic unit type.
EB also said there was meant to be an armoured Balearic slinger that was never made.
We still don't have any kind of unit in Sicily to represent the native peoples, some kind of Peltastai
similar to the Lucanians I guess.
The EB 2 video had some Hellenic sword unit that looked almost like Kiarians. Not sure who they were.
That's all I got off the top of my head.

**Zett** · 05-31-2009, 12:47

I don't know if it is historical accurate, but it would be nice, if Hellenic factions could recruit some kind of elite (or at least medium phalanx) in Taras, perhaps Leukaspides. If I remember correctly, Pyrrhos used them during his Italian campaign. I know that the name only replies to their shields and not to Taras particular, Leukaspides could be every unit all over the world, as long as their shield are white. But I always wanted to have some "special" phalanxes, tide to a special region/city. Ceterum censeo Romam esse delendam.

**IrishHitman** · 05-31-2009, 13:00

Originally Posted by Zett

I don't know if it is historical accurate, but it would be nice, if Hellenic factions could recruit some kind of elite (or at least medium phalanx) in Taras, perhaps Leukaspides. If I remember correctly, Pyrrhos used them during his Italian campaign. I know that the name only replies to their shields and not to Taras particular, Leukaspides could be every unit all over the world, as long as their shield are white. But I always wanted to have some "special" phalanxes, tide to a special region/city. Ceterum censeo Romam esse delendam.

Indeed, Taras should have a much larger selection of Greek troops.

I approve.

**Moros** · 05-31-2009, 14:38

There has been a thread/topic asking what units didn't make EBI. (Due to loss of files,...) it has a few links to wips,... of such units that got lost or where never uploaded to our servers. You can always add those. (Use the search function as I'm to lazy atm.)