Pimping Magna Graecia

[Bootsiuv]

I love the idea of a Syrakousai faction, but fail to see how it won't be KH2.

This got me wondering....was there any troops which were "unique" to Syrakousai.

It would be interesting if they had a Punic/Hellenic mix, but I'm not really sure what sort of troops they employed during this timeframe...

[HistoryProf]

I agree with the depiction of the various seemingly gray-areas regarding faction territories as the best one can do within the framework of the game mechanism. Perfectly acceptable, and like I have said a zillion times: bravo! A Type 4 sounds right given the political situation, as long as Tarantine cavalry are able to be recruited.

That has always somewhat bothered me: to think that some additional infrastructure was needed to produce regional troops, even quality ones. These types of warriors are often just an expression of the indigenous way of fighting.

Yes, training does count, but it's the particular paradigm that produces the particular, corresponding type of fighter.

Cretan archers were Cretan archers because they were on Crete, and in fact, Cretans (with the bows that Cretans used). Know what I mean? So for me to have to build some infrastructure to enlist them seems redundant.

I would think that the opening roster for a unit of horsemen in Taras would be Tarantine Cavalry. After all, what else would they produce?

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sarson/Tarantines.html

To be sure, Spartan Hoplites required training, and some were more trained than others, but the Agoge to produce the BEST hoplites in the Hellenistic world had probably been there for 300 years by the time Alexander died. Apparently, the paradigm died at some point in history, that's for someone else to say.

Now, if could get the men of a particular people to fight for you... well that's another story, but (typically) it doesn't have f-all to do with building a new barracks.

Improved Barracks should be for chevrons, imo.