Europa Barbarorum FAQ

**Breoghan** · 03-21-2007, 18:06

Hello to all, I am new in this forum. It wanted to congratulate the developers of this fantastic mod, but at the same time it wanted to ask the reason for which it has been decided to include the lusitanos and not the celtiberos like faction, considering that the celtíberos were the ethnic group of Iberia that more fiercely fought by its independence against the Romans. thanks. (pardon to use the translator of google. My English is very bad).

**Sarcasm** · 03-21-2007, 21:41

Originally Posted by Breoghan

Hello to all, I am new in this forum. It wanted to congratulate the developers of this fantastic mod, but at the same time it wanted to ask the reason for which it has been decided to include the lusitanos and not the celtiberos like faction, considering that the celtíberos were the ethnic group of Iberia that more fiercely fought by its independence against the Romans. thanks. (pardon to use the translator of google. My English is very bad).

Strabo might disagree with you... "And yet the country north of the Tagus, Lusitania, is the greatest of the Iberian nations, and is the nation against which the Romans waged war for the longest times."

Celtiberians were allies of the Romans for a long time, even at the time when war broke out between the Arevaci and the Romans, the rest of the Celtiberians were more than happy to jump on board with the Italians (even though they were the reason Numancia got involved in the war in the first place). Plus theirs was a defensive war, most of the fighting being done on the road to Numantia and at it's very walls. Celtiberians were not an united people in the slightest, unlike most of the Lusitanians which at a later date willingly (or not) fully supported a certain number of powerfull warchiefs that led far-reaching offensives into the Baetic region and even across Gibraltar (with various degrees of success).

I'd also like to mention that the Lusitani were often the only faction that gathered consensus from most of Iberia, being at the forefront of major alliances of tribes, often their armies having warriors from the Callaeci, Vaccei, Vettoni and even from some of the Celtiberi.

**CaesarAugustus** · 03-21-2007, 22:00

I'm asking this on the FAQ because it's not worthy of its own thread ... is it possible to play past 14AD?

**Foot** · 03-21-2007, 22:10

yes, but that would require modding. Vanilla EB only goes up to 14ad however.

Foot

**CaesarAugustus** · 03-21-2007, 22:12

Oh, ok.

**roastedpekingduck** · 05-03-2007, 04:49

When looking at the factions, I wondered a bit why the Numidians were not included. The Numidians may have been split into the Massyli and the Massaesyli, and may have been subjugated by the Romans and Carthiginians, but they were still prominent players in the Mediterranean world and had more influence than a couple of the factions included (the Lusotannan). Was there any specific reason as to why the Numidians were not included as a separate faction? Forgive me if the question was already answered in an obvious place.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 05-03-2007, 05:05

The Numidians weren't very strong or united in 272BC, though the became so later. They were replaced for more deverse or more powerful factions. They may be an option of a faction to add when EB moves to M2TW, though.

**PatWest** · 05-05-2007, 16:50

I just loaded EB and started a game as the Romans. After about 5 turns I realized I hadn't started the scripts. I decided to start the campaign over but after starting the scripts and ending one turn the date started out at 14AD and is now progressing forward from that date.

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 05-05-2007, 17:19

Exit the program and restart it. You shouldn't have problems like that then.

**Breoghan** · 03-22-2007, 13:16

Originally Posted by Sarcasm

Strabo might disagree with you... "And yet the country north of the Tagus, Lusitania, is the greatest of the Iberian nations, and is the nation against which the Romans waged war for the longest times."

Celtiberians were allies of the Romans for a long time, even at the time when war broke out between the Arevaci and the Romans, the rest of the Celtiberians were more than happy to jump on board with the Italians (even though they were the reason Numancia got involved in the war in the first place). Plus theirs was a defensive war, most of the fighting being done on the road to Numantia and at it's very walls. Celtiberians were not an united people in the slightest, unlike most of the Lusitanians which at a later date willingly (or not) fully supported a certain number of powerfull warchiefs that led far-reaching offensives into the Baetic region and even across Gibraltar (with various degrees of success).

I'd also like to mention that the Lusitani were often the only faction that gathered consensus from most of Iberia, being at the forefront of major alliances of tribes, often their armies having warriors from the Callaeci, Vaccei, Vettoni and even from some of the Celtiberi.

I am totally in agreement with you, not as much with Strábo. He is doubtless that both ethnic groups, without constituting a unitary nor homogenous block, gave a strong headache to the Romans. As much the lusitanos with Viriato as the Celtíberos with Numancia: With respect to the Celtiberian wars, it is documented that the magistrates had to change the recruitment calendar because to the Roman young people terrified to fight against the Numantinos. In any case, my opinion is that as much the celtíberos as the Lusitanos must have their own faction in this wonderful mod.
Saúdos.