Re: A Parthian Campaign Suggestion
Dorûd Ê-Jahân, Cambyses,
Bebakhshid vali mutvadje nashudam, shumâ digê fahmidî kê ê "Shahrdâr" ê Shâh ke ê chantâ shahr dâre?Originally Posted by Kambiz
The Shahrdâr is literally "an owner of cities" in which he governs like a king. The Shahrdâr does not own all cities.
Also, as we speak, I am planning for some new suggestions to the faction goals, so that it is more consistent with the ideals of what a Shahrdâr is (A Shâh) and what a Shâhanshâh is.
Again, it seems that I must clarify myselfYou don't want to add such a cool units just becasue "It doesn't meet the time frame" AFAIK the mod time limit is at about 30-50 AD ,right? so it's long enough ,Who would continue his game till this time or even more (Till the Ashkanian decline)? I don't understand why you are so loyal to the historical accuracy? the game is combination of fun ,balance and historical facts as well.Imo "Camel Cataphract" is well deserved addition to the Pahlava unit roster ,Don't miss it !
The cataphracted camel was an invention to bring the strong, Arabian dromedary into becoming another flavour of the successful cataphract concept. The problem however is that historically, the city of Hatra was the only major herding point for breeding the dromedary, and this is an important aspect of realism, because we can't use the Bactrian camel, no matter about how much stronger and larger it is than the Arabian dromedary, because it is much slower. Another problem is that the city of Hatra proper was founded the year 70 CE, and even then it takes another century until we see the first account of the Hatrene clibanarius, let alone the concept of giving a "zen-ûstar" (Camel's armour) to a camel, which appears either in the accounts of Trajan besieging the city or the defeat of Macrinus.
Also, analyzing the structure of the Parthian military and why camels specifically used these creatures in the far rear hints at the explanation that most Parthian mounts were untrained to the presence of the camels, and therefore that sometimes the use of camels would have been ineffective. I'm not trying to make up any excuses, because I would myself like to see such a unit to be featured in the game, I'm just saying that there is reason to why the EB team has scrapped the use of camelry for now.
And like I told you before, don't worry about the namesI'm still interested in changing Pahlava names to their current Parsi ones.Or at least add the important-Forggoten names (King of King's names) like "Orodes" ,"Artabanus" ,"Tiridates" ,"Vologases" and etc.I think this is important ,especially for EB team that is so sensitive on historical accuracy
Nice punAlso is it possible to add "Iran Spahbad" as an ancillary?(If there's no problem with the time frame )
The social structure among nobility and the council of the Dahae confederacy means that matters of defence and military becomes an issue within the clans. I would therefore say that the Parthian court would therefore rely on their nobility to provide their own marzbâns, or frontier marshals. It would not be entirely inaccurate to consider this suggestion, but it is not exactly accurate either. Let us take Rustam of Sûrên Pahlav, the victor of Carrhae, he is often designated "Êrânshahr Sepahbôd", right? The problem is that he had brought his own private army, consisting of Yuezhi and Sakae horse archers and his own household cavalry bodyguard of 1,000 men to do the fighting. This would naturally lead us to this conclusion: What was Surena minister of military over when there is no standing army? To be a minister of the military while making use of his own bandegân (Bondsmen) and his companions makes no sense, friend. The title of Êrânshahr Spâhbâd is very Sassanian, and until the marzbân reforms of Chosroës I, the seat of the military minister was decided by the magnates (Vuzurgân). Also, as an ancillary one may consider Êrânshahr Spâhbâd, but this I will need to confer with my colleagues.
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