Koinon Hellenon questions thread

[Teleklos Archelaou]

chemchok was the proposer of the Chremonidean League alliance I believe. This poll and these propositions were earlier attempts to figure out what the faction would look like. We definitely can't pull another faction out of a hat now. The league we depict is not fantasy - just read up on the faction history on the website. These poleis allied together to oppose the macedonians, and had a lot of support from the Ptolemies too. We definitely aren't getting rid of the Chremonidean alliance setup at this point and the main reason is because it *did* exist and did ally these poleis together at this time.

This thread is fun to look at though. This had to have been made before the team went to the hidden forum and seems like the very first attempt to figure out what they were going to do with the mod.

edit: I'm actually translating this section of Pausanias right now - here is the start of his account in the new Teleklos translation of the passage

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[4] While Areus the son of Akrotatos was king in Sparta, Antigonos the son of Demetrios attacked Athens with an army and ships. To help the Athenians an Egyptian force came under Patroklos, and the Lakedaimonians came with every citizen, putting king Areus in charge of the expedition. [5] Antigonos blockaded Athens and barred the allies of the Athenians from entering the city. Sending messengers, Patroklos urged the Lakedaimonians and Areus to begin a battle against Antigonos...