Quote Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
The Macedonian star or starburst was an easy choice. I do remember that we stayed away from any particular colors on purpose though - to keep the nasty modern arguments that seemed inevitable away from this discussion. Another royal symbol sometimes used was a goat, which was used in the rebel sub faction symbol in purple and gold carried by the general/captain as pretender to the Macedonian throne.
The Makedonian Star is the Sun of Vergina. They discovered it in the seventies at an archeological site called Vergina.


Quote Originally Posted by abou
The anchor for Arche Seleukeia was prominently displayed on a number of Seleukid coins and was attributed to Seleukos I, but I can't remember why.
Ahh, I always wondered what it is! Does someone know the reason why they used an anchor?


Btw, all the faction Icons are... beautyful. That sounds like dull fanboy-behaviour but it is true. I wonder where the EB-team takes the time spent on all that recherche. Are there historians amongst you?