Tomb of Alexander the Great

I remember seeing that there was a possibility to recapture the body of Alexander the Great when you play as Macedonia and I think a few of the other hellenistic factions. In the past if you destroyed the tomb you somehow got the body and was allowed to take the body back. How is that done in this version?

I sacked Alexandria when playing as Carthage, and the tomb was there. It was worth a lot, and it's always good to grind the Hellenes down. So I destroyed it :D

Maybe the body thing is successor only..
Or maybe you just can't do it.

I'm pretty sure the quest isn't for Carthage. Haven't tried it myself in any of the versions, so can't say much about it...

Answer:

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The Alexanders tomb event is still in EB and is available to Makedon and the Seleucids, or so it would seem from the background script.

Wasnt it Augustus or something?

When he came to visit the tomb, Alexanders nose fell off.

If I recall correctly, the script for bringing Alexander to Pella was bugged and you were not able to properly place him in pella, you could only make someone carry his body along for the rest of his life. Perhaps in this version it is corrected. Perhaps an EB-Memeber can shed some light onto this.

Originally Posted by Beefy187

Wasnt it Augustus or something?

When he came to visit the tomb, Alexanders nose fell off.

I think Augustus was actually supposed to have broken the nose off himself :p

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Originally Posted by overweightninja

I think Augustus was actually supposed to have broken the nose off himself :p

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"It was like that when I got here, I swear!"

Woah! Who wrote of this? Where can I read of it?

well I tried sacking the tomb with a general but I never acquired the body, I need to check again to make sure he has a space open for the retinue addition, thank you

Originally Posted by overweightninja

I think Augustus was actually supposed to have broken the nose off himself :p

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Yeah I remember reading something which said that Augustus bent down to kiss Alexander (anyone else find kissing a three-hundred year old mummy disturbing?) and in doing so broke the nose off.

In my entomology class, I was told that he was encased in honey since honey lasts pretty much forever in a hardened state.

@Augustus-maybe he had a 'thing' for dead guys...

Originally Posted by TWFanatic

Woah! Who wrote of this? Where can I read of it?

Cassius Dio wrote about it. You can find a translation here:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...s_Dio/51*.html

The relevant part is on page 47:

After this he viewed the body of Alexander and actually touched it, whereupon, it is said, a piece of the nose was broken off. But he declined to view the remains of the Ptolemies, though the Alexandrians were extremely eager to show them, remarking, "I wished to see a king, not corpses." For this same reason he would not enter the presence of Apis, either, declaring that he was accustomed to worship gods, not cattle.

Cheers

foolish Augustus and his violation of the no touching rule.

LOL. That reminds me of when I once visited Florence. It was a school excursion a few years ago. We where in a museum with an old sarcophagus there. I was a bit tired from all these hours and hours of sightseeing, so I just leaned over on this sarcophagus as if it was a bar. The waitress of course saw that and she got very angry. She didn't say much at all but you probably know how scaring these southern women can look if they are angry... It became a very famous event and was mentioned even when I made final exams a year later or so.

Btw does the Alexander-returns-thing work in 1.0?

Originally Posted by soibean

well I tried sacking the tomb with a general but I never acquired the body, I need to check again to make sure he has a space open for the retinue addition, thank you

I think you need to make sure you're general waits in the settlement at least for a turn or two after.

Cheers

So does it work in 1.0 or does it not?

Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

So does it work in 1.0 or does it not?

What are the conditions for this thing to occur? I got nothing in my Makedonia campaign. I conquered Alexandreia, nothing. I sacked Alexandros' tomb, nothing. I took my faction leader (who conquered Alexandreia) back to Pella and still nothing.

I'd think there would have been an Epiros version of this as well, but I haven't seen it yet.

It "looks" like that part of the script has been commented out in 1.0.

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;--------------------------------------------------
;Section 8b: Tomb Of Alexander
;--------------------------------------------------
;
;monitor_event CharacterTurnEnd FactionType romans_julii
;and EndedInSettlement
;and SettlementName Alexandreia
;and SettlementBuildingExists = threefive
;
;console_command test_message civil_war
;console_command set_building_health Alexandreia uniques3 50
;
;terminate_monitor
;end_monitor
;
;monitor_event GeneralCaptureSettlement FactionType romans_julii
;and SettlementName Alexandreia
;and SettlementBuildingExists = threefive
;
;console_command test_message civil_war
;console_command set_building_health Alexandreia uniques3 50
;
;terminate_monitor
;end_monitor
;
;monitor_event GeneralCaptureSettlement FactionType macedon
;and SettlementName Alexandreia
;and SettlementBuildingExists = threefive
;
;console_command test_message civil_war
;console_command set_building_health Alexandreia uniques3 50
;
;terminate_monitor
;end_monitor
;
;monitor_event CharacterTurnEnd FactionType macedon
;and EndedInSettlement
;and SettlementName Alexandreia
;and SettlementBuildingExists = threefive
;
;console_command test_message civil_war
;console_command set_building_health Alexandreia uniques3 50
;
;terminate_monitor
;end_monitor
;

However one would presume its making a bigger and better comeback into 1.1

I remember doing a small AAR (no idea what it stands for but that's what they call them) in an old version of EB where i played as the Maks, conquered the Greek peninsula and then invaded Egypt. It was awesome... almost every city i captured gave me a popup about how our ancestors had much to do in these lands many moons ago. Anywho, eventually i captured one of the cities and was able to send Alexanders body back to Greece where it belonged, so if it worked in that old version then it'll pretty much definately work in this one too.