Faction List for EB2?

**bobbin** · 11-01-2009, 18:33

Originally Posted by Visarion

what do you think about Nanda Empire in India?

Kind of hard since the Nanda empire had been gone for almost 50 years by EB's start date.

If there was a Indian faction it would be the Maurya Empire and that would require the map to be extended much further east, given the limited number of provinces available it isn't likely to happen.

**hekk** · 11-01-2009, 22:59

I hope some more Black Sea factions make it in, like maybe Thrace, Colchis (ancient Georgian kingdom) and the Bosporan kingdom. Altough any coastal faction would be nice.

btw heres a picture of the world in 300 bc, might give you guys a picture of what possible factions might be in.

http://www.worldhistorymaps.info/ima...-Hem_300bc.jpg

**WinsingtonIII** · 11-02-2009, 02:43

Originally Posted by hekk

I hope some more Black Sea factions make it in, like maybe Thrace, Colchis (ancient Georgian kingdom) and the Bosporan kingdom. Altough any coastal faction would be nice.

I get the feeling that the Bosporan kingdom might be in. Don't read into that too much, I have absolutely zero access to information about this, I just have a weird hunch about them being in, more so than about any other possible factions.

Maybe it's just my wishful thinking, as I think they would be really fun. Interesting starting position, interesting mix of Greek hoplitai and Skythian troops. I think they would be quite fun.

**Visarion** · 11-02-2009, 10:19

what about a Finno-Ugric faction? :D

**The General** · 11-02-2009, 12:56

Originally Posted by Visarion

what about a Finno-Ugric faction? :D

Not gonna happen I'm afraid. There just isn't all that much information available about the early Finno-Ugric culture or population, and even less so about supposed early Finnish tribes/tribal kingdoms (like Kvenland).

However, I'd hope there'd be one unit to represent the Finno-Ugrics, in EBI there's four Baltic units but no Finno-Ugrians, tsch! It'd be hilarious to have some spear/axe-woodsman unit "Otsonpojat" or something.

**zurab** · 11-02-2009, 10:45

Originally Posted by hekk

I hope some more Black Sea factions make it in, like maybe Thrace, Colchis (ancient Georgian kingdom) and the Bosporan kingdom. Altough any coastal faction would be nice.

btw heres a picture of the world in 300 bc, might give you guys a picture of what possible factions might be in.

http://www.worldhistorymaps.info/ima...-Hem_300bc.jpg

Well, Colhhis was a Roman protectorate/province then. Another Georgian Kingdom -Kartli (Caucasian Iberia) would be a good choice for a new faction. It was independent, rival to Armenia and ally to Selevkids.

Bosporan Kingdom as a new faction would be fantastic too!

**ziegenpeter** · 11-02-2009, 10:59

Colchis was a roman protectorate in 300 or 272 bc?
If I was somebody else I'd probably just ask "Source?" but even with all my respect and kindness I doubt it.

**Foot** · 11-02-2009, 11:26

Originally Posted by zurab

Well, Colhhis was a Roman protectorate/province then.

Was not. It was a land of many princes without any common king. It had recently been attacked by Hayasdan, and was currently under the protection of the Iberian king.

Foot

**zurab** · 11-02-2009, 13:06

Originally Posted by Foot

Was not. It was a land of many princes without any common king. It had recently been attacked by Hayasdan, and was currently under the protection of the Iberian king.

Foot

Right you are, my mistake. Colkhis became province of Rome later.
Did not notice that we talk about 300 bc

**Phalanx300** · 11-02-2009, 13:49

I wonder about the Batavians, they were a power in the region and according to the Romans one hell of a warrior. And seeing that they came form the Chatti that isn't that weird. I've heard in this program that when they went to war Batavians would dye their hair red and the Chatti customs of having to kill someone to become a man also still applied for them. They were known to cross rivers in full equipment with their entire force often suprising the enemy and winning the battle. There's also a helmet design which they used which is now used by the Germanic Bodyguard in EB1.

They destroyed a couple of Rome's legions and if it wasn't for a Batavian traitor they might not have been forced to surrender.

Would be great as a faction, small but powerfull, perhaps not good enough to be a faction but definately deserving for an unit like the Chatti, Cherusci, Nervii who all were not your ordinary Germanic soldiers but fought or were armed somewhat different.

**ziegenpeter** · 11-02-2009, 16:07

Well, although I'm a huge fan of germanic culture, I doubt that there will be more than one germanic faction in EB. All we know about them is from a time much later than 272bc. So the swebozez are already a tiny little bit speculative and it would be hard to make a new germanic faction without simply cloning the Sweboz.

**Morte66** · 11-02-2009, 12:12

Originally Posted by hekk

btw heres a picture of the world in 300 bc, might give you guys a picture of what possible factions might be in.

http://www.worldhistorymaps.info/ima...-Hem_300bc.jpg

Well, I'd like to know why the Arctic Marine Mammal Hunters aren't a faction. That's just unacceptable.