Quote Originally Posted by spqr_arcani View Post
Hi, I'd like to learn from a historical perspective on the names of places and people in EB.

I noticed that a lot of names that used Cs in RTW Vanilla and other mods, appear as Ks in EB.
Well, the difference you see between RTW and EB is the difference between Latin and Greek. RTW was romanocentric to a ridiculous level, whereas EB tries to show everything in its native language - which means Greek for a greater part of the world.

Bear in mind that the Romans had adopted their alphabet from the Greeks, and the Greeks from the Phoenicians IIRC. The Latin character C is derived from the Greek Γ. C is always pronounced K, and G in Caius and Cnaeus, due to the fact the G was invented to distinguish its sound from the similar C (K)-sound.

If you see a V or U or an F, you can be sure it's Latin. If you see a K, an X (Ξ) or a Y, it's Greek. If you see a W, it's Germanic or Celtic (the latter if you can't pronounce it, no matter how hard you try).

Arche Seleukeia is pronounced Ahr-cheh Zeh-leh-oo-kee-ah unless I'm not mistaken. The "ch" is a like German "Ich", or if you don't know, a bit like in Spanish "equipaje".

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm by no means an expert on the subject.