Camels and dromedaries?

[Lysandros]

In Vanilla RTW they exist, if I remember correctly. I suddenly realized they were never integrated into EB... now I'd like to know why?

[Beefy187]

I wonder why there are no llahmas in EB...

Theres been couple similer topics which all pretty much said the same thing

Camels werent really used in military battles. There were used to supply the army.

Corect me if im wrong

[Malik of Sindh]

Yes,you are right.they were only used for trading,raiding caravans and supply.

[Thaatu]

And for comic relief.

[antiochus epiphanes]

midianite raiders used camels, but that was before our timeframe.

[Lusitani]

I wonder why there are no llahmas in EB...

Theres been couple similer topics which all pretty much said the same thing

Camels werent really used in military battles. There were used to supply the army.

Corect me if im wrong

There are llamas on the movie Troy ... i was almost expelled from the room for laughing so much...

[Sarkiss]

there were no camels in Western Africa (not sure of Egypt) in EB's timeframe.

[Maeran]

There are llamas on the movie Troy ... i was almost expelled from the room for laughing so much...

Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.

[cmacq]

Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.

Never ever hear this one before? Didn't Herk kill Lao and carry off his gates?

[hoom]

Tee hee at the expense of cmacq, you missed it.

Dromedaries are camels.

Polybius account of I think its Magnesia (Rome vs Seleucids) quotes camels in front of the phalanx next to the scythe chariots.
Like the chariots, they were broken up by archery.

EB guys said in an earlier thread that they left them out due to scant mention of use in war & also because of the game engine model limit.
A model of a soldier can be used for many ingame units but a model of a camel can only be used for a camel unit of which there would only be one or two.

[cmacq]

Tee hee

I know what Dromedaries are, did you read the post above mine?

[hoom]

Yes, thats what I was tee hee ing about.
This thread is legendary around these parts

[Lusitani]

Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.

...suuuree...that and and how that giant walrus helped Alexander to track Darius across Persia.....right...

[bovi]

Any post including the word Bartix is a joke. Crap, that means this must be a joke too.

[Spendios]

i wanted bactrian camels cataphracts

[I of the Storm]

Yes, thats what I was tee hee ing about.
This thread is legendary around these parts

Is that the actual origin of Bartix?
Amazing! Living .org history. Thanks for the link.

I have to quit reading every 5 posts, or I'll die laughing. It's probably the second deadliest joke in the world...

[QwertyMIDX]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...ghlight=camels

[Pharnakes]

Any post including the word Bartix is a joke. Crap, that means this must be a joke too.

Everything I say is a lie.

[Treverer]

Everything I say is a lie.

Nix, it's a "lix".

Sorrix, couldn't restistix ...

BTW, that old thread should be read by all and every first semester student of Sociology, as it is wonderful example of human interaction with all the pros & cons, the good & bad, the beautiful & ugly ...

Yours, Treverer

Now:

[bovi]

Everything I say is a lie.

Not quite a paradox.

[Pharnakes]

In what way? Cause I wasn't actualy saying it?

[bovi]

"Everything I say is a lie. One and one is two."
The first is a lie because the other is true. The first is not a paradox because it does not limit outside influence.

A paradox would be "This statement is false" because it does not reference anything outside of itself.

[Pharnakes]

Hmm, posibly, though I'm not convinced. I could argue further but this probably isn't the right place...