Some help for modding the dacian faction.

[edyzmedieval]

Dacians are the north branch of the Thracians. Simple as 1,2,3.

As for the name, Getai or Dacia is very good. If you analise it gramatically, Geto-Dacia is a grammatical error, because the terms are the same.

[an_do_89]

"The poet Ovid, in his sad elegies from Tomis, writes (Trist. Lib. V. 3.v.7-8) that he dwells in a barbarian land, on the shores of the Black Sea, under the constellation of Ursa, where live the Getae and the Scythians. And with St.Paulinus, the Dacians are the ones who dwell under the constellation of Ursa Major (Coleti, Illyricum sacrum. Tom. VIII. P.81).

According to Hesiod’s theogony, chained Prometheus suffered on the famous column on Atlas mountain.

Apollodorus locates Atlas mountain in the country of the Hyperboreans.

And Pindar tells us that the Hyperboreans were the people who dwelt near the sources (cataracts) of Istru (Olymp. III. v. 14. 17).

Finally, the Latin poet Martialis tells us even clearer (Epigr. Lib. IX. 46) that Prometheus’ rocks and the fabulous mountain (of Atlas) were in Dacia. In one of his finest epigrams dedicated to a Roman soldier who was going to Dacia, he says so: “Marceline, soldier, you go now to take on your shoulders the northern sky of the Hyperboreans and the stars of the Getic pole, which barely move. Behold also the rocks of Prometheus. Behold that famous mountain of legends. Soon you will see all these with your own eyes. When you will contemplate these rocks in which echo the great pains of the ancient man, you will say: Yes, he was even tougher than these tough rocks, and to these words you could still add that he, who could endure such torments, could in truth also form the human genus."

PREHISTORIC DACIA by Nicolae Densusianu



This book has been first published in Romania in 1913, but its contents remain as revolutionary, visionary, and controversial as they were almost 100 years ago.Reading this book is a “must” for all those interested in the birth and evolution of European and Eastern Mediterranean civilizations.

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[Teleklos Archelaou]

Pindar, Ovidius, Hesiod, Martial, and Apollodoros won't have much bearing on this mod actually. Nor will the location of the Hyperboreans or Prometheus' imprisonment.

The Getai though will have more new units in our next build. I will say that is going to make them more fun to play as.

[an_do_89]

I seriously believe this is the best MOD for RTW made with a lot of hardwork, great ideas ,tones of hours spent .....I hope and I trully believe you will handle it out in a way that will surprise us. As for the Getae faction-it's as great as the other factions in the game-very good ideas indeed and very good documentation.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'll push hard for one of the new Getai units to be in the next set of screenshots we preview for you guys. They all are great, but one of them is really gonna wow everyone I know.

[Dooz]

Aw damnit, I used up my Getai campaign on 0.74 before all this great new stuff... phooey.

[khelvan]

All of our research points to "Dacians" and "Getae" being, simply, the same people with a different name in Latin and Greek.

[edyzmedieval]

I'll push hard for one of the new Getai units to be in the next set of screenshots we preview for you guys. They all are great, but one of them is really gonna wow everyone I know.

I deserve priority please....