Whats numidia and armenia

[GoreBag]

so let me get this straight.

Thrace = ....
Numidia = Baktria
Britannia = illyria or are the thracians illyria and are the britons still the britons

Oh, man.

Illyria was an April Fool's joke. IT WAS A LIE. They will not be a playable faction.

[Abokasee]

Shame What A Shame That There Is No Illyria Faction (worst April Fools Day Joke In My Life)

[SwordsMaster]

Shame What A Shame That There Is No Illyria Faction (worst April Fools Day Joke In My Life)

Well, mate, next time you make a mod you can include Ilyria or even Simmeria if you want. The EB team has included what they've considered more suitable.

[Ranika]

Considering the limitations of factions, the Illyrians simply didn't seem important enough to subplant any of our current factions. We chose what factions we did on a number of criteria; expansionism, their effect on their region (and importance historically), their indepedence in those matters, how many factions are populating a region (kind of minor, that; historical importance is more of a concern, but this can be used sometimes if the faction can't be decided), gameplay limitations (culture limits, model limits, etc.), and their general importance on the world stage (based upon trade and the like) tend to be the major points of arguing for or against a faction. Illyria had been mentioned before, but I believe we've decided against it, for any number of reasons, in favor of the factions we're working with now.

[Meneldil]

I still wonder how you'll explain that Bactria will be a faction on its own at the begining of the campaign. I think I heard somewhere the start date would be 271, and Bactria became independant only in 247 (I think).
My point is, why bactria and not, for example, Pergamene (Pergamum, or however you spell it) ? I don't really know what Bactria achieved after 247 (or the date it became independant), while I know Pergam/ene/um ruled a large empire in asia minor.

[khelvan]

Baktria will be a faction of its own in the same way that Parthia and Armenia will be, neither of whom were independent in 272 BC.

[sharrukin]

Parthia the province was held by the Seleucids at this time but the Parni tribes who would later become the Parthians were independent of ANY outside control. The Parni took their name from the province of Parthia when they later conquered it thus becoming theParthians.

Armenia was only nominaly a vassal state of the Seleucids and largely went their own way and this would also shortly after 270 BC be the state of affairs for the Bactrian region as well. The Seleucids simply did not have the power to control the vast regions they held.