Preview: The Boii

**anubis88** · 03-16-2010, 22:54

Noricum was indeed an independant or semi-independent kingdom for a long time. They were especially famed for their iron-skills. I think they were conquered by the Romans during the principate. However the crushing blow to this thriving kingdom came when the Tevtunes and Cimbri invaded

**Andronikos** · 03-17-2010, 00:35

I like the fact that there will finally be a faction that is close to me and I can feel like being one of them (I can't find a good expression for what I want to say) despite sharing only location while being different peoples, but that could be easily overcome by the fact that I am a Celtic fan. I can't wait for next preview, really great job guys.
BTW, does the latest version of Argoi have some eastern influence in armour?

**paullus** · 03-17-2010, 15:35

Eastern influence? What do you mean?

**Kuningaz** · 03-17-2010, 18:17

Noricum was indeed an independant or semi-independent kingdom for a long time. They were especially famed for their iron-skills. I think they were conquered by the Romans during the principate.

If I'm not mistaken they were actually peacefully integrated and retained some degree of autonomy for a few years.

I like the fact that there will finally be a faction that is close to me and I can feel like being one of them

I understand exactly what you mean

I feel the same way about the Boii, although I live on Noricene soil and my ancestors probably were part of the savage invaders from the north

**Andronikos** · 03-19-2010, 17:25

Originally Posted by paullus

Eastern influence? What do you mean?

Some of as I noticed later early, middle and late Argoi wear something that looks like linothorax and few helmets look eastern European to me.

**Power2the1** · 03-22-2010, 18:15

Originally Posted by Andronikos

Some of as I noticed later early, middle and late Argoi wear something that looks like linothorax and few helmets look eastern European to me.

Good eye. The Boii, being an eastern Celtic group, geographically at least, use the eastern helmets overall, and their scabbard are much more ornate than those found in the Western Celtic areas. Swords found in Hungary are especially beautiful and very ornate in their designs. Swords like this are noted as using the 'Vegetal' art style (not vegetable lol), and these are found heavily in the East, with some turning up in lakes and the like in the West. As for the armor, the Celts appear to have used both. In the West we have a chariot burial in Gaul where the armor of the warrior had disintegrated, but 4 bronze (I think it was bronze) buttons remained in the right places as the buttons on a 'tube-and-yoke' curiass which is a fancy word for the kind of armor type and design that the Greeks are famous for using and wore lol. In Liechtenstein is a statue of a warrior with an Etruscan style Negau helmet, with linothorax looking armor complete with some ptergyes. A cauldron was found too, with a warrior with what looks like linothroax, pteryges included, seated cross legged. This armor has a neckguard protruding up from the back, and the shoulder pieces cross each other over his chest. Quite interesting, and really cool to see. In Belgic territory there is a warrior statue wearing what has been described as armor (leather?) or a tunic. Of all of these, the Belgic statue dates to the EB time frame for certain, the other after that fuzzy area after the Halstatt to La Tene transitional phase occurred and afterwards leading up to 272 B.C. Those are the ones I can think of off the top o' me head. So really, there is proof the Celts wore 'something' other than chainmail of riveted, butted, and combination types. In EB2, these armor types will be seen among the nobility, and some of the Middle class units, but most leather will be in the West, and probably linothorax around the Alps and Cisalpine Gaul, perhaps further East as well. Longer reply than I expected, but hey, this is EB!