Possible Britain Map

[Ranika]

Cunnacht:
Tara
britons
Hibernians

Erain:
Menapia
britons
Hibernians

I JUST noticed this, but it should not be Cunnacht, it should be Cùinnacht (but doesn't necessarily need the accent if that simplifies things). It would later be called Cunnaght, which would eventually become the name Connacht, but that was until around the 4th century. Cuinnacht is so named as 'Cùinn Men' lived there. Cùinn itself means 'Coin'. This is possibly a reference to silver coins they produced, though currency was more for trading with outsiders, as cattle were preferrable within Hibernia for trading, but sometimes búarfiach (cattle worth) was used as well, in silver coins. The men of Erain, the Eoghanacht, didn't use coins as often, but did use, sometimes, similar stone tokens, but they were more of an 'IOU' than actual currency.

The later names for Cùinnacht all meant something different, literally, but most of them would relate their origin to the hero Cuinn (no accent, meaning Hound Faced in the very early Gaelic, though it possibly meant Hound Fighter or Hound Eyed at the time), who was a legendary king of Cùinnacht, when it was the whole of the north.

I'm aware they did not write, but in early Irish, Cun and Cùin have different pronunciations and meanings (Cun, like it looks, and Cwoin), Cun being a short form of Cunnart, meaning 'Dangerous' or 'Danger' (implying 'Dangerous Men'), and Cùin, as stated, meaning Coin.

[monkian]

Is there a list of the proposed British troops anywhere ?

Also, a Briton- Total war mod would be something I'd love to help out with, though I may be a little biased towards the 'Welsh' tribes

[Ranika]

We have just begun the process of deciding what troops will be available to the Britons. They will have a unique mix, it won't be rehashes of Gallic units (which would be a huge inaccuracy). Expect some tribal or region based units. There aren't, yet, any 'definite' units, I don't believe, but sometime soon, a unit list should be ready.

[monkian]

Great news

I've being playing a campaign as the Britons using the Total Realism mod and have gotten rather bored.

They just seem to be a poor version of the Gauls- poor being the operative word as I am mostly skint.

I look foward to any updates

[Ranika]

There are numerous members of this mod who take a bit of issue with Total Realism, as Realism doesn't really seem to come into it for numerous issues, including the barbarian factions, like the poor Britons. Our Britons you can expect to be based upon actual warriors employed by the Britons. The Gauls and Britons had quite different warriors, due to concerns of each. Gaul's kingdoms would've been more interesting in organizing units capable of defense and offense in equal amounts, and some raiding. The Britons were far more interested in raiding and mobility, as that is conducive to inter-tribal warfare. However, the Britons will have some 'heavy' units, such as corrected chariots, they'll have far less swords than the Gauls (the Britons had swords, but not near as many as the Gauls, who had a great abundance of them). The Britons will likely have some greatly varied units, representing tribal differences, with many different weapons, slings, spears, swords, and possibly hammers and the like. We'll see though, there will be a lot of discussion, I hope, so we ensure we have the best, accurate, and interesting variety of British units. In any event, I'm sure you'll be pleased with our conclusions, and I will do my best to keep you updated.

[monkian]

Yes, maybe it should be called Rome- A little bit more realistic



I'm only playing it because it uses nicer skins and removes some of the fantasy units.

I look foward to playing your version

Any chance of having a certain Celtic king called Slaine' with a rather large axe ?

[Ranika]

We'll have to see, whatever our best sources can turn up. I'm aware of the discovery of some large ancient British axes in portions of modern Wales, so there could maybe be a unit that employs them, or perhaps an officer that employs one, but it's really up to what we can confirm, to the best of our knowledge, how many units we plan to give the Britons, etc. If you have any sources that would help, that's always good. We're doing our best for historical accuracy. I'm personally looking forward to a British greatsword unit, because the Britons used actual greatswords quite early compared to most cultures, and they'd make an interesting 'elite' unit, or possibly an officer unit.