Historical Faction Members

[Spartan198]

I'm curious - how many of you guys and gals have ever run upon faction members (either yours or others) bearing historical names? These are who I've found in my campaigns to far:
Hannibal Barca - Rebel faction member I bribed during my first Punic campaign
Hamilcar Barca - Numidian family member I tried unsuccessfully to bribe during said campaign (edit: ran into who I believe is this individual again and may have misread,actual name possibly being "Himilcar",not "Hamilcar",and henceforth NOT historical)
Gaius Octavius - My faction leader in my current Julii campaign
Alexander the Great - Earned this nickname for my conquest of the entire southern Mediterranean during my last Seleucid campaign
Gaius Marius - Faction heir alongside Gaius Octavius in my current Julii campaign.

I'm just curious as to how many of you all have encountered anyone bearing historical names.

[Marcus Furius Camillus]

Lucius Ahaenobarbus ( NERO ! )- adopted faction member during Julii campaign

Gaius Verres - adopted faction member during Julii campaign

[Spartan198]

It's great when you can conquer a region with the general who historically did so.

[Quirinus]

Whoa...... it would be cool to encounter Mithradates for Pontus or something.

I encountered Gaius Octavius too, when I was playing the Carthagenians. Corrupt bastard, though, I bribed him and promptly sent him to spearhead the invasion of Italy. ~:D

Oh, and I've encountered Vercingatorix once, I think, as a captain for Gaul.

Antiochus, the faction leader for the Seleucids, was a real person though-- became king about 11 years before the start of the game at the assassination of his father, the eponymous Seleucus.

[Spartan198]

I've actually run into Vercingetorix as a captain several times,but it's possible it could just be a lowly soldier bearing the name. The name Alexander is common to the Hellenic factions,after all. And I actually had the same problem with Octavius as you,but I edited his traits to make him Augustus Pre-born!

[Paradox]

I remember running into Pyrrhus against the Seleucids, I don't think he was the faction leader though.

[Paradox]

Hannibal Barca - Rebel faction member I bribed during my first Punic campaign

Sorry for the double post, but I can see why they made Hannibal Barca a Rebel Faction Leader instead of a Carthaginian, it's because historically, his homeland deserted him and he received no reinforcements but still advanced onto Rome.

[Telys]

I was playing a greek campaign last night and ran across a few historical name. Though not in the right time. I had a diplomat name Ephialtes, another diplomat named Aristotle, And a General named Menelaos of Sparta.

[Spartan198]

Don't sweat double post,no big deal. Anyhow,my "hiring" of a rebel Hannibal Barca occured in the Sahara region a few turns after I'd annexed Numidia's last settlement,so it's possible he could have been a Numidian family member.

[Paradox]

Well, according to the files, "Hannibal Barca" and even his brother are listed as one of the Carthaginian names you randomly get, the game would've been better if you started with Hannibal.

I have a question, does Gaius Julius Caesar appear at some point in the game? Because I've seen Gaius Cornelius Scipio many times.

[Quirinus]

Don't they only list the two names, without the cognomen? Meaning, it should be only 'Gaius Julius', shouldn't it?

By the way, what files would you check for a list of the possible names?

[Paradox]

There's a bunch of middle names listed in the files.

Program Files > The Creative Assembly (or Activision) > Rome - Total War > Data > ???

You'll find it on one of the "desc_...." files.

[Emperor Mithdrates]

My julii faction leader, Augutus Julii (The first emporer of Rome) just happened to have a greek, philosophical, slave called Plato. The man who said....
"Only the dead have seen the end of war!"

[Hound of Ulster]

I think it just generates names for characters from a list for each basic culture. The historical names you guys have found are probably little 'in-jokes' inserted by the programmers.

[TWConqueror]

I've run into Captain Vercingetorix quite a few times.

Several admirals and captains have been called "Augustus"

And playing Alexander he became "Alexander the Great" but then he became "Alexander the Butcher".

[Emperor Mithdrates]

My current Carthaginian faction heir has a philosophical slave from greece called Plato.
You know, that guy who has his saying on the RTW loading screen.
"Only the dead have seen the end of war"