why 272 BC?
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272 BC
why 272 BC?
Re: 272 BC
Perhaps because Pyrrhus was still alive and ready to kick in this year, whereas in the next he was brown bread and not coming back? At least that's what I thought.
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I think in 270 the SPQR were already in control of all of southern Italy.
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And Epeiros had gone from a potential Macedon mk.II to a declining regional power.
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Re: 272 BC
I think two of the biggest determinents for that exact date were that it was the latest we could have Pyrrhos alive, and it also was the earliest we could even think about having a Chremonidean League. It's just a little too early for the latter really (certainly if you go by the date the League was legally announced by the Athenians), but it gives us the best setup at about this time. Any earlier and Pontos really can't be it's own faction either, and we are at the earliest limit for Baktria really to think about operating separately from teh Seleukids too. Later and we have to chuck out the Epeirotes though, and the Romans have a little too much territory to be as interesting (if we make it any later).
Re: 272 BC
It's also the same starting date as vanilla RTW.
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In vanilla was it 270 I think.Originally Posted by TWFanatic
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Re: 272 BC
Yeah, it was. Also, the Romans started with all of Southern Italy (historically correct) and the northeast corner of Sicily (historically incorrect).
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Re: 272 BC
Really? I could have sworn it was 272...I don't know I haven't played a vanilla campaign in almost 2 years.
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Re: 272 BC
it was for sure 270.
Re: 272 BC
I thought it was 240...
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iwwtf_az, since when are you an EB team member? Those banners are reserved for team members. There are smaller versions for fans.
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Re: 272 BC
I haven't played a vanilla campaign in such a long time that I forgot what vanilla RTW is. Are there other flavours? Burnt sugar for example? Or pistachio maybe?
P.S It was 270. And that because C.A decided so.
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Re: 272 BC
Who's to say? Why does a peacock need all those feathers?
Re: 272 BC
Because the peahens like it. And because the normal developmental cycle in the peacock and it's relatives allows for so many tail feathers ( I don't remember how many, but I think that it is the same for all birds).
I'm aware that I am answering the rhetorical question, but it's one with an answer that has nothing to do with a decision reached by a bunch of humans, as the EB start date was.
Re: 272 BC
The date is 272BC because if it wasn't 272BC, you wouldn't be able to ask why it is 272BC.
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