Quote Originally Posted by cherryfunk
That's an interesting fact I wasn't aware of -- I guess that explains why REH never set any stories in ancient Greece!
I think it's the Celt in him - he also admitted that his hatred of Roman was entirely illogical and silly, and a source of lively discussion with Romanophile Lovecraft.

Though I would suggest that, as important it is to keep to the spirit of Howard's world, it's also important to create a fun game-playing experience, and Total War fans love Greek and Roman units -- so I would suggest balancing what the scholars say with what would result in the most fun possible. To that end personally I'd be inclined to include Greek and Roman elements -- both provide quite unique and fun tactical systems of combat that would juxtapose very well with the more medieval-themed units of most Hyborian armies. Where else but in this mod would a Total War fan ever get to pit a Roman cohort against English longbowmen, or a Successor phalanx vs. French knights?
That's exactly why I'm including Greek & Roman stuff - even though Howard hated Rome, he still had a lot of Roman/Latin elements in Aquilonia and Nemedia, and he includes other cultures he had a dim view of: Turan (Ottomans), Zamora (Mexicans) and the like.

What I meant by not going too heavy on the Greek/Roman stuff was I wasn't going to go as far as the comics, who show virtually all the Hyborian Kingdoms as Classical civilizations, which is simply not true as per the stories. So while Aquilonia, Nemedia, Koth, Zingara, Border Kingdom and Hyperborea will be strongly medieval, the older Hyborian kingdoms will have more ancient things. I've decided to cut the legions out for all the nations, and made them exclusive to Ophir and Koth, since they're the "Roman" factions.

As for the plans you have for Corinthia, and the various cultural influences, all your ideas make sense to me. And these cultural identities might spill a bit over national borders -- so perhaps some of that 'Thracian' influence extends up into Brythunia, etc?
Exactly. What Corinthia is to Greece, Brythunia is to the East Europeans: Central Brythunia = Medieval Poland, South Brythunia = Dacians, East Brythunia = Eastern Celts (Galatians, Boii etc), West Brythunia = Gauls, North Brythunia = Baltic cultures. Originally the names were predominantely Welsh (such as in the faction preview), but that'll be changed to Gallic: the Gallic tongue works better with the only Brythunian names we have (Aratus and Natala).